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A Look Back at Last Two Decades of the Used-Car Industry in Canada

Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025, 02:32 PM

In the grand finale of our podcast episodes from Canada’s Used Car Week in June, conference chair and Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits is joined by Brad Hart and Peter Snoyer on a panel celebrating 20th anniversary of the ... Listen Here

SPONSORED EPISODE: AI & Big Data Deliver Significant Improvements to Inventory Management

Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 04:33 PM

Matt Rice

In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Merritt Critcher, Director of Product Management with CDK speaks with Bill Zadeits about the newest trends and potential for AI and big data to meet and exceed the inventory management needs ... Listen Here

Experian on how much auto refinancing is gaining traction

Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 01:53 PM

Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights, said consumers are looking for ways to secure more favorable vehicle financing terms, especially with interest rates leveling out and perhaps a cut coming next week from the Federal Reserve. The base ... Listen Here

Auto group set to launch e-commerce retailing

Thursday, May. 4, 2017, 02:21 PM

Auto Remarketing Staff

Koch Automotive Group recently announced that it has developed a new e-commerce website that it will roll out across each of its dealerships, starting with Edmonton's Koch Ford Lincoln and DK Ford. The new platform for buying cars will allow ... [Read More]

Used-car prices up overall, but many segments soften

Thursday, Apr. 27, 2017, 02:40 PM

Joe Overby, Senior Editor

Canadian used-car prices were up around 1 percent last month, despite the fact that many individual segments are seeing their values soften. The RVI Used Vehicle Price Index was up 0.9 percent month-over-month in March and climbed 1.1 percent year-over-year. ... [Read More]

OMVIC launches all-in price advertising consumer awareness campaign

Thursday, Apr. 27, 2017, 02:24 PM

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff

The Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council announced it recently launched a province-wide multi-media campaign to increase awareness of all-in price advertising. OMVIC said it started the campaign following research the council conducted that showed some Ontario car dealers continue to add additional ... [Read More]

How Q1 certified car sales fared in Canada

Tuesday, Apr. 25, 2017, 03:44 PM

Joe Overby, Senior Editor

The certified pre-owned market in Canada appears like a healthy one for those reporting monthly and quarterly sales to Auto Remarketing Canada. Starting with Audi, not only was March its best-ever month, the first quarter was Audi’s best-ever start to ... [Read More]

Dilawri opens Vancouver Nissan

Thursday, Apr. 20, 2017, 04:03 PM

Auto Remarketing Staff

Dilawri Group of Companies announced the opening Vancouver Nissan, its fifth Nissan dealership. The group now owns and operates a total of 63 franchised dealerships across Canada. "With the opening of Vancouver Nissan, we continue to expand our relationship with ... [Read More]

Ackroo integrates reward solution with CDK’s DMS

Thursday, Apr. 20, 2017, 02:40 PM

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff

Ackroo announced on Tuesday its launch of Ackroo Anywhere, a platform integrated with CDK Global's dealer management system (DMS) that allows dealers to easily distribute rewards to customers in order to drive key marketing initiatives for their respective dealerships. With ... [Read More]

Canadian used prices steady, but slight softening likely

Thursday, Apr. 13, 2017, 05:16 PM

Joe Overby, Senior Editor

It won’t be a drastic change by any stretch, but Canada appears headed toward a modest softening in used-vehicle pricing. And like the U.S., that dip is expected to be more pronounced for cars than for trucks. As it stands, the ... [Read More]

AutoCanada buys Mercedes store, expands luxury portfolio

Thursday, Apr. 13, 2017, 02:42 PM

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff

AutoCanada announced that it is set to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of Mercedes-Benz Rive-Sud, which has been open in the greater Montreal region for almost to 50 years. "We are honored to acquire this dealership from ... [Read More]

Mazda Canada awards its top performing dealerships

Thursday, Apr. 13, 2017, 02:18 PM

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff

Mazda Canada recently named the recipients of its Dealer of Distinction award program, which recognizes dealers who have efficiently run all facets of their dealership's operations. "The Dealer of Distinction award is one of the highest honors a Mazda Dealer ... [Read More]

CARPROOF brings aboard new VP of product

Wednesday, Apr. 12, 2017, 03:00 PM

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff

CARPROOF announced on Wednesday it has appointed Greg Beckman as vice president of product to help the company develop innovative solutions for auto remarketers. Beckman was most recently senior director of product management and strategy at OpenText Corporation, where he spent eight ... [Read More]