HOUSTON — Triggered by their industry growth, the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers and Subprime Analytics recently relocated their corporate offices. The organizations are staying in Houston, but now they can be found at: 2180 North Loop West, Suite 270 Houston, Texas 77018 Telephone: (832) 767-4759 Fax: (713) 680-2474 Ken Shilson, president of both […] [Read More]

The brand-new Re3 Conference — Recovery, Repossession and Remarketing — will tackle a key topic for the repossession industry with its second panel discussion. The session, titled “Selling Repos Directly from Agent Lots: The good, the bad, and the opportunity,” will feature: —Brent Huisman, vice president, asset remarketing, Santander —Zach Hallowell, business line director, OPENLANE […] [Read More]

Streamlining data analysis for an industry not accustomed to such a process is taking the American Recovery Association and Subprime Analytics a little more time than they originally anticipated. But what’s being organized — ARA’s second-ever Industry Scorecard — has executive director Les McCook and Subprime Analytics president Ken Shilson greatly excited about the project’s […] [Read More]

Manheim has received workplace honors from AARP yet again, as the organization named the auction company to its list of “Best Employees for Workers over 50” for the third time. Manheim came in at No. 27 on AARP’s list and also made the rankings in 2008 and 2009. There were no such awards last year. […] [Read More]

Digital Recognition Network recently gained a new director of client development. Tapped for the position is Jeremiah Wheeler, who will be will be responsible for developing and managing the company’s relationships with auto lenders and LPR2.0 service partners. DRN highlighted Wheeler has considerable industry experience, most recently as senior manager of business development for Recovery […] [Read More]

A Des Moines, Iowa, teenager buys old cars, bangs out the blemishes and finds some willing buyers among his pals looking for rides. Such was the start for Carl Moyer in the auto industry. And now, decades later, he is the Auto Remarketing 2011 CPO Dealer of the Year. Moyer — who owns Karl Chevrolet […] [Read More]

As Japanese inventories in the U.S. get back to full steam, some experts are predicting that an incentive war could heat up between these automakers and domestics. Japanese OEMs and dealers have their sights set on making up lost sales, while their domestic counterparts are looking to continue their sales momentum, meaning the market could […] [Read More]

In the midst of a challenging used-supply climate that may only grow more cumbersome, automakers still managed to beat year-ago certified pre-owned sales in August and continue to outpace the results from 2010. Three brands — Hyundai, Kia and Nissan — even set all-time records for CPO sales in August, according to Autodata Corp., which […] [Read More]

A month after launching its new Craiglist tool to existing clients, AutoRevo highlighted how much the enhancement has boosted dealers’ inventory listings online. Among the performance improvements AutoRevo noted: —Only 9 percent of postings are getting “ghosted.” The company explained “ghosting” is the term applied when users make a post on Craigslist and the system […] [Read More]

Mojo Motors now includes more markets where participating used-vehicle dealers can join the website that aims to connect the stores with qualified local buyers who are ready to make a purchase. After rolling out earlier this year in Boston and Providence, R.I., Mojo Motors now covers the Massachusetts cities of Worcester and Springfield, two of […] [Read More]