In this episode, Dealer Profit Pros founder Kenny Atcheson goes into more detail about a special dealership advertising survey he conducted with Cherokee Media Group and how stores can take full advantage of their promotional resources in a changing media landscape. The full discussion can be found below. Download and subscribe to the Auto Remarketing Podcast on iTunes or on Google Play.  […] [Read More]

For this episode, Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby sits down with Black Book's Jared Kalfus in Las Vegas during NADA Show 2018 in March to talk about using VIN-specific car history data to generate more precise vehicle valuations. The full discussion can be found below. Download and subscribe to the Auto Remarketing Podcast on iTunes or on Google Play.  You can also […] [Read More]

America’s Auto Auction has brought on a new national accounts manager who will represent the company’s 21 independent auto auction locations. Rachel Ballard, the newest America’s AA national sales team member, was recognized as a 2016 Women in Remarketing honoree while serving as the national accounts manager at Capital City Auto Auction. “It is with much excitement and […] [Read More]

ADESA has made recent back-to-back appointments including a new executive sales director and two new California auction general managers. The company announced that Rod Thompson, who most recently served as GM at ADESA Tulsa, will now manage ADESA’s commercial client relationships and leading commercial client efforts. Meanwhile, Bobby Sylvester has been named GM of ADESA San Diego, […] [Read More]

The National Automobile Dealers Association highlighted that the keynote speaker sessions are among the numerous attractions of NADA Show 2019, which returns to the newly renovated Moscone Center in San Francisco from Jan. 24-27. The 2019 speaker lineup includes: • Jan. 25: Wes Lutz, 2018 NADA chairman, and Kat Cole, FOCUS Brands’ chief operating officer […] [Read More]

Kelley Blue Book’s Trusted Advisor Program is now available through the CDK Global Partner Program, the company announced Thursday. The KBB Trusted Advisor Program is now part of a marketplace of applications and integrations developed to help automotive dealers compete. Partners can integrate with a range of CDK applications and CDK dealer websites. KBB’s newly […] [Read More]

Coinciding with Kathleen Kraninger telling the Senate Banking Committee this week how she would oversee the regulator as its new director, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau outlined the head of a new division — the Office of Innovation. Acting director Mick Mulvaney announced that he has selected Paul Watkins to run the recently created Office […] [Read More]

A Northeast Ohio city just outside of Cleveland, in Cuyahoga County, is now home to Carvana’s 13th car vending machine. With the help of a new Warrensville Heights location and eight-story-tall car vending machine, Carvana has expanded its Ohio footprint to include four additional markets, the company announced Thursday. “We have been proud to give many Ohio […] [Read More]

Lease returns have been one of the dominant discussion points in the auto industry over the last few years, and rightfully so, given the influx in volumes that are now approaching a peak.  But when you think about lease returns and their impact to wholesale markets, only a “subset” of the off-lease volume ends up […] [Read More]

As it turns out, the peak in off-lease car volumes will likely be here sooner than once thought. And the growth in lease returns is slowing down and “no longer posing a threat to the market,” Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke said in a call with reporters and analysts earlier this month. Following what’s […] [Read More]