Stop letting messy data hold your dealership back from its true earning potential. While many multi-roof dealer groups struggle to...
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Vincenzo Ciampi of iA Financial Group
Next up on the Canada’s Used Car Week Live Stage is Vincenzo Ciampi . who is senior vice president, of auto finance and dealer services for Canada at iA Financial Group. Ciampi talks with Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby about ... Listen Here
Ted Berlovich of Clutch
Continuing the discussions from the Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week, senior editor Joe Overby connects with Ted Berlovich, director of wholesale at online used-car retailer Clutch. Berlovich explained the company’s wholesale process, how the company handles some of ... Listen Here
Moiz Khan of Driveline Technologies
During Canada’s Used Car Week, Auto Remarketing Canada senior editor Joe Overby caught up with Moiz Khan, co-founder of Driveline Technologies, to talk about the company, its growth and how it is addressing real challenges facing the automotive industry. Stay ... Listen Here
Retail
Why Ken Garff sees itself as ‘a data company that sells cars’
Steve Peterson is director of data engineering at Ken Garff Automotive Group, which is a family-owned automotive retailer with more than 70 dealerships across nine states. “I think of us as a data company that sells cars,” Peterson said in ... [Read More]
ASE acquires WrenchWay to further build pool of trained technicians
Perhaps this acquisition could help dealerships of all sizes that need technicians to complete work in their service drives and reconditioning shops. Just before Fourth of July, the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) announced the acquisition of WrenchWay. ... [Read More]
Wholesale
Barrett-Jackson highlights successes of first Midwest sale
The auto world is expanding in the collector-car space, too. Barrett-Jackson recently hosted its inaugural Columbus Auction at the Ohio Expo Center & State Fairgrounds. The event featured 550 collectible vehicles that generated more than $37 million in auction sales ... [Read More]
America’s Auto Auction expands to Colorado in seventh acquisition this year
America’s Auto Auction has made its seventh acquisition of the year, announcing that it has purchased Dealers Auto Auction of the Rockies. It represents America’s first location in Colorado and follows the group’s acquisition of the auction’s sister location, Dealers ... [Read More]
Technology
Repairify, Opus IVS complete merger
Repairify and Opus IVS have completed the combination of their automotive diagnostics businesses. The merger, which was first announced in January, combines Repairify’s diagnostics brands asTech and BlueDriver with Opus IVS In a news release, the companies said, “the combined ... [Read More]
Mobility Global completes spinoff, begins trading on NYSE
Mobility Global Inc. — which includes such brands as CARFAX, automotiveMastermind, Polk Automotive Solutions and Market Scan — has completed its spinoff from S&P Global Inc. Shares of Mobility Global, now an independent, public company, began trading Wednesday on the ... [Read More]
Analysis
In this used-car environment, ‘margin management’ more critical than boosting sales
The fact that public auto retailers saw their gross profit per used vehicle retailed dip only about 1% in the first quarter — while used-car profit margins inched downward — isn’t “alarming.” However, Haig Partners says in a report, the ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: The used-car market is moving at record speed, but the paperwork isn’t
The used-car market has never moved faster. Inventory is organized in real time, financing can be completed before a buyer sets foot in a dealership, and the overall purchase experience is more streamlined than it has ever been for many ... [Read More]
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