Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here
Retail
COMMENTARY: Why dealers need more than a broker when planning an exit
Automotive retail M&A has matured. Capital is abundant. Buyer demand is strong. Close to 700 franchises changed hands in 2025, with a similar volume expected across the nation’s 18,300 dealerships in 2026. On paper, dealers are in the driver’s seat. ... [Read More]
Dealer news: Ed Morse buys Iowa’s only Porsche store; Dimmitt earns top Cadillac honor — twice; Rick Case CEO joins reading initiative in Florida
Less than a year after it opened, the only Porsche dealership in Iowa has been sold. The Ed Morse Automotive Group announced it has acquired Porsche Des Moines from Woodhouse Auto Family, which launched the store last July to bring ... [Read More]
Wholesale
Used Car Summit’s remarketing roundtable to tackle fraud prevention, digital sales, customer service, EVs & more
We’ve got some new and exciting ideas being implemented at the Used Car Industry Summit this month. Day 3 of the event, which runs April 13-15 in Miami, will include a morning of deep-dive roundtable discussions. These roundtables will allow ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Why dealers need a complete buy-in to have a successful buy center
Two dealers. Same city. Same compressed market. One has been grinding through the auction lanes for years, absorbing reconditioning costs and watching margins shrink with every hammer drop. The other made a deliberate pivot 12 months ago, investing in a ... [Read More]
Technology
PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Tony Rimas on automotive investment, servant leadership, cycling & more
Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... [Read More]
AutoWeb launches ‘zero-risk’ UsedCars.com platform to capture car buyers during new-to-used pivot
There’s a new used-car marketplace in town — if your town is in Arizona. UsedCars.com, powered by AutoWeb, announced the regional launch of its marketplace, billed as “zero-risk”, in Arizona, beginning with dealers in the Phoenix, Prescott, Mesa and Tucson ... [Read More]
Analysis
Insights & stories from 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award honorees
Cherokee Media Group is spotlighting the 2026 recipients of the Automotive Intelligence Awards, which recognize a select group of outstanding auto industry analysts for their contribution to the knowledge base of the used-car retail, finance and remarketing industries. These analysts ... [Read More]
Conversations with 8 inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honorees
Cherokee Media Group has launched a new awards program recognizing executives at the peak of auto industry leadership. Industry Elite: The C-Suite spotlights the most influential, inspiring and innovative executives in the retail, remarketing and finance segments of automotive. The ... [Read More]
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