Cox Automotive sees all kinds of customers pouring into its online portals — from dealers in the auction lanes to potential buyers considering a vehicle purchase. Open source technology solutions provider Red Hat highlighted on Tuesday how Cox Automotive deployed three major tools — Red Hat CloudForms, Red Hat Gluster Storage and Red Hat Enterprise […] [Read More]

Less than two months after being purchased by Raycom Media, there’s more news coming out of PureCars. This time around, the automotive digital advertising platform unveiled an Inventory Targeting feature that lets dealers take their daily inventory data and use it to allocate digital advertising spend. Through this solution, which is within PureCars’ SmartAdvertising platform, […] [Read More]

Auto Auction Services Corp.’s AutoIMS has announced a new Sale Calendar module that  allows the consignor users of AutoIMS.com a quick-glance view of recent and upcoming auction sales. It also allows for AutoIMS users to utilize the new tool's “Sale Snapshot” feature, which shows the run-versus-sold percentage for each recent auction. “The feedback on this […] [Read More]

Dominion Dealer Solutions announced Monday that both its customer relationship management and internet lead management systems have completely integrated with the General Motors Card Program. Now, GM dealers that utilize either the Dominion Sales Center and/or the Dominion Web Control platforms will be able to automatically pull info regarding GM cardholders’ earnings. “This integration will […] [Read More]

Chrome Data Solutions, in partnership with SpinCar, have collaborated to create a 360-degree vehicle rotation platform to enhance vehicle description pages. Perhaps the most striking feature that differentiates the tool from other similar offerings is the inclusion of “hot spots,” which allow the seller to highlight features of each vehicle and provide the customer another […] [Read More]

Digital marketing intelligence company Netsertive highlighted on Wednesday that it raised an additional $9 million to complete its $24 million Series C financing. This announcement comes on the heels of the company’s recognition by Deloitte Fast 500 as one of North America’s fastest-growing companies, with 668 percent growth over the past three years. “We are […] [Read More]

Car Harmony, founded this year as part of the Hankey Group, announced the launch of its new online car-shopping service on Tuesday. The company is backed by fellow Hankey Group members, which includes well-known auto industry companies such as Westlake Financial Services, Nowcom Corp. and Midway Car Rental. The company, co-founded by the 2014 SubPrime […] [Read More]

Dealers, have you had to try to fit cars, car or auto into your URLs, perhaps producing an unwieldy or hard-to-remember Web address? Well, the latest announcement from Cars Registry — a joint venture between domain companies XYZ and Unregistry — might come in handy, then. The team at Cars Registry announced on Wednesday the availability […] [Read More]

During a late October interview in his office at Cox Automotive's Atlanta headquarters, Jared Rowe was asked to name examples of innovation at dealerships that he finds particularly interesting. Rowe quickly rattled off close to 10 dealers and dealer groups, before saying: “I’ll be honest with you, there’s so much interesting innovation going on at the […] [Read More]

Spireon Inc., best known for its vehicle-tracking solutions, has debuted its new service provided exclusively through used-vehicle dealers, called Kahu, which allows customers a way to link their vehicle to their smartphone and track its whereabouts. According to the company, the Kahu service includes an installed device on the car that connects the car’s location and […] [Read More]