During her first year on the job in 2007 as a cashier and telemarketer for America’s Auto Auction Greenville, Mechelle Montgomery was talking to customers about an upcoming sale. One day, a company vice president was in the office and observed her on the job. The vice president told, her, “You keep that up, and […] [Read More]

Carlos Sandoval guides Bartow Ford’s philanthropic efforts supporting various causes, including Achievement Academy, Club Hispano de Lakeland, Central Florida Speech and Hearing, and Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine. Those efforts are one reason that Cox Automotive, in partnership with the National Association of Minority Automotive Dealers, or NAMAD, awarded its Rising Star Award to Sandoval, who […] [Read More]

As part of Auto Remarketing's 2020 Best Auto Auctions to Work For program, we are featuring Q&As with leaders from some of the honorees.  Next up is Bruce Thompson, founder and chief executive officer of CarOffer, one of this year's honorees.  That Q&A, available to CMG Premium subscribers, can be found below. Auto Remarketing: Workplace safety has been […] [Read More]

As part of Auto Remarketing's 2020 Best Auto Auctions to Work For program, we are featuring Q&As with leaders from some of the honorees.  Next up is Matt Alombro, auction manager at Louisiana's 1st Choice Auto Auction, which has been an honoree in each of the program's five years.  That Q&A, available to CMG Premium subscribers, can be […] [Read More]

Market Scan Information Systems’ newest partnership is with one of the world’s largest automakers. On Monday, the automotive solutions and data provider announced it will integrate with General Motors’ Shop.Click.Drive digital retailing platform.  Shop.Click.Drive will be powered with Market Scan’s mScanAPI solution — a database and payment calculation technology tool. “We are honored General Motors […] [Read More]

A new feature upgrade from The Next Rapid Recon is a no-charge enhancement to Rapid Recon's time-to-line reconditioning workflow software for current and new Rapid Recon users. Called Vendor Advantage, it is part of the Next Rapid Recon user interface upgrade. With a vendor-only portal into their Rapid Recon workflow system, it connects dealers with […] [Read More]

Andy Hinrichs, who is chief executive officer of online cars sales platform Digital Motors, joins the lastest episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.  He talks with Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby about the company's origin, the growth in digital automotive retail, greater investment interest in the space and more. To listen to the entire conversation, click […] [Read More]

Perhaps Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) offered evidence that the atmosphere in auto financing might actually be returning to normalcy, especially when it comes to delinquency and losses. In April, KBRA placed 229 securities on watch across the unsecured consumer and auto ABS sectors. Over the subsequent months, the firm said credit performance has been […] [Read More]

It’s November, meaning it’s tax season for some buy-here, pay-here dealerships. To help operators who use this strategy, tax preparation specialist Tax Max has renewed its National Member Benefit partnership with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association, providing exclusive offers for tax-season services to association members and their customers as an especially important tax season […] [Read More]

Mazda Canada is turning to experience management company Medallia, utilizing several of its tools across its dealerships to help “understand customer sentiment,” the latter said in a news release late last month. “2020 represents our 100th year in business. This milestone didn’t just happen because of great automotive innovation, it happened because of our fans […] [Read More]