Risk Point, a full-service program manager and provider of insurance underwriting and claims expertise to the dealership sector, recently named two new vice presidents for underwriting as well as sales and marketing. Taking on the role as VP of sales and marketing is Pepper Snider, who will be will be responsible for driving profitable growth […] [Read More]

The beginning of a new year often is filled with promotions for exercise; perhaps even using a personal fitness trainer at a gym. Well, Rapid Recon is taking a similar approach with its newest service to help dealerships get in better shape with regard to its inventory standing tall on the front line faster. The […] [Read More]

An acquisition announcement in the fleet space literally on a global scale came to light on Thursday. ALD Automotive said it signed of a memorandum of understanding to acquire 100% of LeasePlan from a consortium led by TDR Capital. According to a news release, the proposed acquisition of LeasePlan is for a total consideration of […] [Read More]

In a move that became effective on the first day of 2022, Hudson Cook promoted two of its attorneys to equity partners of the firm that serves dealerships and finance companies. According to a news release, the firm’s two newest partners are Webb McArthur and Latif Zaman. McArthur, a resident in the firm’s Washington, D.C. […] [Read More]

Compliance expert Randy Henrick, who also is a part of the team at Ignite Consulting Partners, shared a costly example of how not following federal statutes when making personnel decisions can inflict some significant financial pain on independent and buy-here, pay-here dealers. Henrick recently recapped that an Ohio dealer has agreed to pay $390,000 to […] [Read More]

Coinciding with Wisconsin-based First Business Bank making headway in the South with its floorplanning, digital auto auction marketplace EBlock announced a key partnership with Kinetic Advantage, a provider of floorplan technology. With soft wholesale volume and high prices in the lanes, EBlock and Kinetic Advantage said this week through a news release that their partnership will […] [Read More]

Though slower than November, the used-car retail sales market last month was expected to rise 3% year-over-year, according to a late December forecast from TrueCar. The company was predicting roughly 3 million used-vehicle sales in the final month of 2021, which would represent a 2% month-over-month decline but a 3% gain from December 2020. And how […] [Read More]

While many were counting down from 10 on New Year’s Eve, the used-car industry in Canada was counting up. To 21, that is. The final week of 2021 marked the 21st consecutive time that wholesale vehicle prices increased in Canada, according to Tuesday’s CBB Automotive Market Update from Canadian Black Book. Wholesale vehicle prices were […] [Read More]

Two firms in the transportation industry started the new year by working together. On Tuesday, Ship.Cars, a leading automotive transport technology company, announced a partnership with CarrierSoft, an automotive transport software provider. According to a news release, CarrierSoft has integrated its Broker TMS platform, MegaBee, with Ship.Cars’s Market, enabling brokers to post loads directly from […] [Read More]

If there was ever any doubt as to what segment draws the most attention in the used-vehicle market, let it be put to rest. Each of the top three best-selling used vehicles in 2021 were full-size pickup trucks, according to an analysis from iSeeCars.com. [Read More]