Insurance Auto Auctions recently launched Active Inventory Management, the company’s latest innovation designed to help buyers and sellers outsource their salvage inventory management process to IAA. “IAA developed the Active Inventory Management solution to help our insurance customers streamline their salvage management process and generate better economic returns,” IAA chief executive officer and president John Kett […] [Read More]

Dashboard Dealership Enterprises has redesigned its business analytic reporting suite for increased functionality using input from dealer clients. Executive Eye 3.0, the latest version of Dashboard’s flagship product, offers a variety of graphic display options designed to help dealers easily navigate the program. New visual enhancements include updated colorful themes, more white space and increased organization. […] [Read More]

Avis Car Rental has come out with a new skill for Amazon Alexa, giving consumers a new way to book their next car rental in today’s evolving digital age. Avis’ integration with Amazon Alexa will allow customers to both book and manage car rental reservations via Amazon voice-controlled artificial intelligent personal devices like Amazon Echo. This will […] [Read More]

The former top boss at Chrysler now has a new leadership position with a company that designs and manufactures smart power storage technology for transportation, alternative energy, medical, industrial and grid connected markets. On Monday, Ioxus named Robert Nardelli as the company's chairman of its board of directors. Nardelli is an internationally recognized business leader […] [Read More]

Outsell recently launched Inventory Mover, an inventory recommendation engine that uses a real-time customer lifecycle-based approach to help dealers expedite sales. The new artificial intelligence-driven solution identifies consumers in a dealer's DMS and CRM, pinpoints in-market consumers and predicts what VINs might appeal to specific shoppers. "Inventory Mover significantly enhances a dealer's ability to move their inventory quicker," Outsell president Bryan […] [Read More]

Through a new partnership with automotiveMastermind, Volkswagen dealerships can now use both the company’s behavioral analytics and marketing automation in efforts to increase store sales and customer retention rates. "Volkswagen has long established itself as producing high-quality, exciting cars and this is the perfect opportunity to integrate predictive analytics into their sales process," automotiveMastermind vice […] [Read More]

When you want to buy a song or album, you might first think “iTunes.” When a car shopper begins his or her purchase journey, Langley Steinert and crew want that consumer to think “CarGurus.” The company that Steinert founded in 2006 has 23 million unique monthly users coming to its website each month and over 22,000 […] [Read More]

Carvana has brought its used-car buying platform to Detroit, the company announced on Wednesday. Detroit-area car buyers can now search through vehicle inventory, finance a purchase and schedule home delivery all on Carvana.com. “Detroit loves cars, and so do we, so we’re excited to be a part of the community and give residents their Saturdays back,” […] [Read More]

Online car retailer Shift has landed a $38 million round of Series C funding led by BMW iVentures. Making the announcement on Wednesday morning, Shift said the round also included new investors DCM Ventures and G2VP, and previous investors DFJ, Highland Capital and Goldman Sachs Investment Partners. BMW iVentures partner Christian Noske is now on Shift’s board […] [Read More]

Black Book now serves as the trade appraisal engine for eAutoAppraise, an online trade-in solution fitted with vehicle shopping features designed to lead dealers to more successful sales transactions. All eAutoAppraise dealers can now provide customizable value ranges on specifically tailored vehicle questions powered Black Book values. Ranges are narrowed down following a series of questions […] [Read More]