With the event three months out, planning is in the works for the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance Summer Roundtable at the J.W. Marriott in Marco Island, Fla. This year's roundtable is set to run from Aug. 21 to Aug. 23. Registration for the event will open on Tuesday, and early registration fees will be available until July 23, IARA […] [Read More]

Lithia Motors leadership discussed people in significant detail during its first-quarter conference call with the investment community. Lithia is keeping close tabs both on individuals who employed by the dealer group as well as its customer base that is exhibiting changing behavior. Lithia president and chief executive officer Bryan DeBoer intrigued Wall Street watchers during […] [Read More]

Asbury Automotive Group will spend the rest of the year focusing on parts of its business it can control and expects to invest in excess of $10 million on its omni-channel strategy, company executives said. “Our plan for the remainder of 2018 is to focus on the aspects of the business that we can control, […] [Read More]

AutoAlert has promoted an executive who has been essential to the development of the new consumer experience management (CXM) platform that the company unveiled last month. Julian Johnston has transitioned from senior director of product consulting and sales to serve as new AutoAlert vice president of innovation and platform philosophy, company chief executive officer Mike Dullea announced in a […] [Read More]

Wholesale growth isn’t just being experienced by corporately owned auctions as an independent operation in the Northwest is on quite a positive trajectory. Doubling its business in less than 36 months has meant a lot of hard work for the team at Dealers Auto Auction of Idaho, but facility improvements and new consignors have put […] [Read More]

When Protective Asset Protection, conducted its latest survey addressing dealer concerns and opportunities with F&I product offerings, the provider of F&I programs, services, and dealer-owned warranty programs wasn’t surprised to see margin to be a primary concern. An element that did catch the attention of Protective Asset Protection senior vice president of distribution Rick Kurtz […] [Read More]

The ongoing momentum credit unions are generating in the auto finance space surfaced again through a first-quarter development from GrooveCar, which now can reach another 450,000 members who might be purchasing a vehicle. The company announced 18 new credit union partners have joined the GrooveCar Direct online vehicle buying program in Q1. The program promotes […] [Read More]

Insurance Auto Auctions (IAA), a business unit of KAR Auction Services, has opened a new branch in Casper, Wyo.  With this move, IAA now has locations in all 50 states.  The company announced Friday that its new IAA Casper branch sits on eight acres of land, which provides enough room for any possible expansion in the […] [Read More]

MBonDemand.com, the online private store from Mercedes-Benz USA, now includes cars from a third party. U.S. off-rental Mercedes-Benz vehicles from Sixt Rent-a-Car are available on the site, a portal powered by RMS Automotive. The luxury car rental service is the first partner to have its Mercedes inventory integrated on the MBonDemand platform. These cars will […] [Read More]

While 2-year-old and 3-year-old cars might be the most attractive used choices for some, there are parts of the country where there’s considerable demand for older options. In fact, research shows that Americans who buy the oldest cars live in Portland, Ore. Out of the top 50 most populated metropolitan areas in the United States, Portland is […] [Read More]