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Why a Utah High School Senior Wants to Work in the Auto Industry
Ever since I was a kid, I have loved cars. Since I’ve started driving recently and starting taking automotive shop classes, I have become even more attached. I love driving my car and working on it in my shop class, where I can tinker around with cars and learn more...
In Separate Deals, Motion Enters Into Agreement To Purchase Hawaii, Texas Distributors
Motion Industries, Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts, and a premier provider of industrial technology solutions, signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the operating assets of M.B. McKee Company, Inc. The...
Sloane Automotive Group, McFarland Ford, Iowa City: Dealership Deals
Sloane Automotive Group Buys BMW Dealership in Pennsylvania Sloane Automotive Group recently purchased Daniels BMW and MINI from Gary and John Daniels, rebranded as BMW of Allentown and MINI of Allentown. After 50 years in business, the brothers Gary and John Daniels...
Customer Experience 3.0: Redefining the Guest Journey in Dealerships
In today’s fast-evolving automotive industry, customer expectations have shifted dramatically. The days of transactional interactions are expected to be long gone, replaced by a demand for personalized, seamless, and memorable guest experiences. I call this shift...
TradePending Partners with WheelsTV to Feature Video Test Drives in its Enhanced AutoBio Reports
TradePending, a leading software platform for car dealerships, announced a new partnership with WheelsTV, an industry leader in automotive video content. This collaboration integrates WheelsTV’s extensive library of year/make/model video test drives into...
CDK Reaches $630M Settlement in Dealer Data Lawsuit
CDK Global settled an antitrust lawsuit that claims it caused hundreds of software vendors to overpay for vehicle dealership data by restricting access for a price tag of $630 million The proposed settlement was filed on Jan. 25 night in a federal court in Madison, WI...
Spiffy’s Digital Servicing Platform Expands with Krause Genesis
Spiffy, the nation’s largest provider of mobile automotive services, is proud to announce the integration of its Digital Servicing platform with Fortellis. This milestone empowers dealerships to seamlessly connect Spiffy’s advanced mobile service technology with the...
DDCE2025 is Now Accepting Speaker Proposals
Call for proposals for the upcoming Digital Dealer Conference & Expo (October 14-15, 2025, Las Vegas) are now open! The deadline to submit a proposal #DDCE2025 is April 1, 2025. Accepted speakers will be notified on April 21, 2025. Please follow this link to...
Presidio Survey: Nearly Two Thirds of Dealerships Expect Higher Profitability in 2025
The term “new normalization” has been used to describe the current environment for auto deanships after the drop-off from pandemic profit highs. But what does that normal look like in 2025? According to The Presidio Year-End 2024 Dealer Direction Survey, respondents...
Why You Must Scrutinize Vendors’ Cyber Security
Poor vetting of cyber security measures taken regarding the vendors you do business with is a dangerously weak link in auto dealership data security. Hackers don’t just directly target dealerships. They compromise third-party data and digital providers the dealership...
Reynolds and Reynolds Partners With Sunbit to Enhance Service Financing Efficiency
Sunbit, the company building financial technology for real life, announces an integration partnership with the Reynolds and Reynolds Company, the leading provider of automotive dealership software, documents, and professional services. The integration, which is set to...
Explaining President Trump’s Tariffs Effect on the U.S. Auto Industry
Editor Update: The Trump Administration agreed to pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico after staging-digitaldealer.kinsta.cloud's original story was published on Feb. 3. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced late on Monday afternoon that U.S. tariffs on his...
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