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In this week's debrief, host Lauren Lawrence covers a new survey that shows what service technicians really want and two launches that could help improve your inventory and vehicle life cycle management.
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Dealertrack completes its acquisition of Dealer.com, which will continue to operate out of its headquarters in Burlington, Vt. The company's former CEO is being retained and will serve as executive vice president and group president of Dealertrack's newly formed Digital Marketing Solutions team.
Read More →Dealers using Friendly Finance as a subprime finance source can now electronically submit credit applications through RouteOne.
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The combined entity of National Auto Care and Family First Dealer Services named Schumacher vice president of finance. He previously served with Allstate Dealer Services.
Read More →Maritz Dealer Solution and Opportunity Max announce a new service designed to examine a dealership’s digital assets to check for consistency and accuracy of its overall online marketing presence.
Read More →DealerSocket’s CRM tool is now integrated with Auto/Mate’s DMS, allowing for real-time, bidirectional updates of customer, vehicle and deal information in both systems.
Read More →Organizers of Industry Summit 2014 have announced that the event will be held September 8–10 at Paris Las Vegas. The show now includes the F&I Conference, Special Finance Conference, Dealership Sales & Technology Conference and the P&A Leadership Conference.
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Steven Bishop was nearing the completion of a 24-year enlistment in the U.S. Air Force and looking for his next challenge. An active churchgoer, he was approached by a fellow parishioner who happened to be the mother of Roger Scholfield, owner of Scholfield Honda in Wichita, Kan. She said he had a “million-dollar smile” and suggested he try his hand at auto retail. He met Scholfield and, three days and a handshake later, he joined the team.
Read More →Cars.com analyst predicts that new-vehicle sales in February will be up 1.1% from a year ago. He also put the industry SAAR at 15.4 million — the highest selling rate since February 2008.
Read More →TransUnion reported this week that auto loan debt per borrow increased for the 11th straight quarter, while delinquencies remained below the fourth quarter average observed between 2007 and 2013.
Read More →Independent dealers using Frazer management software and offering Preferred Warranties' extended service contracts for pre-owned vehicles can now import data from their DMS directly into Preferred’s econtract portal.
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