Aside from its customer count, the provider of a cloud-based system designed to put dealers in control of their data announced it now has 450 vendor partners.
Read More →Alpha Claims Tracker allows vehicle owners, dealers, and even agents to track claims in real time on a mobile device. The F&I product provider said the new offering is designed to improve the customer experience.
Read More →Slowing demand for new vehicles points to auto finance sources having to contend with increased compeittion for consumer loans. That was the conclusion of Equifax's Nation Consumer Credit Trends report for August, which showed that auto originations for the first six months of year grew 3.5% compared to a year ago.
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Gary Fields, who joined the KAR group in 2003, was promoted to vice president of KAR IT Shares Services. He will be responsible for overseeing the coordination of any enterprise-wide technology solution implementations, as well as identifying and researching relevant emerging technologies.
Read More →The car segment retained its value well last week, with the wholesale value of 2008-2014 model-year cars decreasing by 0.68% last week. This was in line with the 0.67% decline the segment has experienced over the last six weeks, according to Black Book’s Market Insights report.
Read More →Manheim has nearly tripled the number of auctions offering enhanced vehicle imaging (EVI), expanding from 25 to 74 locations throughout North America, the company said this week
Read More →ADESA's chief economist reported this week that the continued strength of the truck segment drove a year-over-year increase in wholesale prices, while weak car sales contributed to a month-over-month price decline.
Read More →For the fifth time in seven months, J.D. Power and LMC Automotive are predicting a year-over-year decline in new-vehicle retail sales for September. But officials with both firms said the numbers don't point to significant weakness or risk, but the firm does see challenges ahead.
Read More →LotLinx Media Holdings, a new subsidiary of LotLinx, has named Eric Brown president, the company announced this week. The behavior data expert will focus on building up LotLinx's media properties and growing the business.
Read More →Thirty-one percent of incoming sales calls and 20% of incoming service calls never reach an agent, according to the call monitoring solution CallRevu. Helion Automotive Technologies' Erik Nachbahr says this statistic can be attributed to a dealership's poorly designed call flow.
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