Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here
Vaynerchuk to keynote Kijiji’s Toronto conference
Auto Remarketing Staff
Kijiji has lined up entrepreneur and bestselling author Gary Vaynerchuk as its keynote speaker for its fifth annual Toronto DealerTalkx conference on Nov. 16. Vaynerchuk will share his expertise on digital media and discuss entrepreneurship and leadership in a way ... [Read More]
VenueVision delivers e-payment solution to new clients
Auto Remarketing Staff
VenueVision Media Systems announced that it recently introduced its latest mobile solution, Mobile Cashier, to Key West Ford and Kia West in British Columbia. The express e-payment solution aims to make checkout at the dealership speedy, it sends dealer-branded notifications ... [Read More]
Rundown of Canadian CPO car sales in April
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
The U.S. certified pre-owned market followed its second-strongest month on record with modest year-over-year gains in April, according to Autodata Corp. And reports from automakers in Canada are showing positivity, as well. Porsche, for example, had its best April ever ... [Read More]
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]
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