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What might be next for Amazon Autos
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:52 PM
Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat with Fan Jin, global leader of Amazon Autos, during Used Car Week 2025. Their wide-ranging conversation about the past, present and future of the online platform and its involvement with automakers ... Listen Here
Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here
Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 07:48 PM
Purr founder and CEO Chris Schellenberger opened Used Car Week 2025 on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics. Schellenberger, whose unique business model offers a retail consignment platform for repossessed vehicles, discussed what the repo industry could be ... Listen Here

BlytzPay adds veteran executive, investor Andreozzi as president and CFO

Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, 09:03 AM
BHPH Report Staff
A fast-growing company has added an experienced hand to help steer the ship. BlytzPay, an integrated fintech platform designed to modernize the way auto dealers and finance companies invoice, communicate and collect, has named Alison Andreozzi as president and chief ... [Read More]

Advantage GPS unveils advanced impound lot management feature

Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, 11:39 AM
BHPH Report Staff
It’s a scenario buy-here, pay-here dealers likely have experienced often. A contract holder falls behind on payments because the vehicle was impounded, impacting employment and income. To help BHPH operators and special finance companies navigate this common challenge, Advantage GPS ... [Read More]

How to reach 4 different kinds of shoppers amid consumer stress & uncertainty

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Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, 02:51 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Research from The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data and the LegalShield Consumer Stress Legal Index (CSLI) show the current state of household finances isn’t necessarily great right now. Big Time Advertising founder and CEO Terry ... [Read More]

Veteran industry trio rolls out collections service provider tailored for BHPH

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, 11:56 AM
BHPH Report Staff
This week, industry veterans Travis Ross, Mike France and Jeff Anderson launched a specialized outsourced collections service tailored for buy-here, pay-here dealerships. The trio with more than 70 years of combined experience sees Auto Collect Solutions as a service provider ... [Read More]

Experts see hurricanes adding to bankruptcy surge already spotted in Q3

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Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, 02:13 PM
BHPH Report Staff
As if hurricanes don’t already cause enough destruction, experts see these wicked storms adding more fuel to the ongoing rise in bankruptcies. According to data provided by Epiq AACER on Monday, total bankruptcy filings through the first three quarters of ... [Read More]

NIADA roundup: New 20 group moderator, Helene help & Policy Conference recap

Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, 01:20 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association recapped several developments on Wednesday, including its new 20 group moderator and consultant for buy-here, pay-here dealers, fundraising to help members impacted by Hurricane Helene and the successes of its 2024 Policy Conference in ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Lessons of leadership during a crisis

Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, 01:58 PM
Steve Levine, Ignite Consulting Partners
Like everyone else, I’m watching the horrible news coming out of North Carolina with a heavy heart. The devastation and suffering will impact that area and those people enduring Hurricane Helene’s aftermath for years to come. These catastrophic events have ... [Read More]

Former DriveTime exec to become Car-Mart COO

Car-Mart expands via acquisition, reports fiscal Q2 performance
Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2024, 12:30 PM
BHPH Report Staff
America’s Car-Mart will have a new chief operating officer coming aboard on Oct. 7. According to an announcement made on Tuesday, Car-Mart has appointed Jamie Fischer as COO. Fischer will join the company that operates 149 dealerships and more than ... [Read More]

Empire hires former Agora Data executive as regional VP of sales

Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2024, 12:27 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Empire Indemnity Insurance Company Risk Retention Group appointed Justin Stokes as its new regional vice president of sales. Based in Frisco, Texas, Empire said on Tuesday that Stokes brings two decades of experience in automotive finance and management with a ... [Read More]

4 ways to improve relationships with repeat customers

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Thursday, Sep. 19, 2024, 10:26 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Big Time Advertising founder and CEO Terry MacCauley offered a variety of suggestions to help buy-here, pay-here and independent dealers secure an important resource to maintain profitability and success — repeat customers. “Retaining customers is more cost-effective than acquiring new ... [Read More]
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