FrogData is the latest company to announce Friday that it has become an approved CDK Partner, and is now part of a marketplace made up of 300 partner companies that offer more than 400 different applications for auto dealers. FrogData can now seamlessly access dealer data for use in its Dealer Data Analytics Platform, which […] [Read More]

Florida. The Mid-Atlantic. New England. Illinois, Texas, Colorado and Arizona. California. Not only do these areas contain some of the largest cities in the country, but they are also areas where the commercial consignors utilizing CarLotz have heavy volumes of vehicles for the company to remarket at retail. So with a $30 million round of […] [Read More]

The National Auto Auction Association Convention — which is held in partnership with the National Remarketing Conference at Used Car Week — is just around the corner. And Auto Remarketing is celebrating the annual event and the auction industry with our yearly NAAA Convention issue. One of the special sections in that magazine (our Nov. 1 edition) is the […] [Read More]

Year-to-date auction volume on late-model vehicles wrapped up August just a shade under 2 million units, with nearly a 22-percent sequential hike for last month alone. According to the latest Guidelines report from J.D. Power Valuation Services, the late-model auction volume tally of 1.94 million units through August is up 6.67 percent from a year ago. The […] [Read More]

Sign up for BidOnMyTrade.com — a new online service that provides dealerships leads on purchasing used-cars for trade-ins — is currently free of charge to dealers and requires no obligation. The new service was designed to give car shoppers a quick way to trade in their vehicle without having to leave home, the company said. Additionally, independent […] [Read More]

CarMax posted double-digit increases in both net earnings and used vehicles retailed during the second quarter of its fiscal year. And the company highlighted on Friday that CarMax achieved those results even though six stores in Houston were closed for a week because of Hurricane Harvey, creating a “modest adverse effect” on comparable store used-unit […] [Read More]

Well, here’s a title Tom Brady and the New England Patriots didn’t win. With Friday marking the first official day of fall and football season already in full swing, Swapalease.com shared results of its NFL & Cars Survey, where thousands of drivers across the country made predictions about their favorite NFL teams, and also paired […] [Read More]

This week, GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts sold through dealers, appointed Brian Stach as the company’s new chief revenue officer. In his role, Stach will oversee all of GWC Warranty’s field sales operations, including a nationwide team of area vice presidents, dealer consultants and trainers. “Brian is a proven leader with a […] [Read More]

The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation announced Wednesday it has pledged $750,000 to the American Red Cross and $250,000 to Americares to help communities devastated by Hurricane Irma. The $1 million in donations from the philanthropic arm of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car brand will go towards relief efforts in both the Southeast U.S. and the Caribbean, the company said. Enterprise's support for disaster relief now totals $3 […] [Read More]

The Canadian Finance & Leasing Association announced a new chairman of the board earlier this month, along with six executive committee members, including some from the auto-finance industry . And it will also have a new president and chief executive officer on Oct. 1. The new CFLA chairman is Richard McAuliffe, who is senior vice president […] [Read More]