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Concerns over costs, the customer experience, and intangible benefits have prevented many dealers from competing in the digital sales and F&I arena. Separate fact from fiction with this three-minute read.
Dealers see the potential for more sales, higher profits, and improved CSI scores that digital sales and F&I can bring. Your employees fear the loss of job security and the burden of new responsibilities.
Once treated as classified information, factory parts data is now shared freely. Opportunistic franchised dealers are seizing the opportunity by selling unneeded inventory to independent repair shops.
A new DealerPolicy study finds 83% of customers would buy auto insurance as part of their car-buying process — but only 9% were given the opportunity.
The digital revolution is not only upon us, it’s the new normal. Expert lists the five strategies dealers are adopting to stay ahead of the technology curve, meet customers where they live, and maximize revenue in sales, F&I, and service.
If your bottom line is falling short of your expectations, bad money management could be to blame. Operations expert offers five common bad practices you can end today.
Manufacturers can’t resist any opportunity to put their hand in the dealer’s wallet, but a recent lawsuit proves the consequences of any incursion on your factory’s business can be dire.
Vehicle subscription services are gaining momentum, forcing dealers and OEMs to adjust to a new way of selling and servicing cars. Expert offers five likely outcomes and how you can capitalize.
Are you ready to make the leap to the general manager’s chair? Auto retail veteran shares a five-step process you can use to maximize your potential and improve your chances.
Ziegler sees no point in debating Wall Street analysts and investors who continue to pour money into Carvana despite the company’s unsustainable business model and the federal crimes committed by two of its biggest players.
Hudson explains how requiring out-of-state buyers to transport their own vehicle creates a ‘good fact’ that can help ensure your own state’s laws will govern the transaction.
Inventory management expert advises dealers to go against the used-car flow by using online marketing to clear out aging units and inform your stocking choices.
Retail veteran turned tech executive Marco Schnabl explains why the latest sales and marketing technology is essentially an extension and enhancement of skills most sales professionals already possess.
Are you hiring new sales staff? Ask yourself three key questions before you throw your latest recruit to the wolves.
Reduce turnover and boost productivity by giving your hiring managers the training and tools they need to make smart decisions.
Ed Bobit, the founder of Bobit Business Media, F&I and Showroom and many more media brands, passed away June 29, 2014, at the age of 86. Bobit was a man of outsized pleasures, but none more than his work and family, which were usually one and the same. Enjoy these photos of "Coach" Bobit enjoying the very full life he led.
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