Hireology has brought on former Cars.com executive Michael Kraut as vice president of automotive partnerships. Kraut most recently served as vice president of national sales at Cars.com, and led the company to over thirteen years of record growth, according to Hireology. "Michael comes to Hireology during a period of rapid growth and transformation," Hireology co-founder […] [Read More]

Advertising online video provider Vidillion recently announced its partnership with AutoDealerNetwork.TV to provide dealership customers visiting sales and service waiting rooms with up-to-the-minute news, entertainment and targeted and programmatic ad-serving from Vidillion. Vidillion allows dealers to both feature their own commercials and block any commercials of their competitors. The new service’s private live TV network to […] [Read More]

LotLinx has expanded its VIN-specific shopper targeting technology platform, LotLinx TURN with the addition of LotLinx VS – VINdrop, the company’s latest new product that is designed to boost dealers’ end-of-month performance and revenue goals. The new product can generate up to ten additional sales in ten days through a blast of 15 low-funnel shopper […] [Read More]

Former Kelley Blue Book president and chief executive officer Paul Johnson has joined the board of directors at Vast, the parent company behind the CarStory Platform.   Johnson was at the helm of KBB for 13 years and also led software/hardware services startup CDMdata.   Vast said in a news release that Johnson’s “deep understanding […] [Read More]

Carvana added its 36th market on Wednesday, filling another key spot along the East Coast: Baltimore. Customers within 50 miles of the city who purchase vehicles on the Carvana.com can now have that car delivered as soon as the next day for free. This is the third city Carvana has added in the past eight days, […] [Read More]

While he invests in the talents of LeBron James on the basketball court, Dan Gilbert has been investing off the court in Vroom. And on Tuesday, the online auto retailer got another assist from the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Vroom has teamed up with Rock Connections, a sales and marketing agency owned by Gilbert, […] [Read More]

Car Keys Express has entered the retail market with the introduction of Car Keys Express NOW!, an in-store version of their mobile key replacement system. The new automotive key replacement solution is compact and packaged into a customer-facing, retail-friendly cabinet that minimizes retailers’ investment in tools, training and inventory, according to the company. “Car Keys Express NOW! […] [Read More]

Dallas-based startup Fastlane has launched a new e-commerce platform that gives automotive dealerships the ability to customize their online check-out processes. The new platform is designed to facilitate an easy and efficient online car buying process that both showcases dealers’ available inventory and allows customers to acquire financing, service contracts and insurance following a purchase […] [Read More]

Paragon Honda and Paragon Acura announced last week they have expanded the group’s e-commerce sales and service platform to another borough of New York.   After a three-month beta test in Manhattan, Paragon Direct is now available in Queens. The platform allows consumers to schedule service, buy cars and set up test-drives online.   Brian […] [Read More]

Roadster said Monday it is now providing its white-label vehicle ecommerce solution to Longo Toyota, which is said to be the largest Toyota store in the world.  Longo, which is a part of the Penske Motor Group and Auto Remarketing's CPO Dealer of the Year in 2012,  joins a list of other well-known dealers and dealer […] [Read More]