Four of the five leaders of the Federal Trade Commission support a proposed a rule to ban what the federal regulator called “junk fees and bait-and-switch advertising tactics that can plague consumers throughout the car-buying experience.” The commissioner who voted against moving forward with this process articulated four points that she said, “Stakeholder input on these […] [Read More]

The dealership news roundup includes a store opening, another rooftop changing hands and a group expanding its leadership team. Let’s begin with more activity within mergers and acquisitions, as Haig Partners served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to Group 1 Automotive on the sale of Sterling McCall Hyundai South Loop in Houston to Steele Auto […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing Canada is recognizing the 2022 Women & Automotive: Profiles honorees in this digital issue of the magazine and at Canada's Used Car Week next week at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto. Leading up to the event, ARC has been posting Q&As with each of the Women & Automotive honorees on this website. Next up is Shari MacQuarrie, who is financial services manager at Mark […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing Canada is recognizing the 2022 Women & Automotive: Profiles honorees in this digital issue of the magazine and at Canada's Used Car Week next week at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto. Leading up to the event, ARC has been posting Q&As with each of the Women & Automotive honorees on this website. Next up is Lisa Prestidge, who is auction manager at Element […] [Read More]

Tip of the conference cap to the American Recovery Association and the North American Repossessors Summit planning committee. They scheduled a pair of intriguing panel discussions to begin the 2022 edition of NARS, which unfolded for the first time at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. The opening panel on Tuesday afternoon featured a diverse […] [Read More]

Already with a large collection of accolades and awards, you might say that Dale Pollak now is standing tall on the front line of the independent dealership world, as he’s now considering himself to be a “real car guy.” Pollak, founder of vAuto, Cox Automotive executive vice president and an innovator in dealership inventory management, […] [Read More]

In an effort to save at the pump, consumers these days are shelling out more to get alternative-fuel and smaller vehicles, spending thousands more for these rides than they were a year ago. According to an iSeeCars.com analysis of nearly 2 million sales of 1- to 5-year-old vehicles in May, overall used-car prices were up […] [Read More]

STELLA  Automotive AI, which provides conversational artificial intelligence technology, said Tuesday it has named a vice president of U.S. sales. Hired for the role is Sherri Eidenberg, whose 20-plus years of experience includes time with Live Person and Cox Automotive. “We aligned early with dealers to help them solve real problems,” STELLA chief executive officer […] [Read More]

America’s Auto Auction Bowling Green has a new general manager.   AAA said in a news release Tuesday that Karol Kirby Ahmed has been promoted to the GM role. “Karol joined America’s Auto Auction in 2017. Her rich auction lineage evolved from her family’s auction business in South Central Kentucky and Middle Tennessee,” AAA chief […] [Read More]

The AutoManager and Selly Automotive software companies have merged. AutoManager Holdings Group, which provides DMS and website tools to independent dealers, said in a news release Monday it has completed the merger between its AutoManager Acquisition, Inc. subsidiary and A1 Software, Inc., which does business as Selly Automotive. Selly provides CRM software to independent auto […] [Read More]