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COMMENTARY: Inventory acquisition in the AI age
Friday, May. 29, 2026, 01:00 PM
While many dealers have always “trusted their gut,” the old instinct-driven approach to buying used car inventory is quickly becoming obsolete. For decades, dealers relied on a familiar formula: when a vehicle sold, replace it with another one just like ... Read More
AI at car dealerships: a ‘crawl, walk, run’ evolution with data at foundation
Friday, May. 29, 2026, 11:54 AM
When it comes to practical applications of artificial intelligence for car dealers, it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Or a “crawl, walk, run” approach, says QuoreAI founder and CEO Todd Smith. “There’s no (case where you) plug in AI and ... Read More
Marketing for car dealerships in the age of AI
Wednesday, May. 27, 2026, 11:34 AM
There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the way companies do business — and the automotive industry is no exception. In fact, most dealers have already embraced AI models and incorporated them into their daily operations. From analyzing data ... Read More
Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:35 AM
The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point ... Listen Here
Forming the Transport Queens with Amber Gosney of SYCN Auto Logistics
Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:30 PM
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PODCAST: Autonomous vehicles & the used-car market with Peter Janczewski of Draiver
Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2026, 01:23 PM
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. To get a better understanding of how autonomous technology ... Listen Here

Used-vehicle prices high for market returnees

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Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, 01:43 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
Consumers drive the auto market. And the F&I office seals the deals. But if consumers can’t get the price they want, especially in the used market, there’s cause for concern. On the other hand, a race to the bottom — ... [Read More]

Online retailer Clutch launches in Toronto

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Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, 06:06 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada staff
Pre-owned vehicle online retailer Clutch has launched its service in the greater Toronto area. The company started operations in Halifax in 2017, describing itself as an alternative to buying a car from a traditional dealership or privately from an individual. ... [Read More]

Automakers get quick start to CPO in 2020

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Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, 08:02 PM
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
A few automakers have shared their January certified pre-owned sales results with Auto Remarketing Canada, and it appears they are off to a quick start.  For example, Hyundai’s H-Promise certified pre-owned program had its best January ever, moving 852 units. That ... [Read More]

New vice president to lead AutoVIN Canadian operations

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Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, 08:31 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Almost 20 years ago, Gilles Pellerin joined Quadrex, and that company was sold to DataScan in 2006. AutoVIN acquired the combined company in 2015, and the company says Pellerin played an important role in ensuring a smooth merger between AutoVIN ... [Read More]

Streamlining the process for consumers, lenders and dealers: From AI to alternative data

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Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, 07:49 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
Vladimir Kovacevic, founder and chief technology officer at Inovatec Systems, laughingly says Apple and Google have ruined it for all of us. That was how an enlightening interview with the tech-minded entrepreneur began. Kovacevic helps run Inovatec, which provides lending ... [Read More]

Cox collaboration aims to bridge online and in-store experience gap

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Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, 08:31 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada staff
Through a strategic collaboration between automotive business-to-consumer (B2C) chat company RAPID RTC and Cox Automotive Canada, RAPID RTC will integrate its chat service into Cox Automotive Canada’s Dealer.com and Dealertrack Digital Retailing systems. That, according to the companies, will “combine the ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: How better marketing attribution can shift the course of the auto industry, one match at a time

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Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, 02:10 PM
Nuno Loureiro, autoTRADER.ca
For the longest time, sales leads have been the standard benchmark for measuring the effectiveness of marketing activity in the automotive industry. Leads have always been seen as the holy grail that determines whether a dealership’s marketing mix is effective ... [Read More]

Are Canadian consumers ready to pay out for an auto online?

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Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, 01:54 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
There’s a lot of talk about the car retail purchase process moving from the physical dealership to fully online. Online, meaning every step of the buying process, from research up to delivery, is completed digitally. But are customers ready? That’s ... [Read More]

Canadians 18 to 34 to ‘drive’ auto sales in future

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Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, 01:37 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
Only 29% of Canadians said at the start of this year that they would buy a car online, according to Canadian Black Book’s latest “Demographics of Car Buyers” study, conducted annually by Ipsos. The number may seem low, as auto ... [Read More]

Data privacy in the age of online retail

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Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, 01:28 PM
Sarah Rubenoff , Correspondent
“Today, consumers are a lot more educated.” That’s how Jason Mosmann of RSR Global/OGI Digital began a conversation on the latest  developments in fintech and the dealer response — including how this technology creates both opportunities and privacy challenges for ... [Read More]

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