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Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Talent Strategies for Car Dealerships – with CDK & Industry Leaders
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent ... Listen Here
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here

AutoCanada shuffles executive leadership team following Antony’s departure

Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, 03:19 PM
Andrew Friedlander, Associate Editor
Now under new leadership, AutoCanada announced changes in its executive team as it “continues to strengthen its operational foundation and leadership bench.” All of the changes are effective immediately. The Edmonton-based dealership group has promoted Mikel Pestrak to interim president ... [Read More]

Sales slump continues at Canadian auto auctions

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, 04:43 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The run of sagging sales at Canadian auto auctions continues. In its Market Insights report for the week ending Nov. 8, Canadian Black Book reported the sale rate for monitored auto auctions averaged 23.5%, with a range from 21% to ... [Read More]

F&I veteran Ashby joins Auto Shield as senior VP of operations

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, 10:14 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Auto Shield has added longtime industry executive Scott Ashby as its new senior vice president of operations. The F&I provider for Canadian dealerships said Ashby will oversee “operational excellence, dealer relations and the continued evolution of ASC’s client concierge and ... [Read More]

Carfluent launches French translation capability for dealership websites

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, 09:23 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Carfluent is ready to say bonjour to French-speaking car shoppers. The provider of artificial intelligence-powered Spanish-translated dealership websites has added French to its répertoire, announcing the expansion of its website translation capabilities to include French. In a news release, Carfluent ... [Read More]

Fitch shares consumer & economic expectations for 2026

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Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 09:58 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Last week, Fitch Ratings shared its outlook for what the Canadian economy might be like in 2026. While analysts didn’t use many positive adjectives in their forecast, they didn’t say a recession was coming. Fitch Ratings expects Canada’s consumer outlook ... [Read More]

Report: End of federal rebate a ‘turning point’ to mature Canadian EV market

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Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, 10:51 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canada’s zero-emission vehicle rebate is gone. So now what? According to Canadian Black Book’s latest report, The Future of Electric Vehicles in Canada: Market Dynamics After the iZEV Rebate, the market for electric vehicles has taken a step back — ... [Read More]

Plummeting sale rates at Canadian auctions point to ‘tough 6 months ahead’

Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, 10:57 AM
Andrew Friedlander, Associate Editor
At Canadian auto auctions, October ended with a thud. A sale at an auction was very much an exception last month, according to Canadian Black Book’s weekly Market Insights reports, as the average monitored auction sale rate plummeted below 30% ... [Read More]

OpenRoad’s new road leads to Ontario with acquisition of NewRoads dealerships

Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, 10:53 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
OpenRoad Auto has turned on to a new road — one that leads to Ontario. The Richmond, B.C.-based dealership group announced it has acquired a majority share in NewRoads Automotive Group in what OpenRoad called a “strategic merger,” significantly expanding ... [Read More]

AutoTrader report: Canadian used-car market steadies, but uncertainty ahead

Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 10:56 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Three quarters through a year of uncertainty, the Canadian used-vehicle market has finally reached … well, OK, there’s still uncertainty. But according to the latest analysis from AutoTrader, the market is steadier than it’s been since the beginning of 2025. ... [Read More]

Sale rates remain low at Canadian wholesale auctions

Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, 09:35 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
A week after Canadian auctions posted their lowest conversion rate of the year, sales improved — but not by much. Canadian Black Book’s weekly Market Insights report for the week ending Oct. 25 showed an average monitored auction sale rate ... [Read More]
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