FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’ Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here

Retail

Ed Morse adds its 11th dealership in Missouri

Ed Morse Automotive Group has grown again, acquiring Graven Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Lebanon, Mo., from the Graven family. The dealership, which has been renamed Ed Morse Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, is the 11th in Missouri for Ed Morse, ... [Read More]

Five service technicians take checkered flag in myKaarma’s Tech Video Grand Prix

The winners of this Grand Prix aren’t the drivers. More like the pit crew. myKaarma created its Tech Video Grand Prix to celebrate vehicle service technicians who demonstrate exceptional skill in communicating vehicle repair needs through clear, engaging and professional ... [Read More]

Wholesale

Q&As with 2026 Women in Remarketing: Shannon LaPointe-Wisniewski of RPM

Auto Remarketing is recognizing the 2026 Women in Remarketing honorees in the April edition of the magazine and will be posting Q&As with each of these outstanding leaders on the website. Next up, in alphabetical order by first name, is Shannon LaPointe-Wisniewski, who ... [Read More]

Q&As with 2026 Women in Remarketing: Nicole Hawerchuk of RunBuggy

Auto Remarketing is recognizing the 2026 Women in Remarketing honorees in the April edition of the magazine and will be posting Q&As with each of these outstanding leaders on the website. Next up, in alphabetical order by first name, is Nicole Hawerchuk, director ... [Read More]

Resource Hub

Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

How TO Maximize Your Digital Sales!

How much revenue is slipping through the cracks in your digital sales process? Our latest guide reveals the most common...
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Loan Origination Automation Guidelines for Modern Lenders

Lenders are under pressure to move faster, handle higher volumes, and reduce manual tasks. Automation can help, but only if...
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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist

Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Technology

TradePending ‘evolves’ into Protomiq, an ‘intelligent digital sales conversion platform’

TradePending isn’t pending anymore. Rather, the automotive dealership software provider has arrived — at a new name, announcing it has rebranded as Protomiq. In a news release, the company said the brand change reflects its evolution into “an intelligent digital ... [Read More]

Spyne integrates its AI agent into Tekion’s Automotive Retail Cloud

Tekion’s latest integration has given its dealership technology some backbone. Or, more accurately, a Spyne. That’s Spyne, a provider of artificial intelligence auto retail technology, which announced an integration with Tekion’s cloud-based platform designed to expand the connected partner ecosystem ... [Read More]

Analysis

Amid unusual monthly rise in used-car retail prices, ‘silver lining’ remains for consumers & dealers

Customers are likely to bristle at the money they shell out to buy a used car these days. Percentagewise, the jump in price from March to April was about three times the typical sequential change for a given month, says ... [Read More]

EV lease returns could nearly triple this year: What that means for auctions, consignors & dealers

Auction sales of electric vehicles climbed 46% in 2025 and continued along that trajectory in the first quarter. The full-year growth in 2026, however, could be even more significant, thanks to off-lease EV volumes nearly tripling in size, according to ... [Read More]

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