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DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
DealerOn has done NASA one better. While the space agency recently launched the first astronauts to visit the moon in more than 50 years, the provider of auto dealership websites and digital sales and marketing technology boasted two launches on ... Read More
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
Experian found another way to connect people and technology. And the newest tool emphasizes the component of a transaction including a real person. Last week, the company launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that designed to establish a secure, verifiable ... Read More
Fed’s Bowman outlines 3 steps now that Anthropic’s Mythos adds more possible AI risk to banking
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:18 AM
Federal Reserve vice chair Michelle Bowman acknowledged Friday that Anthropic’s Mythos — an artificial intelligence model that identifies cyber vulnerabilities — created a significant stir in banking, especially after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed chair Jerome Powell convened the ... Read More
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
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, ... Listen Here

Canadian Company Acquires Massachusetts-based Subprime Lender

Friday, Sep. 6, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
EDMONTON, Alberta — With the subprime auto financing market as ripe as it has been in years, a Canadian company decided this week to jump into originating contracts in the United States. Edmonton, Alberta-based Carinco Financial Group Inc. revealed it ... [Read More]

ABI: Bankruptcy Filings on Pace for Lowest Total Since 2008

Friday, Sep. 6, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Continuing a positive trend of fewer consumers walking away from debt, the American Bankruptcy Institute highlighted that total filings in the United States during August decreased 15 percent compared to the previous year. According to data provided ... [Read More]

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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth

Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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Dealer Playbook: 5 Takeaways for Auto Retailers Using AI

The May issue of Auto Remarketing — “Shifting Gears: AI’s Role in Retail Automotive” — explores how top auto retailers...
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How TO Maximize Your Digital Sales!

How much revenue is slipping through the cracks in your digital sales process? Our latest guide reveals the most common...
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Loan Origination Automation Guidelines for Modern Lenders

Lenders are under pressure to move faster, handle higher volumes, and reduce manual tasks. Automation can help, but only if...
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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist

Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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NVLA Golf Outing to Support Winthrop University Cancer Center for Kids

Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HANOVER, Md. — The New York/New Jersey/Connecticut chapter of the National Vehicle Leasing Association is hosting a golf outing, dinner and charity raffle drawing in honor of their late colleagues who were instrumental with the association and the industry. Organizers ... [Read More]

Experian: Subprime Loan Volume Climbs Again in Q2

Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — As a record number of new-vehicle buyers used either a loan or a lease to fund the deal, Experian Automotive indicated the number of subprime contracts kept rising during the second quarter. According to the latest State ... [Read More]

CNW: August Used Sales Rise 5 Percent

Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BANDON, Ore. — With the last day of August coming as part of Labor Day weekend, CNW Research tabulated that the used-vehicle sales figure for the month jumped 5.6 percent year-over-year. Combining sales at franchised and independent dealerships as well ... [Read More]

CFPB Keeps Antonakes as Deputy Director

Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Steve Antonakes has been officially named deputy director of the agency. Antonakes had been serving as the acting deputy director of the CFPB. Officials indicated Antonakes will continue to ... [Read More]

Fitch Sees ‘Softer Fall’ Approaching in U.S. Auto ABS Market

Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — Fitch Ratings reported this week that losses on both prime and subprime U.S. auto ABS rose in July following lows seen earlier in the spring. Despite the increase, analysts indicated used-vehicle values have stayed strong in the ... [Read More]

Car-Mart Ramps Up Use of GPS as New Georgia Store Opens

Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — This week, America's Car-Mart opened the 127th dealership in its network of buy-here, pay-here stores. And it's nearly certain the vehicle in inventory will be equipped with a GPS device, a practice the company hesitated in doing ... [Read More]

Equifax: Auto Originations Hit Levels Not Seen Since 2005

Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ATLANTA — According to Equifax's latest National Consumer Credit Trends Report, new credit for auto originations between January and May of this year soared to an eight-year high, producing an increase of more than 15 percent from same time a ... [Read More]

AutoTrader, Carfax Renew Vehicle Report Agreement

Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CENTREVILLE, Va. and ATLANTA — It's eight years and counting for one automotive partnership, which benefits some 20,000 dealers nationwide in advertising their inventories. AutoTrader.com and Carfax this week announced the renewal of their eight-year partnership that allows dealers to ... [Read More]

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