How much of the conversation inside your dealership includes a question along the lines of, “Why don’t we have good leads anymore?” Big Time Advertising founder and CEO Terry MacCauley pointed out that sales teams often chalk up poor performance ... [Read More]

April 15 was Tuesday. As buy-here, pay-here dealerships know, that was the deadline for individuals to file their federal and state tax returns. While the database hosted by the Internal Revenue Service has a bit of a reporting lag, the ... [Read More]

A previous leader of multiple industry associations now is an executive with the National Lenders General Agency, a licensed risk manager and provider of insurance solutions for the buy-here, pay-here market. Last week, the company welcomed Tony Long as regional ... [Read More]

While a pair of bankruptcy experts chose to focus on the commercial side of the segment after looking at March filings, overall and individual filings rose again last month, potentially reinforcing what a Prosper Marketplace consumer survey highlighted. According to ... [Read More]

Buckeye Dealership Consulting reinforced its national sales staff this week, as the provider of reinsurance products for automobile dealers and finance companies announced the hiring of Timothy Gault as a new business development manager. The company highlighted that Gault joins ... [Read More]

PassTime and PayNearMe announced this week that they have expanded their integration, resulting in their mutual auto-finance customers now being able to incorporate text payment options for consumers. PassTime and PayNearMe have provided integrated solutions in payment processing and asset ... [Read More]

Dealer Profit Pros president Kenny Atcheson again asked a variety of industry leaders to share their expectations for what this year could be like for buy-here, pay-here and independent dealerships. Along with Atcheson offering his thoughts on advertising and marketing, ... [Read More]

Tricolor has now completed 16 ABS transactions since the company, which focuses on providing auto financing to Hispanics, issued its first securitization in July 2013. The latest securitization unfolded this week, as Tricolor announced a $328 million issuance. According to ... [Read More]

Multiple experts expect bankruptcy filings to continue to rise, especially after another upward drift in February. According to data provided by Epiq AACER, total bankruptcy filings came in at 40,260 in February, marking a 3% increase year-over-year. Filings last February ... [Read More]

Steve Levine of Ignite Consulting Partners made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast for two reasons. Levine shared how his second book came together to help dealerships with their compliance responsibilities. He also previewed the combined training conferences next ... [Read More]