Retail

During the recent holiday season, Atlanta-based Jim Ellis Automotive distributed funds raised by its 23rd annual charity golf tournament over the summer. The tournament, which began as a company picnic and golf outing, is a cooperative effort of the Ellis family, Jim Ellis team member volunteers, business partners and vendors. The 2023 event, held in […] [Read More]

Randy Barone, vice president of business development at ACV, said many people often ask him how the used-car market will fare in 2024. It’s a question he can’t answer, because “nobody can know that,” he said. But what he does know is that most dealership used-vehicle departments are not “running on all eight cylinders — […] [Read More]

We continue our series on the Auto Remarketing Podcast highlighting some of the panels and presentations from Used Car Week 2023. This episode features a presentation from Dealer Training Tuesday by Sara Hoagey of eliteBDC titled, “Learn the Advantages of Different BDC and CRM Structures for Your Dealership.” Listen to the episode in the window […] [Read More]

We continue our series on the Auto Remarketing Podcast highlighting some of the panels and presentations from Used Car Week 2023. This episode features a presentation from Dealer Training Tuesday by Steve Roessler of DriveCentric titled, “Mastering Modern Communication Strategies for Sales Success.” Listen to the episode in the window below.   [Read More]

We continue our series on the Auto Remarketing Podcast highlighting some of the panels and presentations from Used Car Week 2023. This episode features a keynote presentation by Noah Lee of Dealer.com titled, “Turning Your Data into Dollars: How to Drive Profits in Today’s Times.” Listen to the episode in the window below.     [Read More]

Dealers United announced plans for expansion of its services as well as two new executives to lead those initiatives. The provider of digital marketing for dealers has added Dale Hewett as vice president of search, who will lead the company’s new search engine marketing and search engine optimization solutions, using organic and paid strategies. Hewett […] [Read More]

Repair OnDemand, a provider of vehicle-side repair technology, announced it will launch new tools at the upcoming NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas that “represent an end-to-end solution” for reconditioning, allowing dealers to diagnose and clear codes, “master reconditioning with a seamless workflow, and harness Repair OnDemand’s network of 16,000 mobile technicians to complete the […] [Read More]

Carvana is headed for the Daytona 500 after announcing a continuation of its partnership with Hall of Fame driver Jimmie Johnson and his Legacy Motor Club for 2024. Johnson, a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and 2024 inductee into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, has partnered with Carvana since 2021, when he competed in the […] [Read More]

Two of America’s largest dealership groups have been selected among the nation’s 100 best large companies to work for. Zeigler Auto Group, which operates 41 dealerships in the Midwest among other businesses, and Penske Automotive Group, owner of some 500 dealerships worldwide, were both among the 100 companies with at least 1,000 employees chosen for […] [Read More]

Federal standards and incentives aimed at preventing climate change and promoting the adoption of electric vehicles are on cruise control, but dealers are seeing their EV sales stall. According to dealers, their trade associations and industry analysts, consumers are put off by the prices of EVs — which are generally steeper than internal combustion engine vehicles. Additionally, vehicle buyers’ concerns about availability of charging stations and how far an EV can go on a single charge are sales barriers too, they agree. The federal push toward EVs is ... [Read More]