Group 1 working through challenges of integrating its new UK stores
Image courtesy of Group 1 Automotive.
Image courtesy of Group 1 Automotive.
In 2024, Group 1 Automotive went big into Britain, acquiring 59 dealerships — 54 of them in one mega-transaction — to more than double its U.K. presence.
Now comes the hard part: integrating all those new stores into the company’s existing structure.
Since the $439 million purchase of Inchcape Retail’s 54 locations in England and Wales closed Aug. 1, getting them on the same page as the 55 dealerships Group 1 previously owned in the U.K. has been ...
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