ACV Auctions has redesigned its online buying experience, launching Marketplace 2.0 on Friday. The revamped marketplace is designed to provide a more streamlined interface, customized alerts, real-time notifications on auction activity, as well as new options for searching, browsing and filtering. “For dealers, time is money, and our platform enables them to make the most […] [Read More]

If consignors were football teams, how they’re approaching the current wholesale market might be similar to how the gridiron participants can move the ball down the field. Some football teams methodically run the ball, gaining yards in small chunks. Other squads throw the ball deep downfield to get significant yardage quickly. Consignors appear to be […] [Read More]

Global online auto auction company, Copart, has expanded its Macon, Ga., location, with Copart president Jeff Liaw calling the move a step ahead for the company in central Georgia. With the expansion, the facility now features 65 acres along with additional vehicle storage and operations capacity. To place bids on vehicles through Copart’s online auction […] [Read More]

In a letter to the auto auction industry shared Monday, ServNet executive director John Brasher offered an emphatic counterpoint to criticism of the industry’s handling of COVID-19. Brasher said he is proud of how the industry has adapted historically to such crises and sea-changes as Sept. 11 and the Great Recession, and he expressed the […] [Read More]

As part of Used Car Week's National Remarketing Conference, Cherokee Media Group will recognize our National Remarketing Executives of the Year, an award program presented by Auction Management Solutions.  Receiving this year's honors are Jackie Malik and Tony Markel, remarketing supervisors at Credit Acceptance.  Below is a Q&A with them. Auto Remarketing: For each of you, how […] [Read More]

Since America’s Auto Auction Baton Rouge hired Adele Lococo in 2018 as fleet/lease manager, she has focused on relationships. The company says that has had a positive effect on the auction’s customers and auction team members. “As closely as we’ve worked together during this pandemic, we feel like a united family,” America’s Auto Auction Baton […] [Read More]

Kim Waterman, a former general manager for Manheim in the Southwest, is the new general sales manager for Richmond Auto Auction. Waterman started out as a dealer service manager in 2002 and eventually became general manager for Manheim in the Southwest. She served in various roles during her 18-year Manheim career. “We are very excited […] [Read More]

Alliance Auto Auction has promoted Christina Thomas to general manager of the Alliance Waco location, noting that she has been in the auction business since starting as a temporary employee for ADESA in 2005. Soon after starting with ADESA, Thomas was promoted to a district tele-sales supervisory role. She went on to serve as a […] [Read More]

KAR Global chief executive officer Jim Hallett did not mince words Tuesday when sharing his concerns about the return of in-person auto auction sales with cars running through lanes, urging the industry to take greater responsibility for safety amid COVID-19. During a sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hallett began by expressing his concern […] [Read More]

To commemorate its second anniversary, Mid Kansas Auto Auction offered nearly 700 vehicles at a promotional event in November, and more than 60% sold. That was an all-time record for the auction, said MKSAA owner/general manager Trevor Ottley, noting that the event showed attendance of more than 474 registered dealers in lane and online. The […] [Read More]