Auto Remarketing is recognizing the 2026 Women in Remarketing honorees in the April edition of the magazine and will be posting Q&As with each of these outstanding leaders on the website.  Next up, in alphabetical order by first name, is Joni Allen, who is vice president/operations manager at Lehigh Valley Auto Auction. The Women in Remarketing program […] [Read More]

Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, she faces a “lightning round”, providing quick-hit takes on some of the many articles she’s […] [Read More]

A family of dealers that’s been in business more than 100 years is bowing out of the Omaha area as a growing dealership group moves into Nebraska for the first time. Morrie’s Auto Group announced it has acquired Beardmore Subaru, Beardmore Hyundai and Beardmore Chevrolet in Bellevue, Neb., from the Beardmore Auto Group, giving Morrie’s […] [Read More]

Swickard Auto Group is taking its partnership with Reynolds and Reynolds to another level — the AI level. The Las Vegas-based dealership group said its expanded partnership with the dealership software provider will deploy advanced artificial intelligence tools designed to improve customer engagement, strengthen retention and drive more consistent communication throughout Swickard’s 53 locations in […] [Read More]

DriveCentric’s newest AI agents are on their own. The customer engagement platform announced it has expanded the capabilities of its artificial intelligence-powered agents to include autonomously executing several “critical workflows” that dealerships often struggle to cover consistently. The agents, built into the DriveCentric platform, are designed to augment existing tools such as Automation Hub and […] [Read More]

Cox Automotive reported last week that the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index rose to 102.4, which is the highest reading since June 2022. And Jonathan Gregory pointed to the subprime share as one of the primary catalysts. The senior director on Cox Automotive’s economic and industry insights team said the share of financing to subprime consumers […] [Read More]

AutoCanada’s U.S. holdings are down to three stores. The Edmonton-based dealership group has closed on the sale of two more of its U.S. dealerships: Hyundai of Lincolnwood and Kia of in Lincolnwood, both in the Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood, Ill. The dealerships were acquired by Berman Automotive Group, according to Haig Partners, which advised AutoCanada […] [Read More]

Last week’s North American Repossessors Summit (NARS) in Orlando, Fla., was again a festive event, as the American Recovery Association, DRN|MVTRAC|SCM, Insight LPR and Location Services honored repossession agents and other industry professionals associated with recoveries. The awards given by ARA included: Field Agent of the Year: Barry Gibrick of Nationwide Recovery Service Representative of […] [Read More]

In what the company called a “revolutionary moment,” PureCars said Monday it has acquired automotive data mining and customer engagement solutions provider AutoAlert. The companies did not disclose an acquisition price. PureCars, which provides customer data management and advertising tools, said it is blending its advertising tech, CDP, DMP and agentic artificial intelligence tools with […] [Read More]

As Cherokee Media Group was getting ready to host the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami, Peter Smith of the Lion Partnership spent some time with Nick Zulovich for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Smith recapped some of his conversations with dealers in the U.S. and Canada, reviewing what’s working and what’s not […] [Read More]