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Sponsored Episode: Winning Talent Strategies for Car Dealerships – with CDK & Industry Leaders
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent ... Listen Here
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here

DriveTime seeks to challenge ‘outdated’ ad model with new campaign

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Thursday, Mar. 8, 2018, 03:52 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Now that DriveTime has its new top executive in place, the retailer that caters to buyers with damaged credit histories unveiled its news marketing initiative. This week, DriveTime launched what the company called its “The Genius Way to Buy a ... [Read More]

TIADA to help market NIADA CPO Program

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Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2018, 08:02 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association and the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association are both located in the Lone Star State and already have a close relationship. That connection became even stronger on Tuesday in a development that could help Texas ... [Read More]

DriveTime selects new CEO

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Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, 07:20 PM
BHPH Report Staff
DriveTime chose a leader with plenty of experience in the franchised dealer group world to be its new chief executive officer. According to an announcement distributed on Monday, Don Reese will join DriveTime as its new CEO beginning in late ... [Read More]

NIADA and Subprime Analytics confirm data agreement to aid dealers

Ken Shilson and Steve Jordan
Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, 04:19 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
When the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA) finalized its acquisition of the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers (NABD) this past December, the last thing Ken Shilson wanted to do was just power down his computer and never look spreadsheets ... [Read More]

3 advantages of automated billing within BHPH

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Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, 07:23 PM
Thomas Aronica, SkyBank Financial and Biller Genie
There is, perhaps, no better illustration of the “with great risk, comes great reward” concept than buy-here, pay-here. However, the advent of automated billing systems has decreased the risks associated with this market while improving cash flow and profits for ... [Read More]

8 features of DriveTime’s refurbished mobile site

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Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, 04:31 PM
BHPH Report Staff
With more consumers shopping for their next car using their mobile devices, DriveTime wanted to upgrade its offerings in an effort to capture those potential sales. On Tuesday, DriveTime announced the launch of a new mobile site with innovations designed ... [Read More]

NIADA notes: Dealer optimism high; new relationship with Lyft

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Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, 05:23 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Independent dealers went into 2018 with an upbeat mood. Why? The economic and retail sales growth expectations of independent dealers have improved substantially, according to the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association’s business confidence survey for the fourth quarter of 2017. ... [Read More]

Car-Mart expands in Kentucky

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Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, 03:16 PM
BHPH Report Staff
This week, America’s Car-Mart expanded its network of buy-here, pay-here dealerships. The company opened its second store in Bowling Green, Ky. The location raises Car-Mart’s footprint in the Bluegrass State to 12 dealerships. Car-Mart indicated this new Bowling Green dealership ... [Read More]

NIADA reminds operators about using updated buyers guide

Federal Trade Commission
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, 04:11 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association reminded operators about an important change from the Federal Trade Commission that went in effect this past Sunday. NIADA said dealers now are required to display the new version of the federally mandated buyers ... [Read More]

Annual bankruptcy total dips for eighth consecutive year

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Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, 04:14 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The American Bankruptcy Institute looked over the numbers and found that total filings for 2017 dipped 1 percent compared to the previous year, extending a streak of consecutive year-over-year declines that stretches back to 2009. According to data provided by ... [Read More]
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