Along with giving individual awards and recognizing agencies that have reached significant milestones of membership involvement, the American Recovery Association installed its board of directors during its recent annual convention in Frisco, Texas. “I have only been on the board for a couple of years and have served as your president for about a year, […] [Read More]

Hudson Cook partners Patty Covington and Eric Johnson got to switch from litigators to educators again this week when they led the 2026 Compliance Champions Workshop hosted by the National Automotive Finance Association. While many compliance professionals, legal experts and auto-finance leaders made the trip to Irving, Texas, for the event, multiple participants also joined […] [Read More]

The auto auction industry continues to grow digitally, but the buying, selling and servicing of vehicles still requires boots on the ground, physical infrastructure and land. To that end, Greater Rockford Auto Auction is adding six acres to its parking lot, allowing for additional vehicle capacity and more space on its main lot for auction […] [Read More]

Now businesses of all sizes and individuals from more places can use product offerings from Privacy4Cars. Along with securing two new patents, Privacy4Cars announced on Wednesday that its app has been significantly updated. The app now features more than a dozen additional European languages and new single-use deployment capabilities to enable a broader range of […] [Read More]

Dilawri is expanding its Kia footprint in Ontario. The dealer group, said to be Canada’s largest, said Tuesday it has opened Kia Vaughan, which is its third Kia store in the province. The Vaughan, Ontario store joins Markham Kia and 401 Dixie Kia. The two-story facilities includes 10,395 square feet of showroom space, 16 service […] [Read More]

Whether you examined bankruptcy filings from the first three quarters of the year or just September, the year-over-year figures left almost identical trajectories. Bankruptcies keep moving higher. According to data provided by Epiq AACER, total bankruptcy filings through the first nine months of 2026 increased 11% year-over-year to 469,719 cases. A year ago, the figure […] [Read More]

The new-look AutoCanada continues to develop. After announcing last week its board would conduct a strategic review of the company’s collision operations, the retailer said Thursday that it has completed its purchase of two Colorworks Autobody collision repair enters in British Columbia. The facilities are in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam. AutoCanada also announced that it has […] [Read More]

Carvana is bringing more magic to Orlando. Well, maybe not magic, per se, but it is bringing additional vehicle reconditioning capacity, more same-day delivery options and about 100 new jobs to its existing ADESA auction in the area. The online used-car retailer said Tuesday it is adding Inspection and Reconditioning Center capabilities to the ADESA […] [Read More]

In September 2023, I wrote a LinkedIn article titled “How Artificial Intelligence Could Improve Vehicle Remarketing & Evaluations & Reduce Overall Portfolio Risks” (click here to read it). I’m revisiting parts of it here because the ideas are even more relevant today than when I wrote them, even if we aren’t as close to that […] [Read More]

Here’s why understanding the buyer’s perspective can make a dealership transaction more successful. Reflecting on the many M&A transactions I have had the privilege of leading to successful closing, I have learned that what initially appears to be an immovable point of contention is not always as consequential as it seems. What one party considers […] [Read More]