Shift’s merger and journey toward becoming a publicly traded company on Nasdaq first announced back in June took an important step forward on Thursday. The vehicle ecommerce platform announced that the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by Insurance Acquisition Corp., to the previously announced business combination with Shift has been declared effective by the […] [Read More]

Dealers that utilize TrueCar now have more tools from the provider to use — for free. TrueCar announced on Thursday that it is offering complimentary access to its Payments and Trade Retail Solutions tools for network dealers. The company said the tools are available for onboarding starting now to franchised dealers and are planned to […] [Read More]

Digital advertising platform Netsertive has named a chief financial officer and a chief revenue officer, stating the two positions will support the company’s next phase of growth. The new leaders are CFO Sean Witty and CRO Peter Durand, and they will also support Netsertive’s “go-to-market plans to help clients deploy localized digital advertising at scale,” […] [Read More]

Despite COVID-19 safety and travel regulations, CDK Global has completed one of its largest installations of its core dealership management system product for all Greenway Automotive Group dealerships. CDK said it completed the multi-site and multi-state installation of the DMS product, called CDK Drive, for 46 dealerships across eight states for Greenway, which serves customers in […] [Read More]

Car buying and financing services startup Carsfast says Chicago residents have welcomed its contactless service, which according to the company allows people to shop and get financed for near-new cars, all from their cell phone. “We are thrilled to launch this new artificial intelligence technology in the Chicago market,” the company’s chief executive officer and […] [Read More]

Online reputation services provider Friendemic has integrated CARFAX reviews into its Reputation Accelerator product, and Friendemic says that with 19 million consumers visiting the CARFAX site monthly, the integration will “help bring a new level of awareness and engagement to dealership management.” Friendemic provides online reputation services built specifically for the needs of the automotive […] [Read More]

Because of health concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic, only three out of 10 people feel confident when traveling. That is according to a recent survey from on-demand car care, technology and services company Get Spiffy. With that in mind, Get Spiffy has released its SpiffySafe vehicle disinfection verification app for iPhone and Android devices. […] [Read More]

Automated imaging company Black Widow said this week that it has recently secured an infusion of cash through a third round of private equity financing totaling $1.5 million. That funding adds to the $3.5 million it raised a little less than a year ago from private investors and family offices. Black Widow said in a […] [Read More]

Predictive analytics and marketing automation company automotiveMastermind has integrated its Market EyeQ sales platform with CARFAX History-Based Value, or CHBV, noting that the integration comes at a time when dealers are using trade-in vehicles more to supplement inventory shortages and rising wholesale prices. Mastermind said with the integration, dealers will be able to choose CHBV […] [Read More]

Reputation management and social media engagement platform Widewail has launched an SMS-driven review generation tool that it says “gives businesses another lever to pull to automatically and continually generate content via SMS.” The tool is called Invite, and Widewail says it delivers a timely review response strategy that keeps customers engaged, satisfied and loyal. Stating […] [Read More]