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The Dealership’s Guide to a High-Impact Website
In today’s digital world, the internet is a vital part of our lives, empowering us to make informed decisions—from everyday purchases to major life choices! This makes a robust online presence indispensable for businesses across all industries, including the...
Lotlinx Welcomes Joshua Gonsenhauser as Vice President of Product Strategy
Lotlinx, the auto industry’s leading VIN-specific data company for dealership inventory management, announced the appointment of Joshua Gonsenhauser as Vice President of Product Strategy. Gonsenhauser, a seasoned professional with over a decade of experience in...
Tekion Looks to Expand with Ken Garff, Asbury Automotive
Tekion recently announced two key agreements as it looks to grow its foothold at dealerships in the U.S. Offering a cloud-native platform serving the entire automotive retail ecosystem, it recently announced a new partnership with Ken Garff Automotive Group that has...
From Auctions to Individuals: Modern Strategies for Auto Dealers to Secure Profitable Inventory
Entering 2025, auto dealers are having to address continued changes with inventory acquisition plans, primarily due to volatile wholesale prices and a scarcity of quality vehicles at auctions. Traditional methods, such as relying on trade-ins and auction purchases,...
Toyota, Aurora and Continental Join Growing List of NVIDIA Partners Rolling Out Next-Generation Highly Automated and Autonomous Vehicle Fleets
NVIDIA announced Toyota, Aurora and Continental have joined the list of global mobility leaders developing and building their consumer and commercial vehicle fleets on NVIDIA accelerated computing and artificial intelligence (AI). Toyota, the world’s largest...
Reasons to Attend DealerPoint from a Returning Dealership
For Nick Easterling, he is coming back to DealerPoint due to its unique approach to industry events that works well for the needs of the Paul Miller Motor Company. “It provides me an opportunity to hear from companies I might not seek out otherwise,” said Easterling....
Turning Recalls into Customer Retention: Optimizing The Recall Process
There are 70 million cars on the road today have an open recall—that’s one in four vehicles. We can all agree that, in an ideal world, recalls wouldn’t exist at all. But as cars, particularly electric vehicles (EVs), become even more complicated, we don’t see those...
Woman at the Helm: Albertville-based Buick GMC Surges to Largest GMC Dealer in Alabama and Sales Leader
Howard Bentley Buick GMC has earned the number one selling GMC dealer in Alabama for 2024 with 43% growth, equating to the best vehicle sales year its history. Led by its first female dealer principal, Taylor Bentley Conner, who assumed the position in 2024, the...
Data Gaps Holding Back Auto Dealerships: eLEND Survey
Auto dealerships are experiencing data gaps between the core systems that run their dealerships, according to automotive FinTech company eLEND Solutions. The vast majority of dealerships who responded to the survey noted upgrading their systems—customer relationship...
2025 Is Set To Be The Year Of Cyberdefense In Automotive
As we enter 2025, the automotive industry continues to face unprecedented challenges and opportunities. As we began to see last summer, the growing importance of cybersecurity is more top-of-mind and will be an even larger priority for auto dealerships in the coming...
TradePending Introduces Value Watch, an Automated Tool Helping Auto Dealerships Build Lifelong Brand Awareness with Customers
TradePending, a leading software platform for car dealerships, today announced the launch of Value Watch, a new tool designed to keep dealerships top of mind with customers through automated email and text communications. By providing consumers with an automated...
CDK Extends Relationship with Four Dealerships
In the first six weeks of 2024, CDK has announced multi-year renewal with four dealerships that have dealerships in 20 states across the U.S. The first deal announced on Jan. 7 was an agreement Findlay Automotive Group, one of the largest privately held dealership...
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