Consumer-facing vehicle condition report C.A.R.Score said it has exited its pilot agreement and will continue conducting inspections for CarOffer, an auto retail industry dealer-to-dealer trade network for used vehicles. Dealer Specialties, a provider of vehicle data collection, image generation, window labeling services and inventory management and marketing, created C.A.R.Score, which assesses a vehicle’s exterior and […] [Read More]

After releasing two new solutions for store clients, DealerSocket announced the newest member of its board of directors; an executive quite familiar with the automotive and technology worlds. Appointed to the SaaS provider’s board is the current chief sales officer Ryder System, John Gleason, who previously was chief sales officer at ADP and CDK Global […] [Read More]

Nissan has selected automotive e-commerce provider CarSaver to power its new online shopping platform. The platform is called Nissan@Home, and Nissan chose CarSaver's e-commerce platform to support components of a new end-to-end online buying experience for customers. That experience will take place from first click to home delivery. “Nissan@Home changes the customer buying and ownership […] [Read More]

A new web ite from cloud-native dealer management system Dominion VUE DMS offers resources to support dealers as they navigate a changing landscape of new consumer shopping preferences, regulations, security threats and emerging technologies. “A DMS is the digital heartbeat of a dealership,” Dominion DMS president Sharon Kitzman said in a news release. “So the […] [Read More]

NCM Associates, which provides analytical data, education, and consulting services to the automotive industry, announced a new collaboration with a technology company to help solve issues that the company says has hurt the industry for decades. Those issues are data ownership, fragmentation and lack of visibility to business insights and intelligence. NCM’s collaboration is with Tekion […] [Read More]

LotLinx has expanded its inventory marketing platform with a product that it says brings real-time pricing, demand and competitor data straight to a dealer’s desktop. LotLinx said the new artificial intelligence-powered product, called TURNX, helps eliminate digital waste and boost profit potential. The company is releasing the product during what it is describing as a […] [Read More]

CT Services, a Jack Cooper Diversified Company, has hired Bob Gapinski as vice president of business development, noting that Gapinski brings more than 25 years of senior management experience in the testing, inspection and certification, or TIC, industry. Gapinski will lead the company’s efforts to develop and implement its next-generation OEM dealership process and vehicle […] [Read More]

On the heels of introducing a solution aimed to turn high volumes of industry information into easy-to-understand, actionable insights for dealers, OEMs and third-party software developers, CDK Global on Monday completed the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based Square Root for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is viewed as an accelerator for Neuron, which CDK says can […] [Read More]

To the outside observer, it would seem the role of chief marketing officer is largely focused on building and/or maintaining that entity’s brand as well as overseeing the promotion of its goods and services through advertising and other means. But for Michelle Denogean, the CMO at Roadster, the job has an additional, unique responsibility: heading […] [Read More]

vAuto with Intelligent Promotion expands upon vAuto’s inventory management capabilities with all-new functionalities. The service will launch at the Cox Automotive Experience and NADA Show 2021. vAuto is a Cox Automotive brand. Using vAuto with Intelligent Promotion, dealerships gain insights and tools to create differentiated merchandising and automatically apply it to the right inventory.  One […] [Read More]