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DigniFi names chief product officer
DigniFi announced the appointment of Jefim Piekarz as chief product officer on Tuesday. The fintech company specializing in access to automobile, powersports and RV repair financing said Piekarz will lead DigniFi’s product and engineering teams, advancing product strategy, technology development, ... Read More
Maritczak brings experience from EY & Ally to PCMI
PCMI continued to revamp its executive team on Tuesday. The provider of lender compliance technology and F&I administration software added Alex Maritczak as senior director of business development, bringing more than 30 years of automotive finance and financial services experience ... Read More
Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
U.S. Bank made a pair of moves last week geared to boost its position in automotive with dealerships and OEMs. First, U.S. Bank said it is launching redesigned BMW, MINI and BMW Motorrad Mastercard credit card products that offer cardholders ... Read More
SPONSORED EPISODE: What independent dealers need to be successful with Chris Vangellow of Frazer
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Chris Vangellow, who is the Director of Product Management at Frazer, described what’s changed most about running an independent dealership over the past few years, especially from a technology perspective. ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Grace Huang of Cox Automotive
We begin our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with Grace Huang, president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions, who joins Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby for a conversation about her career journey, the value of ... Listen Here
Ben Sporn of VIP Automotive Group Takes DIY Approach to AI
Ben Sporn is the chief marketing officer of VIP Automotive Group on Long Island, N.Y. , where he runs operations and artificial intelligence projects at his family’s 10-store dealer group. He also has a tech background, having worked for Google ... Listen Here

AR Canada 2014 Announces Partnerships with TADA and IARA

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Auto Remarketing Canada, Canada’s Used Car Conference, announced today that the Trillium Automobile Dealers Association has come on board as one of the conference’s industry sponsors. In addition, the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance is partnering with the event and will ... [Read More]

Kia Canada Proposes $23M Settlement For Restatement of Fuel Consumption Rating Litigation

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Kia Canada Inc. announced it has resolved litigation involving a restatement of fuel consumption ratings from November 2012. The company has reached an agreement with current and former owners and lessees of vehicles affected by the restatement, which included 41,000 ... [Read More]

Canadian Used-Car Prices to Start Falling in 2015

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Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
After rising during most of last year, used-car prices continued their upward trek during the last month of 2013, climbing by 2.5 percent on a monthly basis. And though used-vehicle prices rose by 4.3 percent in December on a year-over-year ... [Read More]

Google Changes Push Website Quality to Marketing Forefront

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Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
With every new year comes new developments in advertising opportunities for dealerships. Dealers have been following this evolution for years. First, it was the Web; then came mobile. And in 2014, there is even more to consider, including the vast ... [Read More]

Hyundai Canada Reveals ‘Number One’ Dealer

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Sarah Rubenoff
Hyundai Canada has announced its ‘number one’ dealer, choosing to recognize a Mississauga store for the dealership’s exceptional sales and fundraising performance in 2013. The company is honoring Missisauga Hyundai, which led all Canadian Hyundai dealerships in sales and charity ... [Read More]

New DrivingSales University, NCDA Partnership Provides Discounts to Dealer Members

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Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
DrivingSales University announced it has furthered its expansion into the Canadian market through a new alliance with the New Car Dealers Association of British Columbia (NCDA). Through the agreement, DSU’s Web-based dealership training program is now available at a discounted ... [Read More]

Ford F-150 Most-Appraised Vehicle in 2013

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Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
After giving up a few months to smaller models, the Ford F-150 reclaimed its spot as the most-appraised vehicle in Canada, according to the December TradeTracker Used Vehicle Market Report. The F-150 was followed by the Honda Civic Sedan (No. ... [Read More]

Canadian Wholesale Prices End 2013 on the Rise

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Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
During the last month of 2013, wholesale prices did rise on an overall basis — a trend dealers experienced during most of last year — but the spike was slight, and price movements for most segments were negative. According to ... [Read More]

Tracking Devices Aid in Bust of International Car-Theft Crime Ring

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Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
Many high-end vehicle dealers in Canada are breathing a sigh of relief as Canadian and U.S. law enforcement agencies cracked down on an international vehicle theft crime ring, recovering $3.2 million in assets. Car recovery company LoJack Corp. reported its ... [Read More]

Canada Hits Record for New-Car Sales in 2013

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Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
After years of post-recession lows, the Canadian automotive market reached a new record in 2013, according to analysis from the Canadian Automotive Dealers Association released this week. A whopping 1.74 million new cars were sold in Canada last year, up ... [Read More]

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