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Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here
Zapmoto Co-Founder & CEO Clint Curtis
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, 07:52 PM
We throw the keys to the valet on this episode. Clint Curtis is the co-founder and CEO of Zapmoto, which provides valet pickup and delivery of vehicles for servicing at car dealerships. He joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast for a ... Listen Here

NIADA Convention insight: Why current environment triggers memories of Cash for Clunkers

Tuesday, Jul. 1, 2025, 12:12 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Mark Strand, senior economist and senior director of industry insights at Cox Automotive, and Brent Carmichael, director of education at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association, brought up an event that might have made veteran store owners shiver while generating ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Talking new approaches to sharpen collections in BHPH

Thursday, Jun. 26, 2025, 07:23 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Cherokee Media Group’s Nick Zulovich secured some time with Gene Daughtry of Auto Master Systems this week in Las Vegas during the annual convention hosted by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. Daughtry still travels nationwide regularly and has weekly ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: The power of a strong ‘buy here’ process in automotive sales

Thursday, Jun. 19, 2025, 01:45 PM
Jeff Harmon, Automotive Reinsurance Concepts
In a retail environment where customers have endless choices and even more information, dealerships are finding it harder than ever to stand out. Competitive pricing and broad inventory are just table stakes in today’s market. What separates one store from ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Recession-proofing your dealership by focusing on customers, not fear

Details of upcoming repossession webinars from ARA & Weltman
Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2025, 01:09 PM
Tiger Okeley, Oak Motors
If you follow the news, you’ve probably heard a lot of negative talk lately about the health of the American economy. Tariff threats, trade wars, cuts in government spending, layoffs in both public and private sectors and investment market turmoil ... [Read More]

Buckeye Dealership Consulting rebrands as Buckeye Risk Services

Thursday, Jun. 12, 2025, 10:12 AM
Peter Salinas, Correspondent
Buckeye Dealership Consulting has rebranded as Buckeye Risk Services, a move that reflects the company’s evolution into a full-spectrum risk assessment and solutions organization serving multiple verticals while staying rooted in the automotive and finance ecosystems. Buckeye’s rebrand brings together ... [Read More]

Tricolor executes second securitization so far this year

Thursday, Jun. 12, 2025, 10:09 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Tricolor is continuing to leverage securitizations to have the resources it needs to specialize in the Hispanic and other underserved markets and operate 65 retail centers within 22 cities in Texas, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Illinois. This week, ... [Read More]

DealerCenter partners with Modives for insurance verification & monitoring

Tuesday, Jun. 10, 2025, 10:01 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Perhaps after their ability to maintain their monthly payments, the next most important characteristic independent and buy-here, pay-here dealers want to know about their customers is if they have valid car insurance. On Tuesday, Modives announced a partnership to embed ... [Read More]

Looking at May’s 7% rise in bankruptcies as opportunities for dealers

bankruptcy court
Thursday, Jun. 5, 2025, 12:43 PM
BHPH Report Staff
A Midwestern franchised dealer who uses OnlineBKmanager.com shared this anecdote with president Robert Davies ahead of the latest data provided by Epiq AACER, which said total U.S. bankruptcy filings increased another 7% year-over-year in May. “We’re seeing buyers come in ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Why rising student loan defaults are a boost for buy-here, pay-here dealerships

paying bills
Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025, 10:11 AM
BHPH United
Recent data from PYMNTS.com reveals a troubling trend: borrower credit scores are plunging following a rise in student loan delinquencies. While many financial institutions may see this as a red flag, savvy buy-here, pay-here dealerships can recognize a golden opportunity: ... [Read More]

NIADA seeks clarification from Senate involving proposal of tax deduction for auto financing

Thursday, May. 29, 2025, 11:20 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Patrick O’Brien is getting straight to work as director of government affairs and compliance for the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association Having just joined the association in recent days, O’Brien already sent a letter to leadership of the Senate Finance ... [Read More]
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