A partnership between a hiring and talent management company and an automotive marketing services company could be a big step to helping solve what is said to be an automotive industry-wide problem: employee retention. Hiring and talent management platform Hireology has partnered with automotive marketing services company Maritz to help dealers identify the best candidates […] [Read More]

At NADA Show 2019 earlier this year, we caught up with Jessica Stafford, who is senior vice president and general manager of Autotrader. She explains how the conversation around digital automotive retail has "shifted" from a year ago and why digital retail was such a big theme at the NADA convention. Plus, Stafford talks about Autotrader's […] [Read More]

Many people know LoJack as a stolen vehicle recovery company. Now, LoJack’s parent company, CalAmp, is partnering with Trophy Automotive Dealer Group to launch two LoJack products that CalAmp says will improve inventory management and provide customers with advanced connected car, driver safety and security services. Trophy will launch LoJack LotSmart and LoJack SureDrive across […] [Read More]

Thanks to a new partnership announced Tuesday, a consumer who leases a vehicle through the Honcker on-demand leasing platform will able to sell his or her existing vehicle to Carvana. Honcker has integrated the online used-car retailer’s proprietary technology into its platform, allowing consumers to receive an offer on their existing ride through Carvana and set up […] [Read More]

Insurance Auto Auctions has appointed Vance Johnston chief financial officer. Johnston, who most recently served as CFO for SP Plus Corp., will report to IAA chief executive officer and president John Kett. Kett said Johnston’s experience in leading finance teams and working toward operational efficiency will help IAA decrease cycle times and increase efficiencies for […] [Read More]

Make it five weeks in a row of wholesale values moving higher fueled by the 2019 spring market. According to this week’s Market Insights report from Black Book, editors noticed several car segments continued to show strong week-to-week retention, especially vehicles that might turn with buyers looking to stay within a budget. “Broad strength in […] [Read More]

A new wave of lawsuits is being filed across the country under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA is a federal law passed in 1990 requiring “reasonable accommodations” in “any place of public accommodation” to make them accessible to people with disabilities. Examples of ADA reasonable accommodations are wheelchair ramps and handrails. The […] [Read More]

Textmaxx Pro chief executive officer Chris Leedom told Tech Tank competition audience members during the 2019 Digital Dealer 26 Conference and Expo that 88 percent of all business calls go unanswered on the first try. Evidently that circumstance was well understood by the show attendees who voted the Sarasota, Fla.-based technology firm as the winner […] [Read More]

Partnerships continued to develop in the buy-here, pay-here dealership space on Tuesday; this time involving Frazer Computing and SpinCar. The providers of dealer management software (DMS) for independent stores and digital automotive merchandising software announced a partnership that brings the opportunity for personalized digital merchandising. Dealers using the Frazer DMS now can benefit from a […] [Read More]

Shift, an automotive ecommerce retailer, has expanded its operations into Portland, Ore., and Sacramento, Calif., where consumers can now access its car-buying and car-selling services. The move into Oregon, specifically, will utilize Shift’s ongoing partnership with Lithia Motors, a publicly traded dealership group in Medford, Ore. Shift now has nine operational markets, as Portland and […] [Read More]