Along with Manheim getting involved to benefit the NIADA Foundation, independent dealers from across the nation are excited to reconnect with their peers during the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association Convention and Expo that is live and in person once again for the first time in more than two years. Pierrot Abiramia and Andreia Elmasri […] [Read More]

The days of Santander Consumer USA Holdings (SC) as a publicly traded subprime auto finance company are numbered. SC revealed just before the Fourth of July that it had received a non-binding proposal from its majority shareholder — Santander Holdings USA (SHUSA) — to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of SC that are […] [Read More]

The Canadian online vehicle retailing space will have another participant by the end of the year. And it’s inspired by one of the well-known operations from the United States. Last week, TEDA International Auto Group — a multinational, specialty automotive group bringing years of experience to global automotive trading — announced the formation of its […] [Read More]

Not only did the job scene improve in July, experts determined the Canadian employment picture didn’t deteriorate as bad in June as initially indicated. Employment in Canada increased by 221,300 jobs from June to July, according to the July ADP Canada National Employment Report.  Meanwhile, experts also said the June jobs data was revised. Instead […] [Read More]

Dealership sales personnel often can be challenged to find the right family vehicle — especially when some family members have four legs and fur because dog-loving drivers often bring their sidekicks along on adventures. To help stores that have customers with canines to consider, Autotrader is celebrating National Dog Day, which is Thursday, For the […] [Read More]

Now the service department advisor or repair technician literally can use new technology and say to your dealership customers, “Here, let me show you!” On Monday, CDK Global introduced CDK ServiceView, a video and communications tool powered by TruVideo, for dealership service departments using CDK Service and Elead Service. The company highlighted that this tool is […] [Read More]

Digital automotive platform Fair is shifting away from vehicle subscriptions and is relaunching with a new model in 2022. What will this pivot entail? Fair chief executive officer Brad Stewart joined the Auto Remarketing Podcast to explain.  Stewart became CEO of Fair in May 2020, taking over for then- interim CEO Adam Hieber, who taken […] [Read More]

Constant, a provider of digitized, self-service technologies, recently announced that it has partnered with DirectID, a global credit risk platform, in an effort to transform digital loan servicing and loss mitigation for banks and credit unions. According to a news release, their integrated solution will enable borrowers and contract holders to self-serve for loan management […] [Read More]

Equifax recently made two moves in an effort to make select differentiated data assets more widely available. Equifax announced one offering through AWS Data Exchange through Amazon Web Services (AWS) and another through the Snowflake Data Marketplace. The path through AWS can allow users to find, subscribe and use third-party data in the cloud. This […] [Read More]

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) released its auto finance ABS indices for July, as analysts used a description that might make many executives and managers a little more confident about how the entire market is behaving. [Read More]