The American Recovery Association (ARA) announced a new partnership on Friday with Recovery Database Network (RDN), a business unit of KAR Auction Services. The organizations highlighted the agreement will help finance companies manage and monitor vendor compliance by integrating ARA’s Compliance Monitoring System and compliance metrics with the various software solutions offered by RDN. RDN […] [Read More]

Copart announced Thursday the expansion of its New Orleans location, which marks the company’s 12th expansion this calendar year. "So far in 2017, we've expanded locations as far west as California, as far east as New Hampshire, and several in between," Copart chief executive officer Jay Adair said in a news release. "Across the United States, each expansion […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing’s Best Auctions to Work For, which is sponsored by CARS Recon, is a free workplace study for the auto auction industry that recognizes the best auto auctions to work for on an unranked basis. It is designed and intended for individual auction locations — not corporate or headquarter offices. It is absolutely free […] [Read More]

While car searches on mobile devices surpass those performed on desktops and laptops, because most consumers who make phone calls to dealerships shop on their desktops, automotive marketers should consider how they direct digital ad spend between both desktops and mobile devices, especially during the industry’s two peak sales seasons, says a recent study. Shoppers […] [Read More]

When both dating and car shopping, Canadian women notably desire reliability and compatibility more than men, says Hyundai Auto Canada. Seventy-seven percent of women across Canada look for reliability in a potential partner, and 87 percent say they look for it in a car, compared to 66 percent of men who seek reliability in their […] [Read More]

It’s been a week since Equifax acknowledged a cybersecurity incident where criminals exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files, potentially impacting approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. And experts like PointPredictive chief fraud strategist Frank McKenna are still processing the potential impact on auto finance of the unauthorized access that Equifax […] [Read More]

Eric Janca, who previously held national daily rental sales manager and national remarketing manager roles for FCA Canada, is now heading up lease maturity and remarketing at SCI Lease Corp. Janca moved into the position on Aug. 1, following three years as FCA Canada’s national remarketing manager, and then more than a year-and-a-half as its national […] [Read More]

After 35 years with the automaker, Linda Silverstein — Ford’s general manager of remarketing and rental operations — is retiring. A pillar of the used-car industry, Sept. 29 is the last day at Ford for Silverstein. She has led the automaker’s remarketing since October 2002 and headed its rental operations since January 2007.   Asked […] [Read More]

Tesla has been increasing its used-car sales this year, and based on discussion in its latest quarterly earning filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that trend will likely continue. And when looking at Tesla’s volume in the auction lanes, those numbers have increased, as well, albeit from a small base. According to data that […] [Read More]

Before he joined the board at Vast this summer, Paul Johnson had the chance to re-connect with the company about a year ago. Johnson, who was at the helm of Kelley Blue Book from 1999 to 2012, had known the folks at Vast from his KBB days. In fact, Vast — which many may know […] [Read More]