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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

AutoVerify purchases iDealerPlus software platform

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Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, 02:37 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoVerify announced Tuesday it has acquired iDealerPlus, a dealer-facing software platform that aims to match consumers to a specific vehicle in a dealer’s inventory based on their credit profile and the dealer’s profitability guidelines. “By integrating iDealerPlus into the AutoVerify ... [Read More]

AutoCanada acquires autobody center in Ontario

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Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, 02:20 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada
AutoCanada said Monday it has purchased Markham, Ontario-based Velocity Autobody, which is a Tesla-certified, I-CAR Gold Class collision center. This is the seventh collision center AutoCanada has acquired since the fourth quarter of 2020, said executive chairman Paul Antony, who ... [Read More]

IAA adds CARFAX Canada history reports to non-branded, repairable cars in Canada

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Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, 01:54 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
IAA said Monday that its non-branded repairable vehicles in Canada now include vehicle history reports from CARFAX Canada. Buyers will be able to see any available report, with no limits, and won’t have to pay for the report until they ... [Read More]

EBlock parent adjusts growth strategy

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Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, 05:54 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
EBlock has pivoted its growth strategy. Instead of a U.S.-wide expansion plan with a year-end 2023 target date, the digital wholesale marketplace will concentrate on its existing markets of Canada, the U.S. West, Midwest and Gulf States, parent company E ... [Read More]

Holand Automotive Group acquires Circuit Mont-Tremblant

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Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, 07:34 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
When Roger Penske, Rick Hendrick and the late Bruton Smith are mentioned, you might just quickly think of auto racing as fast as vehicle retailing. Holand Automotive Group president and chief executive officer Gad Bitton now is on a similar ... [Read More]

AutoCanada buys Ford store in western Manitoba

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Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, 02:03 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada said Tuesday it has spread to western Manitoba, purchasing Kelleher Ford in Brandon. The store, which also includes a collision center, is western Manitoba’s largest Ford dealership. Current management will remain. “This high-quality operation is our second Ford dealership ... [Read More]

AFG Canada appoints new operations manager

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Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, 01:43 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Auto Financial Group Canada has named a new operations manager. Promoted to the role is Rachel Fern, who has been with the company for more than four years. Fern will work with all departments in AFG’s Canada operations and Houston ... [Read More]

Canadian used-car prices may be post-peak, but remain significantly elevated

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Thursday, Jul. 21, 2022, 03:04 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
After hitting a high in March, wholesale vehicle values in Canada have now fallen sequentially for three straight months, and the year-over-year growth — while still in double-digit percentages — has moderated. Still, used-car prices remain “extremely high,” as Canadian Black Book ... [Read More]

Canadian auto lenders boost value for dealers amid challenging market

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Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2022, 03:08 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
The J.D. Power 2022 Canada Dealer Financing Satisfaction Study analyzed the Canadian auto finance sector and, perhaps not surprisingly, found that supply-chain issues are affecting available inventory at auto dealerships in Canada.  Additionally, J.D Power said in a news release ... [Read More]

Inside one company’s journey to enable cryptocurrency options for Canadian dealers

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Thursday, Jul. 14, 2022, 02:30 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
Cryptocurrency usage is gaining popularity at a dramatic pace, especially among the millennial generation. In fact, according to data cited by Cion Digital president and co-founder Fred Brothers — whose company delivers a cryptocurrency purchasing option for auto dealers — ... [Read More]
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