SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
Wide-ranging car-business conversation with Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short
Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short firmly believes car dealers are the most resilient operators in any business. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Short explained why he is anticipating dealers showing that resilience again because it’s needed ... Listen Here
Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... Listen Here
Auto group set to launch e-commerce retailing
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
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