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Welcome to The WardsAuto Dealer 5 - we've put together important items from WardsAuto.com and across the Internet.
So let's go:
| 1. | Bad news: There's no fail-safe way for dealers to stop cyber-criminals. Good news: You can make it hard for them to do their thing. | ||
| 2. | More Millennials are filling showroom sales spots. But dealers still have work to do with this crowd, a researcher tells us. And this from a dealer turned automaker senior VP: "You can’t expect to work them 16-hour days.” | ||
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| 3. | Want to know about a trend that bodes well for the auto industry? OK, more people are buying new vehicles from want vs.need. | ||
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| 4. | Game on. The vehicle-financing industry is warming up to fight a feisty federal regulator. | ||
| 5. | New NADA Chairman Bill Fox does business in a tough hometown market. The lawyer who took to selling cars talks about that and much more in a WardsAuto Q&A. |
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