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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

Finding quality employees — especially technicians — greatly challenges independent operators

Chuck Bonanno
Thursday, May. 21, 2020, 02:18 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
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]

NIADA survey: Independent dealers bringing workers back to stores

Steve Jordan at UCW
Tuesday, May. 19, 2020, 02:50 PM
BHPH Report Staff
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]

PODCAST: Approaching dealership advertising like a baseball game

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Thursday, May. 14, 2020, 02:39 PM
BHPH Report Staff
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]

COMMENTARY: COVID-19, the CARES Act and BHPH dealer liquidity

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Tuesday, May. 12, 2020, 04:00 PM
Jim Bass, Agora Data
My oh my, this COVID-19 virus thing is not a good thing. It’s not good. It’s bad for business. It’s also been a bad thing for our personal lives. Hopefully, you and your family have fared well through this crisis. ... [Read More]

Byrider offers purchase discount to support first responders

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Thursday, May. 7, 2020, 02:48 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Byrider is looking to help first responders who are on the frontlines in the fight against COVID-19 have reliable transportation by offering a special discount toward a vehicle purchase through the end of May. The network of buy-here, pay-here dealerships ... [Read More]

Federal assistance possibly slows April bankruptcy filings

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Tuesday, May. 5, 2020, 02:28 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The newest information from the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) possibly shows the positive impact of federal intervention to support consumers and businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. According to data provided by Epiq Systems and released on Tuesday, total U.S. bankruptcy ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Stories about resilient dealers from Ignite Consulting Partners

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Thursday, Apr. 30, 2020, 02:01 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Ignite Consulting Partners has dealership clients not only in its home state of Texas, but nationwide. And the firm has been communicating with those operators daily throughout the crisis, discussing disaster plans and more. Chief legal and compliance officer Steve ... [Read More]

Tricolor hires former Dealertrack and DealerSocket exec as chief product and strategy officer

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Tuesday, Apr. 28, 2020, 02:11 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Tricolor chose an executive who has past experience with companies such as Dealertrack and DealerSocket to be its chief product and strategy officer. On Monday, the used-vehicle retailer focused on the sale and financing to Hispanic consumers announced Jennifer Lee has ... [Read More]

Agora Data offers closer look at BHPH delinquency, recency during COVID-19

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Thursday, Apr. 23, 2020, 03:24 PM
BHPH Report Staff
While the latest overall auto-finance default reading came in at the lowest point in the past 10 years, Agora Data tried to generate more clarity about delinquency specific to the buy-here, pay-here industry. Through which AgoraInsights shared exclusively with BHPH Report ... [Read More]

PODCAST: NIADA’s Petersen on independent dealer resiliency & association activities

Shaun Petersen for web
Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2020, 01:48 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The past six weeks have represented one of the busiest stretches ever experienced by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association because of the coronavirus pandemic. NIADA senior vice president of legal and government affairs Shaun Petersen returned to the podcast, ... [Read More]
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