U.S.-based auto retailer Lithia & Driveway, which expanded into Canada last year with the purchase of Toronto’s Pfaff Automotive Partners, has increased its Canadian footprint with a purchase announced Tuesday. In the first addition to its Canadian portfolio since buying Pfaff, Lithia has acquired Thornhill, Ontario-based Sisley Honda. The store, which opened in 1946 and […] [Read More]

Continuing our series of special episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring general sessions from this year’s Auto Intel Summit — an added benefit for Cherokee Media Group Premium Members — we turn our focus back to the wholesale space. Brad Burns of Manheim delivers a keynote presentation titled, “Digital Wholesale: Moving at the Speed […] [Read More]

Continuing our series of special episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring general sessions from this year’s Auto Intel Summit — an added benefit for Cherokee Media Group Premium Members — we share a presentation about another way to retail vehicles. In a keynote presentation, Chip Perry of A2Z Sync asks the question: “Is one-person […] [Read More]

Quantum5 reinforced its executive management team on Monday. The company that offers a platform designed "to transform dealership training and bridge the gap between the traditional and digital customer" announced the hiring of Blair King as its new vice president of marketing and Matt Montgomery as its vice president of accounting and finance. King, who […] [Read More]

A new month begins with another acquisition announcement. DealerBuilt, an enterprise dealer management system (DMS) provider for retail dealerships, on Monday announced the acquisition of Vistadash, a leading agnostic marketing intelligence platform that helps the automotive industry standardize digital metrics to create a fair baseline measurement of digital performance. DealerBuilt said through a news release […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing is recognizing the 2022 Women in Remarketing honorees in the May issue of the magazine, and will be posting Q&As with each of these outstanding leaders on the website. Next up is Michelle Hutchinson, who is director of strategic accounts at Ship Your Car Now. Auto Remarketing: What is the top trend you’re watching in remarketing/ wholesale […] [Read More]

Inovatec Systems co-founder and chief executive officer Vlad Kovacevic alluded to new products being in the pipeline when Cherokee Media Group reconnected with him in March during the American Financial Services Association’s Vehicle Finance Conference. Backing up those mentions, the cloud-based software solutions provider last week released its Inovatec LMS 2.0 platform, a management and […] [Read More]

Refinancing company iLending — which rebranded itself about a month ago — welcomed a new chief digital officer Chosen to be responsible for technology-related, digital, and innovation services including infrastructure, security, communication services, and software development, iLending hired Christian Marcussen. “Bringing Christian on will keep iLending in the technological lead and is absolutely key to […] [Read More]

Franchised dealers for Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, RAM and Fiat will continue to have a familiar option when helping their customers in the finance office. Last week, Santander Consumer USA Holdings, which does business as Chrysler Capital with these dealers, announced it has reached an agreement with Stellantis to amend and extend the master private label […] [Read More]

On Monday, APCO Holdings announced its third executive move so far this year. After actions involving its senior vice president and chief information officer as well as with its senior vice president of marketing and strategy, the provider and administrator of automotive F&I products and home to the EasyCare and GWC Warranty brands announced a […] [Read More]