Dealers Auto Auction Group has promoted Brittany Theis to director of sales for DAA Digital. Theis, who joined DAA as a regional digital sales manager in 2022, brings 16 years of experience to the role. In her tenure with DAA, the company said, she has “transformed digital marketplace strategies through strategic implementations and exceptional sales […] [Read More]

Black Book’s observations of the auction lanes from the opening week of December included an overall wholesale price drop of 0.63%, which was an increase from the previous week but “remained consistent with typical seasonal expectations.” When looking closer at specific vehicle segments or aged units, analysts uncovered a quartet of other notable trends as […] [Read More]

The National Auto Auction Association’s newly established scholarship has its first winner. Abigail Balk was named the inaugural recipient of the Ron Hope Memorial Scholarship for Auction Academy, the association announced. Balk, the marketing/communications manager for Greater Rockford Auto Auction and Great Lakes Auto Auction, will join the Auction Academy’s Class 9, which begins in […] [Read More]

Super Dispatch has integrated its automotive transportation management platform with Descartes MyCarrierPortal, a cloud-based system for carrier identity and fraud protection. The companies said the integration is designed to elevate carrier vetting, onboarding and monitoring processes with heightened identity, compliance, safety, insurance and fraud prevention measures enhancing Super Dispatch’s Verified Carrier and Shipper Programs through […] [Read More]

The SHiFT Vehicle Retirement Initiative, a global social enterprise committed to helping consumers and companies recycle end-of-life vehicles with environmentally responsible protocols, has hired former Amazon executive Chapin Griffith as its first director of vehicle retirement services. Griffith, who began his new position in October, spent the past three years as Amazon’s senior product manager […] [Read More]

Perhaps someone at your Thanksgiving dinner table made the comment, “What a difference a year makes.” Maybe the team of analysts at Black Book said the same thing when the group determined wholesale values dropped by just 0.29% last week. That’s because a year ago when the industry celebrated the holiday of giving thanks, values […] [Read More]

SIXT USA, a subsidiary of mobility company Sixt SE, has reached a milestone. The rental car brand opened its 50th U.S. airport location at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by SIXT leadership and local officials. The new location gives SIXT, which launched its U.S. operations in 2011, a […] [Read More]