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]

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 Kelly Bianchi, who is president of AuctionVcommerce.  Auto Remarketing: What is the top trend you’re watching in remarketing/wholesale automotive this year? Kelly Bianchi: The […] [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. First up is Christina Young, who is director of logistics development at CarMax. Auto Remarketing: What is the top trend you’re watching in remarketing/wholesale automotive this year? Christina Young: […] [Read More]

There’s another part of the digital world of financial services within automotive that might not get the attention of pre-approvals and the path toward delivery, but not completing it correctly can land finance companies in trouble. It’s refunding warranties and other F&I products when the vehicle is repossessed or is deemed to be a total […] [Read More]

IAA has added a new director to its board, the company said Friday, and also launched an operations committee, which it said will be tasked with “driving operational performance.” Additionally, the company said it has come to a “constructive resolution” with Ancora Holdings, LLC, one of the company’s stockholders, but no further details were provided […] [Read More]