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Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here

Byrider hands out annual awards

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BHPH Report Staff
Byrider recently honored the top performers within its network of buy-here, pay-here dealerships and franchisees. During the company’s annual convention on Nov. 13 in Scottsdale, Ariz., Byrider chief executive officer Craig Peters said, “We’re proud to recognize our franchisees and ... [Read More]

Battery breakthroughs part of Revo 2.0 from Advantage GPS

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BHPH Report Staff
At Advantage GPS, company executives and experts are charged up about batteries nowadays. The company recently launched what it’s calling Revo 2.0 — a family of advanced, self-powered wireless GPS tracking devices with cutting-edge, second-generation smart battery technology and power ... [Read More]

October bankruptcies rise but remain below pre-pandemic readings

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BHPH Report Staff
While still not recovered to the activity level seen before the pandemic, bankruptcy filings are trending higher. Epiq recently released its October bankruptcy filing statistics from its AACER bankruptcy information services business. The firm said October new filings for all ... [Read More]

Byrider expands franchise development team

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BHPH Report Staff
Byrider already has more than 140 buy-here, pay-here locations across the country. And the company recently added a new executive who is tasked with growing that store footprint even more. Byrider hired Michael Davis to reinforce its franchise development team ... [Read More]

War stories: Learning from difficult trial verdict against dealer

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Steve Levine, Ignite Consulting Partners
This time, I’m going to share the story of how I learned the hard lesson that “everything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.” I did a presentation recently on the importance of ... [Read More]

Car-Mart raises goal for annual toy drive

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BHPH Report Staff
America’s Car-Mart raised the goals for its Holiday Toy Drive, which is now in its 13th year of being orchestrated during November by the buy-here, pay-here dealership group. Since 2009, Car-Mart said in a news release that it has collected ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Talking software development & private equity investment with Allen Dobbins

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BHPH Report Staff
Automotive technology entrepreneur Allen Dobbins appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast soon after announcing he was part of the investment AutoManager recently received from the Beekman Group, a private equity firm based in New York. Along with describing the path ... [Read More]

NY private equity firm enters BHPH space via DMS investment

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BHPH Report Staff
Beekman Group, a private equity firm based in New York focused on building companies in the healthcare, consumer and the business services sectors, now has a presence in the buy-here, pay-here industry. This week, Beekman announced that the firm has ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: NIADA pushes back against ESPN personality belittling dealers

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Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA) offered a rebuttal when an ESPN personality chose a negative dealer stereotype to describe one of his former NFL coaches who resigned amid a scandal involving derogatory comments made about league officials and ... [Read More]

Advantage GPS gains patent for ‘Unified Device Access’

David Meyer all access for web
BHPH Report Staff
Advantage GPS received good news from a federal regulator this week. The provider of modern data analytics and advanced risk mitigation solutions for vehicle finance professionals announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted United States Patent No. ... [Read More]

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