CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) understands operators’ accounting activities became much more complicated this year if they participated in the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). To provide crucial assistance, CLA recently announced new solutions to help borrowers tackle loan forgiveness. PPP guidance is ... [Read More]

Especially now during the coronavirus pandemic, operators need other ways of reaching their customers other than a face-to-face conversation. Textmaxx Pro, a national text message communication platform with special expertise in the automotive retail marketplace and part of the Leedom ... [Read More]

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association is making a host of modifications for its 74th annual NIADA|NABD Convention and Expo because of the coronavirus pandemic. First, NIADA said the event has been rescheduled for Sept. 21-24 at the Wynn Las ... [Read More]

Tricolor recently released a whitepaper about its success as a subprime auto-finance provider that specializes in working with Hispanic consumers, receiving designation as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) by the U.S. Treasury Department last year. Not only does the ... [Read More]

Economic impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic forced CarHop to diminish its dealership footprint. The chain of buy-here, pay-here dealerships recently announced the closure of its two Pennsylvania locations in Carnegie and Pittsburgh. CarHop, which has offered special financing through ... [Read More]

One of the primary capital providers for buy-here, pay-here dealers not only called off a merger agreement with another bank in the Lone Star State, the institution also announced a significant change in leadership. Texas Capital Bancshares, the parent company ... [Read More]

ComplyNet president and general counsel Adam Crowell recently debuted on the podcast to share how dealers are becoming more concerned about the health of their businesses than contracting the coronavirus. Crowell, who oversees the compliance solutions and risk mitigation provider that developed ... [Read More]

Independent stores might have attractive vehicles in their inventory. They might have a superb location, too. They might even have an established customer base of repeat buyers who share their positive experiences with friends and family. But Chuck Bonanno pinpointed ... [Read More]

States are slowly lifting stay-at-home restrictions, and independent dealerships are among the businesses now benefitting. Employees are coming back to work and vehicles are beginning to roll over the curb more frequently as independent operators ramp up to get back ... [Read More]

Kenny Atcheson is the founder and president of Dealer Profit Pros, which designs marketing and advertising programs for dealerships. Atcheson also is quite fond of baseball. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Atcheson told senior editor Nick Zulovich ... [Read More]