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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

Dealership news roundup: REIT to buy Pfaff Audi property

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Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, 02:49 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
The  Automotive Properties Real Estate Investment Trust has agreed to a deal with a third-party vendor to buy the Pfaff Audi dealership property in Vaughan, Ontario. The purchase price of the property is $17.2 million, REIT said in a news ... [Read More]

Report shows acceleration in global vehicle sales

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Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, 02:37 PM
Sara Schweiger, Staff Writer
Scotiabank’s recently released Global Auto Report paints a rosy picture — one that pleasantly surprised analysts with the Toronto-based bank. “We came into the year expecting global purchases to advance by about 3 percent,” Carlos Gomes, senior economist and auto ... [Read More]

Kijiji Canada appoints head of sales, autos

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Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, 01:55 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Kijiji Canada, part of the eBay Classifieds Group, has hired Leanne Kripp to be head of sales, autos. In her new role, Kripp will help to identify business opportunities and partnerships that will support continued growth. Kripp joins Kijiji’s Toronto office ... [Read More]

TRADER Corp. partnership creates ‘Coherent Path’ to buying decisions

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Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, 04:50 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
TRADER Corp. has announced an exclusive partnership with Toronto-based Coherent Path that is bringing “big data” to the Canadian auto industry. Years of data on autoTRADER.ca indicates that consumers don’t tend to begin their journey with a clear path to ... [Read More]

Q1 average amount financed at origination tops $30K

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Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, 02:46 PM
Nick Zulovich, Staff Writer
Along with deeper analysis into delinquencies, TransUnion’s director of research and analysis in Canada Jason Wang shared exclusive data with Auto Remarketing Canada that pinpointed the swift upward trajectory consumers are taking with regard to how much auto finance debt ... [Read More]

TradeRev hires manager of operations for Canada

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Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, 02:06 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
TradeRev, a mobile vehicle appraisal and auctioning system for dealers, has hired John Farquharson as the manager of operations for Canada. Farquharson will oversee the support and arbitration departments and administrative operations throughout Canada.  He will also be responsible for ... [Read More]

Audi hits best July for CPO

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Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, 02:57 PM
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
Several automakers have reported their latest certified pre-owned sales results to Auto Remarketing Canada, and one of the highlights of the bunch was Audi Canada, which had its strongest July to date. It sold 597 certified cars last month, a 3-percent gain over ... [Read More]

Ontario & British Columbia lead Q2 consumer credit performance

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Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, 01:49 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
For dealerships and finance companies with significant customer bases hailing from Ontario and British Columbia, TransUnion shared some good news this week pertaining to the frequency with which these contract holders are staying current. Ontario and British Columbia consumers are ... [Read More]

Majority of segments see increase in June residuals

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Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, 03:22 PM
Sara Schweiger, Staff Writer
Eleven of the 18 vehicle segments tracked by RVI Group saw increases in residual value in June on a year-over-year basis, according to the latest Market Insight report. Sequentially, that number was 12. Among higher-volume segments, larger-size vehicles saw the ... [Read More]

How Weins Canada boosts the consumer experience

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Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, 01:56 PM
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
You book a plane ticket online. Maybe the night before the flight or at a kiosk once you arrive at the airport, you check in and get a boarding pass. The boarding pass includes things like your name, flight number, ... [Read More]
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