Dealer.com revealed Monday that is has acquired an asset that will potentially help its dealer clients “develop, launch and execute successful social media campaigns.” The company noted it has acquired selected assets of Hurley and Frank Industries Inc., a Burlington, Vermont-based firm that develops, executes and measures social media promotional campaigns. The acquisition of hearforward  […] [Read More]

In a recent promotion that lent a hand to a cause helping seriously ill children and their families, Charleston Auto Auction and its dealers  generated more than $5,000 for the Ronald McDonald House of Charleston, S.C. As part of the promotion — which was titled “Wear A Shirt, Provide a Place to Stay” — representatives […] [Read More]

ADESA has announced a new vice president of sales, bringing in one of its auctions’ general managers for the role. Tapped for the position was John Combs, who previously was the GM at ADESA San Diego. The move was effective immediately. In similar news announced today, Donlen named its new senior vice president of sales […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing has learned that Toyota has a new leader in its certified pre-owned program. Brad Heagy, who had been the retails sales & operations manager for TCUV/TRAC for the past year, has taken on the role of sales administration manager for the Toyota sales department. He is actually switching roles with Mia Phillips, who […] [Read More]

The string of at least 4 million used-vehicle sales per month appears to be over if CNW Research’s projection for August sales is accurate. CNW is predicting the combination of used sales by franchised and independent dealers as well as private party transactions to come in at 3.89 million this month. The May figure was […] [Read More]

Though according to NADA Used Car Guide’s analysis, new-vehicle incentives and rebates, as well as declining prices on used vehicles, are helping boost auto sales this summer, it seems consumers are not quite as willing to put out the big bucks for a used vehicle as values continue to falter. Kbb.com explained that “luxury vehicles […] [Read More]

An investment analyst recently asked Toyota’s Bob Carter about a subject studied intently by the National Automobile Dealers Association — automakers asking franchised dealers to make mandated changes to their showrooms and more. The questioner wanted to know if $1 billion worth of improvements were going to bring a strong return on investment for both […] [Read More]

One company new to the North American market contends vehicle logistics can be simplified and says it has the tools to make this possible. According to Car Delivery Network’s vice president of North America Rod Hicks, the company believes it has a solution to the potential communication issues that can arise between shippers, drivers and […] [Read More]

It was announced late last week that Jacob Solotaroff of MAX Systems has been added to the lineup of the fourth annual DrivingSales Executive Summit. Solotaroff — senior vice president, general manager of MAX Systems — will be presenting a breakout session titled, “Staying mobile: How to sell to today’s savvy buyers” at the event, […] [Read More]

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} MONROE, N.C. — A mix of aspiring and experienced buy-here, pay-here dealers left this past weekend's training […] [Read More]