MyDealerOnline, whose software lets dealers take wholesale vehicles and places them on the dealership websites, recently announced that Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania has invested in the company to bring more exposure to its multi-faceted dealership solution platform. Executives highlighted the late seed round will make it possible for auctions on MyDealerOnline.com to […] [Read More]

Sixty-eight percent of dealers either aren’t effectively using or simply are not using marketing attribution to gauge the results of their advertising campaigns, according to a recent study by Clarivoy. The marketing technology firm’s latest study, the 2017 State of Automotive Attribution Report, examines the current state and usage of marketing measurement among retail dealers. Clarivoy's findings […] [Read More]

Potential problems with vehicle documentation and state tax collection could cost a Kentucky dealership more than $1.1 million in restitution. Kentucky attorney general Andy Beshear filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in Fayette Circuit Court against The United Group, which operates as Auto Plaza USA, a large independent dealership in Nicholasville. The lawsuit is charging the […] [Read More]

An online automotive marketing operations based in The Netherlands and out to serve the Canadian, Latin American and European markets made a move to strengthen its North American footprint. In order to accelerate its development and strengthen its Canadian market presence following the acquisition of DEALERCITY CANADA, Dutch company DEALER Corp. has purchased the trademarks […] [Read More]

Mercedes-Benz Canada recently announced that Groupe Park Avenue automobile consortium acquired Mercedes-Benz de Quebec, the dealer group’s second Mercedes-Benz franchise purchase. Groupe Park Avenue acquired its Silver Star Montreal dealership just last year. The group purchased Mercedes-Benz de Quebec from Chatel Automobiles Ltee, which operated the dealership for almost six decades. Maurice Parent, owner of Chatel Automobiles […] [Read More]

During his first quarterly conference call as chief economist at Cox Automotive, Jonathan Smoke chuckled for a moment when an investment analyst from Goldman Sachs asked about the rate consumers are keeping the vehicles they had just spent anywhere from 24 to 36 months leasing. “Thanks for asking the most difficult thing to quantify in […] [Read More]

In the latest installment of the annual Power 300 issue of Auto Remarketing, we go behind the scenes with some of the leading companies in the used-car space and their top executives with a few Q&A features. Next up in this series is Len Short, founder and chief executive officer at LotLinx. The emailed Q&A is below:  Auto Remarketing: What advice would […] [Read More]

In the latest installment of the annual Power 300 issue of Auto Remarketing, we go behind the scenes with some of the leading companies in the used-car space and their top executives with a few Q&A features. Next up in this series is Amy Peck, director of managed marketing services at Dominion Dealer Solutions The emailed Q&A is below. Auto […] [Read More]

In the latest installment of the annual Power 300 issue of Auto Remarketing, we go behind the scenes with some of the leading companies in the used-car space and their top executives with a few Q&A features. Next up in this series is Steve Lind, general manager at Autotrader. The emailed Q&A is below. Auto Remarketing: You make contact with the […] [Read More]

In the latest installment of the annual Power 300 issue of Auto Remarketing, we go behind the scenes with some of the leading companies in the used-car space and their top executives with a few Q&A features. Next up in this series is John Kett, chief executive officer and president of Insurance Auto Auctions. The emailed Q&A is below: Auto […] [Read More]