Continuing its busy schedule of recent acquisitions and expansions of its existing auctions, Copart on Monday announced the opening of a new location in Fredericksburg, Va. The facility, located at 4717 Massaponax Church Road in Fredericksburg, will serve Copart customers from Washington D.C. and from Richmond and Charlottesville, Va. Copart Fredericksburg general manager Consuela Harrison […] [Read More]

Xcira is taking steps not only to improve functionality of its wholesale market platform, but online security for users, as well. On Monday, the company announced the launch of its new audio/video service associated with its Online Ringman simulcasting system. Xcira said this audio/video service will replace the now unsupported, and potentially insecure, Adobe Flash […] [Read More]

More accolades went Hudson Cook’s way as three members of its legal team collected honors from the 2019 Chambers USA Guide. Michael Benoit, Nikki Munro and Jean Noonan were recently ranked in the 2019 Chambers USA Guide for Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance). The firm also mentioned Hudson Cook was ranked nationally in Band […] [Read More]

Officials from 700Credit, which provides credit reports, compliance solutions and soft-pull products and services, recently finalized another integration aimed at streamlining delivery to be as fast as the weekend toys that powersports dealers sell. AppOne integrated 700Credit’s credit and compliance platform within the AppOne Dealer Portal, which can connect dealers and finance companies to automate […] [Read More]

The data is in: Prospective car buyers’ love of technology continues. Technology adoption is especially high among one of the sector’s most valued segments: 66% of those in-market for a new car or truck in the next 12 months say they are interested in trying the latest technologies, according to public opinion and data company YouGov. […] [Read More]

While your used inventory probably doesn’t have any self-driving cars — yet — your store already might have models containing the latest safety features a large number of consumers surveyed by CarGurus want. Along with gauging interest in vehicles having features such as a rear-view camera or blind-spot monitoring, the company’s newest automotive consumer research […] [Read More]

In line with what Sonic Automotive says is its leadership team’s desire to build a culture of inclusion and opportunity for female leaders at all levels within the company, the auto retailer will host its inaugural women’s leadership forum on Sunday in Houston. The symposium, which is open to all Sonic Automotive and EchoPark Automotive […] [Read More]

AutoNation’s stockholders on April 18 elected Thomas Baltimore Jr. and Steven Gerard to the auto retailer’s board of directors. Since January 2017, Baltimore has been chairman, president and chief executive officer of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., a lodging real estate investment trust. Gerard was chief executive officer of integrated business services and products provider CBIZ Inc. […] [Read More]

Sonic Automotive’s EchoPark program has turned a corner in a big way. The retailer’s line of standalone used-car stores is now profitable and should break $1 billion in revenues this year, Sonic said Thursday in reporting financial results for the first quarter. And the dealership group’s leadership believes its EchoPark operations will eventually outpace its […] [Read More]

PossibleNOW reinforced its compliance resources this week that could benefit the marketing efforts and dealerships and finance companies. The provider of Do Not Contact direct marketing compliance and enterprise consent and preference management solutions, announced the acquisition of the Professional Association of Customer Engagement’s (PACE) Regulatory Guide. The company highlighted the PACE Regulatory Guide is […] [Read More]