During a week in which president and chief executive officer Chip Perry explained how the company is completely revamping how it conducts business with dealers, TrueCar added another executive who also spent time with Autotrader to be its new senior vice president of dealer sales Tasked with contributing directly to strengthening dealer relationships across the […] [Read More]

Marketing and advertising company Jumpstart Automotive Group announced this week it will give manufacturers direct access to specific audiences who are shopping for vehicles across its portfolio of sites. The company highlighted this development dubbed Traxion marks the first time Jumpstart is providing OEMs direct access to its exclusive portfolio of in-market vehicle shoppers. “Traxion […] [Read More]

TradeRev has jumped into the D.C. market.   The company, which offers dealers a vehicle appraisal and auctioning system, is entering the greater Washington area through its partnership with Chantilly, Va.-based Pohanka Automotive Group. All 17 of the D.C.-area Pohanka store will utilize TradeRev to remarket wholesale cars and use the platform to boost efficiency […] [Read More]

In advance of the opening of the NADA Convention & Expo, eBay announced it has acquired Cargigi — a provider of online advertising and marketing services — in a move designed to leverage Cargigi’s technology to help push dealers’ inventory onto eBay.com. According to a blog entry eBay made on Wednesday, financial terms were not […] [Read More]

Carvana has launched in its 11th market and its second one in Florida in three weeks. The online car retailer said Tuesday it has expanded to Jacksonville, Fla. With the new market, Carvana has the capability to provide free delivery to 9.3 million customers nationwide. Included in that is the more than 800,000 people in this […] [Read More]

Data-mining and sales-generation platform AutoAlert expanded into the United Kingdom alongside a partnership with Manchester-based ASE Global.  The company highlighted on Tuesday that AutoAlert’s entrance into the U.K. market leads the way for continued growth opportunities and is supported by ongoing product innovation and enhanced consumer solutions. AutoAlert said it is focused on creating and […] [Read More]

The former vice president of product for Chrome on Tuesday joined Vast, a big data-as-service platform. Taking on the role as vice president of data products and being charged with further developing and extending Vast’s product offerings for automotive brands and for dealers is Andrew Lumsden. “Our focus at Vast is data and analytics and […] [Read More]

Leveraging more than 25 years of providing what it calls “affordable and adaptable” solutions for dealers, Autosoft highlighted the four improvements of its dealer management system (DMS) to be unveiled in a sneak peek during this week’s NADA Convention & Expo in Las Vegas. The company explained the advancements of the Autosoft system were driven […] [Read More]

The ongoing blending of Cox Automotive assets continued on Monday as dealers received what the company called “a powerful boost” with the integration of Dealer.com’s advertising solution and rich data sets from Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book Three of the leading brands Cox Automotive teamed to deliver Audience Targeting through Dealer.com, giving dealers what the […] [Read More]

Black Book has launched a solution called Bullseye Prospecting designed to help dealers and their marketing agencies automate customer campaigns, combining the various touch points involved in the process. When putting together a customer campaign, there is often multiple vendors with whom dealer and its marketing partner work. Black Book said in its news release […] [Read More]