In discussing the new surface disinfection and air cleanse services from mobile vehicle care and fleet services company RideKleen, Pratik Patel said that in the current COVID-19 situation, companies should have taken a more proactive approach in cleaning vehicles, rather than reactive. “If we had a more of a proactive approach when it comes to […] [Read More]

Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits returns to his broadcasting roots for the latest episode of the Auto Remarketing Pocast, where he talks with Troy Blackwell, chief operating officer of NuVinAir. NuVinAir,  whose services are "more relevant today than ever,"  Blackwell said, has patented technology initially designed to cut vehicle odors, but that has since pivoted […] [Read More]

A new collaboration between Flick Fusion and VinSolutions aims to ease the process for dealership staff to capture and share videos from within their existing CRM system. Flick Fusion is a video hosting, marketing and distribution platform, and VinSolutions is the provider of Connect CRM, a dealership customer relationship management system. VinSolutions has selected Flick […] [Read More]

Experts from Black Book, Cox Automotive, J.D. Power Valuation Services and KAR Global are all using their collective knowledge and skills to assess current wholesale values that have dropped significantly because of the coronavirus pandemic. These same firms also are tackling the challenge of projecting when wholesale prices might rebound, often using the term “several […] [Read More]

Cherokee Media Group has launched Part I of a whitepaper series on "A New Age of Digital Buying & Selling" to share trends and best practices for a used-car industry that’s increasingly digital — and even more so in recent weeks. Part I focuses on the wholesale used-car business and includes insights from such key […] [Read More]

A new Business Continuity Resource Hub from Cox Automotive’s Dealer Software Solutions brands, Dealer.com, Dealertrack DMS, VinSolutions and Xtime, is geared toward dealers looking to resolve current challenges and reimagine their business for the future in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cox Automotive experts deliver the continuously updated series of no-cost webinars, which focus […] [Read More]

Workplace culture. It can feel somewhat like a nebulous term, one that may not have always played such a key role in a company strategy just a few years ago.  But now, with industries across most all sectors looking to foster a more inclusive, diverse, safe workplace, positive company culture is top of mind and […] [Read More]

As part of its commitment to support Canadian dealers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian digital automotive solutions provider TRADER Corp. launched the Remote Selling Suite. The company says that with the Remote Selling Suite, dealers can carry out everyday sales operations online via the autoTRADER.ca marketplace. And dealers can do that while also complying with […] [Read More]

Much like the U.S. set, the Canadian certified pre-owned vehicle market appeared to have struggled in March, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s a rundown of how a few automakers fared, based on results shared with Auto Remarketing Canada: Toyota had 2,075 certified sales in March, down from 3,259 a year ago. Through the first quarter, […] [Read More]

The likelihood some contract holders currently in your auto-finance portfolio will seek some kind of payment modification grew again with the latest initial claims for unemployment benefits reported by federal officials on Thursday morning. For the second week in a row, those initial claims surpassed 6.6 million as the Department of Labor reported that for […] [Read More]