Last week’s North American Repossessors Summit (NARS) in Orlando, Fla., was again a festive event, as the American Recovery Association, DRN|MVTRAC|SCM, Insight LPR and Location Services honored repossession agents and other industry professionals associated with recoveries. The awards given by ARA included: Field Agent of the Year: Barry Gibrick of Nationwide Recovery Service Representative of […] [Read More]

In what the company called a “revolutionary moment,” PureCars said Monday it has acquired automotive data mining and customer engagement solutions provider AutoAlert. The companies did not disclose an acquisition price. PureCars, which provides customer data management and advertising tools, said it is blending its advertising tech, CDP, DMP and agentic artificial intelligence tools with […] [Read More]

As Cherokee Media Group was getting ready to host the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami, Peter Smith of the Lion Partnership spent some time with Nick Zulovich for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Smith recapped some of his conversations with dealers in the U.S. and Canada, reviewing what’s working and what’s not […] [Read More]

As Cherokee Media Group was getting ready to host the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami, Peter Smith of the Lion Partnership spent some time with Nick Zulovich for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Smith recapped some of his conversations with dealers in the U.S. and Canada, reviewing what’s working and what’s not […] [Read More]

Spring has sprung in the Canadian wholesale used-vehicle market. Canadian Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index for March showed birds singing and flowers blooming in the form of a slight month-over-month increase to 132.5, up 0.3 points from February, a small bump that’s a clear sign of the seasonal market in action. Just don’t expect […] [Read More]

In a wide-ranging update shared late Thursday afternoon, Cars.com confirmed it has initiated a cost-reduction program, which includes workforce trimming of approximately 11% of its full-time positions, along with process changes and vendor cost optimization. The company said in a news release the moves are expected to generate $25 million to $30 million in recurring […] [Read More]

Capital Auto Protection Services, a Fort Worth, Texas–based vehicle service contract provider is set to launch a new warranty financing company and is partnering with Input 1 to make sure it goes smoothly for dealer clients. As Capital Auto Protection Services brings this new offering to market, Input 1 said it will provide its SaaS […] [Read More]

Numa is moving into new territory. The artificial intelligence platform for dealership service department customer operations has acquired AI sales platform Ficus, a deal designed to accelerate Numa’s expansion into dealership sales and variable operations. “This has been a defining year for Numa,” founder and CEO Tasso Roumeliotis said. “Dealerships are moving from fragmented software […] [Read More]

One of Auto Remarketing’s 2025 40 Under 40 honorees is about to become very busy. Molly Kristick has joined Clarivoy to take on the dual role of chief experience officer and chief marketing officer, bringing marketing, customer success and brand strategy under her unified leadership. In a news release, the automotive independent attribution and measurement […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing is recognizing the 2026 Women in Remarketing honorees in the April edition of the magazine and will be posting Q&As with each of these outstanding leaders on the website.  Next up, in alphabetical order by first name, is Donna Dukes, SVP of technology operations at AutoTec. The Women in Remarketing program is presented by Ally. […] [Read More]