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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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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DealerTrack Discusses 4Q, Full-Year Performance, 2010 Outlook
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack executives remained upbeat about their company's financial standing despite some year-over-year softening in revenue and income. When discussing fourth quarter data, DealerTrack indicated that revenue to close 2009 came in at $53.2 million as compared to ... [Read More]
GMAC: IPO Could Be Possible in Next Two Years
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As GMAC's chief executive officer and chief financial officer get ready to testify before a Congressional Oversight Panel today, the executives said in prepared remarks that if GMAC had not received access to government funds that many GM ... [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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AVAbahn Integrates Wolter Kluwer Financial Tools into DMS
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
MINNEAPOLIS — AVAbahn, a provider of Microsoft-based solutions and services for dealers, recently announced it is incorporating Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' vehicle retail installment contracts and DocOne printing engine into the dealer management system for Microsoft Dynamics AX. AVAbahn highlighted that ... [Read More]
NowAuto Group: Challenge Remains on Collections
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
PHOENIX — NowAuto Group executives recently shared the reasons why their charge-offs and defaults improved significantly during the fiscal second quarter over the prior quarter and prior year. NowAuto found that charge-offs and defaults in the quarter that ended on Dec. 31 dropped ... [Read More]
CNW: Lease Penetration to Reach 25 Percent This Year
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BANDON, Ore. — Reviewing both open and closed-end leases from dealers and third-party lessors, such as banks, CNW Research discovered that the automaker with the largest market share is Ford. Ford trucks apparently account for more than 8.6 percent of lessees ... [Read More]
DealerTrack to Host Free Webinar Thursday
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack will be hosting a Webinar on Thursday to highlight and discuss all its new offerings which were unveiled at the National Automobile Dealers Association Convention in Orlando, Fla. Topics will include: —Retrieve critical appraisal data within seconds ... [Read More]
NAF Association to Host Webinar with Experian
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HANOVER, Md. — The National Automotive Finance Association revealed plans for a Webinar featuring Melinda Zabritski, director of automotive credit for Experian Automotive. The Webinar titled, "A Special Review of the Below-Prime Automotive Finance Market," is scheduled for Feb. 23 beginning ... [Read More]
CMSI, Black Book Partner to Provide Valuations for Portfolios
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
COLUMBIA, Md. — Credit Management Solutions and Black Book revealed an agreement to provide CMSI eXchange with what executives described as an affordable, monthly valuation and analytics service for auto portfolios. Officials went on to highlight that the timely and accurate ... [Read More]
Zoombak to Improve Tracking via Cell Tower Data
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — This morning, Zoombak announced the coming launch of Locate Assist, which by utilizing cell tower data gives dealers another way of tracking units under the company's GPS Recovery Finance Track Buy-Here, Pay-Here product. Basically, if a Zoombak device ... [Read More]
How Did BHPH Dealers Fare in 2009?
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HOUSTON — As I reviewed the year-end results of buy-here, pay-here operators throughout the nation, I noticed that 2009 produced some diverse results. Although my analysis (preparatory to compiling the industry benchmarks) is still in progress, here are some preliminary observations: ... [Read More]
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