Cox Automotive announced Tuesday that it has appointed John Griffin to serve as its Retail Solutions Group senior vice president of performance management. Most recently, Griffin was the vice president of performance management at Cox Automotive. The company said he led vAuto in setting the gold standard for performance management in automotive retail. In his […] [Read More]

The International Automotive Remarketers Alliance announced the sessions that will follow its Spring Roundtable at Caesars Palace on March 5. Different IARA sessions held concurrent with the Conference of Automotive Remarketers will be hosted on March 6 and March 7. Session moderators and participants include representatives from ARI, ADESA, America’s Auto Auction, Avis Budget, Element and […] [Read More]

The International Automotive Remarketing Alliance has announced the opening keynote speaker for the spring IARA Roundtable meetings being held concurrently with the Conference of Automotive Remarketing in Las Vegas this March. Delivering the opening keynote at the IARA Roundtable on March 6 will be Bob White, the executive vice president and chief operating officer at […] [Read More]

ServNet recently announced that it has expanded its scholarship program and will hand out up to 10 awards this year. The program which was launched in 2016, exists to financially help ServNet auction employees and their families pursue higher education. Five $2,500 awards are for students attending a four-year college or university, and five awards […] [Read More]

While there likely are households and businesses still trying to recover from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, KAR Auction Services chief economist Tom Kontos thinks the impact from those storms is no longer strongly influencing wholesale vehicle prices. According to ADESA Analytical Services’ monthly analysis of wholesale used-vehicle prices by vehicle model class, wholesale used-vehicle prices […] [Read More]

Black Book determined full-year vehicle depreciation for 2017 didn’t quite reach the level editors saw for the previous year. According to Black Book data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2012 through 2016 depreciated in value by 2.9 percent during the close month of 2017. Editors indicated overall cars values dropped […] [Read More]

At Used Car Week in November, Joe sat down with ADESA chief operating officer Paul Lips for a chat about his time as National Auto Auction Association president, mobile phone usage in the auction industry, auction safety, volume spikes for 2018, Notre Dame football and more. Check out their conversation from La Quinta, Calif., below, […] [Read More]

Auction Academy has released its schedule for this year’s 2018 Seminar Series program. Auction Academy’s upcoming seminars will kick off with a a workplace culture session that will be held in Franklin, Tenn., March 26 and March 27.  “Different from our two-year program, the Seminar Series offers one-day intensive sessions, with in-depth focus on a […] [Read More]

Following upgrades made to the Manheim Market Report this past summer, Manheim has announced that the tool received an estimated total of 23 million visits last year. Upgrades made to MMR this past summer include valuation adjustments for a vehicle’s AutoGrade condition and enhanced mobile and desktop interfaces. On average, more than 90,000 unique users access MMR […] [Read More]

Memorial services for Ken Osborn, the late general manager of ADESA Dallas, will be held Saturday in Granbury, Texas, the National Auto Auction Association said in a memo to NAAA members. Osborn, 65, passed away Jan. 10 in Granbury. He was a past president of NAAA, a 2013 NAAA Hall of Fame inductee and an […] [Read More]