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FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

Tekion adds another new partner with integration of DAS Technology’s customer experience platform
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 10:12 AM
Another day, another integration partnership for Tekion. The dealership technology provider has integrated with DAS Technology to connect the DAS artificial intelligence customer data and experience platform with Tekion’s AI-based Automotive Retail Cloud, a platform designed to handle the full ... Read More
A single customer file allows dealers to easily integrate AI vendors in DealerBuilt DMS
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 10:09 AM
As consolidation continues in the dealership world, easily moving used inventory between stores is becoming increasingly important to a seamless customer experience. One dealer management system is structured so that dealers using it can not only more easily sell used ... Read More
AI’s potential on display at NADA Show as it expands into more areas of dealership operations
Friday, May. 1, 2026, 09:49 AM
Artificial intelligence was everywhere at NADA Show 2026 earlier this year, and one thing quickly became apparent: while AI may have been used primarily as a communication tool, its use cases have quickly expanded to other parts of dealership operations. ... Read More

Full-size van values continue to tumble in Canadian wholesale used market

Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026, 09:56 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
If you’re looking to buy low on a used vehicle, you might want to look at a full-size van. The wholesale price of that segment of the Canadian used-vehicle market dropped 1.37% ($466) for the week ending April 25, according ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Talking about the car business in the US & Canada with Peter Smith of the Lion Partnership

Monday, Apr. 13, 2026, 12:02 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
As Cherokee Media Group was getting ready to host the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami, Peter Smith of the Lion Partnership spent some time with Nick Zulovich for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Smith recapped some of ... [Read More]

Spring arrives with bump in Canadian wholesale market — but don’t expect it to last

Friday, Apr. 10, 2026, 12:19 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Spring has sprung in the Canadian wholesale used-vehicle market. Canadian Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index for March showed birds singing and flowers blooming in the form of a slight month-over-month increase to 132.5, up 0.3 points from February, a ... [Read More]

Dealer groups unveil new facilities for Hyundai, Genesis dealerships in Western Canada

Thursday, Apr. 9, 2026, 09:20 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Hyundai Motor Group has some brand-new homes in Western Canada, courtesy of two dealership groups. Kot Auto Group announced the grand opening of Victoria Hyundai’s new facility in Langford, B.C., billed as the largest Hyundai facility in Canada at more ... [Read More]

Safe-Guard and Nissan Canada extend their partnership for another four years

Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2026, 10:23 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
A relationship that has been ongoing for more than a decade will go on awhile longer. Safe-Guard Canada, a platform for private-label protection products for the automotive, RV, marine, and powersports industries, announced a four-year extension of its partnership with ... [Read More]

With expenses cut, AutoCanada now turns its attention to bringing back used-car profits

Monday, Apr. 6, 2026, 11:13 AM
Andrew Friedlander, Associate Editor
In 2025, AutoCanada reached its target of $115 million in annual cost savings. Mission accomplished. Turns out, though, that was only half the mission. Even as the dealership group’s drive for efficiency pulled it out of a deep financial hole ... [Read More]

AutoCanada back with AutoTrader after year away

Thursday, Apr. 2, 2026, 12:10 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada’s on-again, off-again relationship with AutoTrader is on again. The Edmonton-based dealership group announced it has finalized a national advertising partnership with AutoTrader.ca, Canada’s largest automotive marketplace. The agreement establishes a unified marketplace strategy throughout AutoCanada’s 64 Canadian franchise dealership ... [Read More]

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