Analytics company CarStory has notched a patent for its CarStory Market Reports’ technology. CarStory parent company Vast.com Inc. has been awarded U.S. Letters Patent no. 9,104,718, titled, Systems, Methods and Devices for Measuring Similarity of and Generating Recommendations for Unique Items. The newly patented technology works to automatically compute similar alternative choices from a pool […] [Read More]

As announced last week, automotive companies will soon have three more domain extensions to choose from when crafting their Web presence: .cars, .car and .auto. The domains are being launched by Cars Registry — a joint venture between domain companies XYZ and Unregistry. To get some insight into what this means for dealers, Auto Remarketing reached […] [Read More]

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]