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Farmington Hills, Mich. ??? Mercedes-Benz Financial is now the first automotive financial services company to expand personalized and convenient account management features to all of its customers using smartphones like BlackBerry??, Droid ??, and ot

Nissan deal in worksPasadena Star-NewsINDUSTRY - Car dealerships are trickling back onto lots left vacant from when t...

Houston, Texas ??? The National Alliance of Buy Here Pay Here Dealers (NABD) today announced the agenda for its 12th Annual National Conference at the Venetian Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. ???We are excited about the fabulous new Venetian venue a

If you’re getting mediocre results or answers in any area of your business or your life, it may be because you’re asking mediocre questions. If you want the right answers to improve your organization, you must ask the right questions. A recent em

Here is a riddle for you. The average dealership saw its sales decline by 14% in the third quarter of 2009 and yet its gross profit dropped only 8%.  How is this possible if the largest portion of sales, the new car department, experienced a 25% dec

How you source supplies affects whether you make money As discussed last month, a centralized purchasing function can yield significant benefits to your organization including: Reduced costs and improved profitability Improved control and coordinatio

Effective SEO campaigns are more than just keywords and meta tags It’s not news that search engine optimization has been a hot topic in the automotive industry for quite a while. You have probably spent a significant amount of time throughout the l

Creative merchandising of inventory improves sale chances We’re well into the first quarter, but it’s never too late to tweak our annual goals. At the very least we all can use a reminder of the basics that got us to where we are today. Think bac

For many years, a major DMS provider would sell their system on the claim that if they switched to their system, a dealership could reduce office staff by 50%.  The latest claim that’s been going around has been if you get an ASP solution, you can