Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Experts see Middle East conflict making current car & credit markets even more challenging
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With additional insight about affordability, FICO watches average credit scores tick lower again
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PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 01:05 PM
Industry Elite honoree Mike Thomas of Resolvion on building his career — literally
Next up in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Thomas, who is chief executive officer of Resolvion. Thomas shares memories with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about working in construction and ... Listen Here
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Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Jennifer Turnage, who is chief executive officer of Primeritus Financial Services. Turnage talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about the importance ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 05:01 PM
Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Kelly Wyatt, who is chief digital officer with GM Financial. Wyatt shares a conversation with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about being ... Listen Here
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ABI: A Double-Digit 2011 Bankruptcy Drop Reflects Consumer, Commercial Recovery
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — As 2011 comes to an end, a look back on the year reveals that consumers and businesses may be recovering from the credit crisis of 2008, and are likely to continue their progress this coming year. Total ... [Read More]
Welcome to SubPrime News Update Three Times a Week
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARY, N.C. — As Cherokee Automotive Group launches our first week of e-newsletters in 2012, our readers will see some changes. With our new schedule, we are making some shifts and increasing the frequency of SubPrime News Update to three times ... [Read More]
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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking
A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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New Coupon Program Brings Fresh Credit Unions into Network
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y — The coupon program that was designed to help drive more business to credit unions and dealerships just revealed that it has signed on four New York metropolitan area credit unions to its network. The cuautocoupon signees ... [Read More]
Survey Shows Shoppers Leaning Toward Pre-Owned Luxury
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Economic uncertainty doesn’t seem to be affecting consumer’s desires for luxury features in a car, according to loan aggregator GrooveCar. At least for those in Long Island, luxury reigns above fuel efficiency and economy, according to a ... [Read More]
CNW: December Subprime Credit Applications Jump Sharply
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BANDON, Ore. — According to the latest data from CNW Research, all credit application categories posted significant increases in December versus a year ago — especially subprime. In fact, subprime made the largest jump of the three categories CNW listed, ... [Read More]
Study: Consumer Burden to File for Bankruptcy Rises
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) made the bankruptcy system cumbersome and costlier to use for both debtors and bankruptcy professionals, according to a recent study funded by the American Bankruptcy Institute ... [Read More]
Westlake’s Team-Building Event Aids Boys & Girls Club
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LOS ANGELES — Mixing work with help this holiday season, Westlake Financial Services and its volunteering division P.A.L.S. (People Affecting Lives through Service), together built 20 bicycles to donate to children from the Boys & Girls Club of East Los ... [Read More]
CPS Announces the Closing of Its Third Term Securitization
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
IRVINE, Calif. —Consumer Portfolio Services revealed Wednesday the closing of its third term securitization in 2011. The transaction is CPS's fourth senior subordinate securitization since 1993. "In the transaction, qualified institutional buyers purchased $119.4 million of asset-backed notes secured by ... [Read More]
Dealer & Lender Strategy Weighs Greatly on TransUnion’s 2012 Delinquency Forecast
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CHICAGO — TransUnion analysts credited shrewd decisions by dealers and lenders for pushing their 2012 auto loan delinquency projections higher than readings expected as this year closes. TransUnion indicated this week that the ratio of borrowers 60 or more days ... [Read More]
BMW Financial Lures Customers to Site with Chance for Free London Olympics Trip
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. — In preparation for the 2012 London Olympic games, BMW Financial customers can now log into the company’s My BMW website to enter the running for a grand prize trip to these games, including airfare and other ... [Read More]
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