AutoGravity has reached over 1 million users on its platform where car shoppers can browse thousands of used-vehicles and get personalized finance offers in minutes. Since launching in 2016, the company has grown its user base by ten times in just one year. “We empower car buyers, dealers and lenders with a cutting-edge digital retail […] [Read More]

Alliance Inspection Management (AiM) announced on Monday morning it has named a new president and chief executive officer. Chosen for the position is Steve Lambert, who will begin his tenure as CEO on Dec. 4, in the company’s Long Beach, Calif., offices. AiM has hired Lambert to “strengthen the company’s core inspection and dealer floorplan […] [Read More]

It is hard to believe I am heading out to Palm Springs early next week to attend the National Auto Auction Association (NAAA) convention for the 28th consecutive year! I still recall the first conference I attended; it was an experience like no other; the magnitude and the melting pot of people from all over the […] [Read More]

Transportation company Metrogistics raised over $24,000 this year at its halloween event for local animal welfare organizations—the most the annual charity event has raised yet. Metrogistics’ Monster Mash Halloween Party raised $24,148 to be distributed evenly between Helping Strays – The Humane Society of Monroe County, Ill., and the Humane Society of St. Clair County SNAP […] [Read More]

Flashback with me for a second. It’s the first day of the fall semester at college. For the freshmen and transfer students, it’s a brand new environment and perhaps a brand new experience altogether. For the sophomores, juniors and seniors, the start of a semester may be old hat. But there are still new classes, […] [Read More]

Fleet services provider ARI is partnering with the Institute for Supply Management to host a webinar on Tuesday.  The webinar, “Lease vs. Purchase in the Era of New Accounting Rule — What’s Best for your Fleet,” is scheduled for 1 p.m. (EST) tomorrow. Listeners will hear from ARI’s director of lease portfolio management Jesse Mann, […] [Read More]

Auction Academy’s class group 5 recently visited NADA’s Dealer Academy and toured the all-new Bel Air Auto Auction in Belcamp, Md., for a two-day session. Its third of eight sessions started with a full day at NADA’s Dealer Academy. Students participated in “Through the Dealer’s Eyes,” a program that focuses on covering all aspects of […] [Read More]

Lynnway Auto Auction is facing $267,081 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after several citations from the agency more commonly known as OSHA. OSHA said in a news release Thursday that it inspected the Billerica, Mass., auction on May 3 following a crash involving an SUV that […] [Read More]

Integrated Auction Solutions has launched a customized marketplace for the Retail Automotive Alliance, an auto dealer group in the U.K. This development follows a six-month pilot. This UK dealer alliance plans to use the RAA MarketPlace to sell inventory internally first, then utilize it as a full retail application to sell trade-ins and frontline inventory vehicles, […] [Read More]

Shortly after she was promoted to the role of chief people officer of Cox Automotive in late September, we caught up with Janet Barnard, along with Cox Automotive's Joe George, at Cox Enterprises headquarters in Atlanta.  Check out the conversation below. Download and subscribe to the Auto Remarketing Podcast on iTunes or on Google Play.  You can also listen to the […] [Read More]