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Sales Are Up, But Net Profits Are Down: How Can That Be?

The average dealership parts and service department brought in more annual revenue than the previous year, and yet took less money to the bank. According to NADA DATA 2011, the average dealership saw their year over year parts and labor sales grow
Oct 11, 2011

BMW Pre-owned Sales Down 3%

In September, sales of BMW used vehicles (including certified pre-owned and pre-owned) totaled 13,129, a decrease of 3% from the 13,540 sold in September 2010. Year-to-date, BMW used vehicle sales are down 5.7% on volume of 119,424 compared to 126,60
Oct 6, 2011

AutoTrader.com Launches “New Car Playbook” Promotion

ATLANTA — AutoTrader.com has teamed up with the New England Patriots and WEEI Sports Radio to launch the AutoTrader.com New Car Playbook promotion. Designed to help turn Patriots fans in the New England area into car shopping champions, the pro
Oct 5, 2011

Industry Thought Leader Shares Insights on How to Recruit, Screen, Hire and Train Internet Sales Professionals

How important is it to hire and train the right people while building a sales team that can convert opportunities created by marketing into actual sales results? Organizational development is more important than ever before…with many dealers losing
Oct 4, 2011

MPi Chairman and CEO Teaches How to Digitally Inspect and Inform Vehicle Health to Owners

Advances in technology now enable dealerships to perform consistent specification-based vehicle inspections and inform vehicles owners of the current health of their vehicle. Mobile devices enable your team members to efficiently and systematically p
Oct 3, 2011

Melloy Nissan Shatters Records as Sales Skyrocket 310%, Climbs into Nissan’s Top 20 Nationally

While July often brings record-breaking temperatures to Albuquerque, it also brought record-breaking sales to Melloy Nissan, which celebrated its best sales month ever since the dealership went into business 44 years ago. Sales at Melloy Nissan soare
Sep 28, 2011

More Women Entering Used Car Business

According to a story from The Detroit News and data from CNW Marketing Research, about 3.6% jobs in the used car sales are held by women.  The data also found that women hold 4.9% of the jobs in new car sales.
Sep 22, 2011

Automotive Mobile Ad Spend Jumps 200%

Baltimore, MD — Millennial Media, the independent leader in mobile advertising, recently released a comprehensive whitepaper on mobile advertising in the automotive industry. The whitepaper is the second edition of Millennial Media’s Mobile Inte
Sep 21, 2011

Ad Campaign Continues ‘Imported from Detroit’ Message

Auburn Hills, Mich. – The Chrysler brand is touting its new state-of-the-art eight-speed transmission and fuel-efficiency in its new television commercial for the 2012 Chrysler 300. The new commercial continues the “Imported from Detroit”
Sep 21, 2011