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10 Things That Require Zero Talent
Employees are responsible for bringing their time and talent to work. Managers are responsible for making sure these don’t go to waste.
By Richard Libin • Feb. 13, 2017 -
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Texas Truck Dealers Looking for Better Times Ahead
Registrations of non-luxury fullsize pickups in Texas for the first 11 months of 2016 declined 5.1% compared with a year earlier, according to research firm IHS Markit. But that trend should turn upward in 2017, according to Omar Garcia, president and CEO of the South Texas Energy and Economic Roundtable, a San Antonio-based oil and gas trade association.
By Alysha Webb • Feb. 13, 2017 -
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Automakers are evaluating their long-term strategies, revisiting their product mix, and approach to both retail and manufacturing approach along the way.
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Collision Centers Can Bump Up Dealership Profits
Fixed operations are an increasingly important source of income for dealerships. Collision centers, as body shops now are known, have not been a prominent part of dealerships’ fixed operations, but that is changing.
By Alysha Webb • Feb. 8, 2017 -
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Most U.K. Car Dealers Positive About 2017 Prospects
Of 514 new- and used-car dealerships asked why they were optimistic about their 2017 growth prospects, 58% cited the proliferation of new finance products as the main factor, up from 47% in the previous review in November.
By Paul Myles • Feb. 6, 2017 -
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Selling Cars in the Information Age
A recent UPS study finds that, for the first time, just over half of purchases by avid online shoppers are made online. Let that sink in for few minutes.
By Darryl Barber • Feb. 3, 2017 -
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Car Dealers’ Offspring Discuss How to Keep It Together
Only 4% of family-run dealerships make it to the fourth generation.
By Steve Finlay • Feb. 2, 2017 -
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Three Ways Car Dealers Can Do Super Bowl Conversion Play
Predictable boosts in engagement on dealer websites can correlate to the big game’s ad spots.
By Chris Smith • Feb. 2, 2017 -
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Some Car Dealership Sales Pitches Outdated, Says F&I Coach
“There is more to successful F&I sales than presenting a product menu you need to defend,” says Ben Brannon of Brannon Honda.
By Jim Leman • Jan. 31, 2017 -
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Car Dealer of Year Began Selling Cars, Helping Others at Young Age
A second-generation automobile dealer, Carl Swope followed in the footsteps of his father and uncle who opened their first dealerships in 1952.
By Steve Finlay • Jan. 28, 2017 -
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Incentives, Used-Car Market Trends Worry Analysts
Slowing new-vehicle demand and falling used-car values threaten to set off a pricing spiral in the U.S. market.
By David Zoia Editor • Jan. 27, 2017 -
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AutoNation Will Brand Its Own Auto-Parts Line
Panelists discuss ways to increase revenue streams and prepare for changing industry dynamics.
By Steve Finlay • Jan. 27, 2017 -
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Expect Banner Year for Car Dealership Buy-Sells
The more profitable fixed operations of a dealership attract investors more than the vehicle-sales departments, says Erin Kerrigan, who tracks car store buy-sell transactions.
By Steve Finlay • Jan. 27, 2017 -
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Strike Up the Dixieland Band, It’s Show Time for NADA
On the sprawling expo floor nearly 600 companies exhibit their wares, from “thank-you” cookies for car buyers to the latest software systems for dealers.
By Steve Finlay • Jan. 27, 2017 -
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Working With Trump Administration on New NADA Chairman’s Agenda
“We’ve been conversing on different issues,” Mark Scarpelli says of the new presidential administration. “We’re very hopeful.”
By Tom Beaman • Jan. 26, 2017 -
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NADA Chairman-Elect Big on Philanthropy
“We’re kind of the backbone of these small towns,” Mark Scarpelli says of many local dealerships.
By Tom Beaman • Jan. 26, 2017 -
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Subprime Doing Fine, But Thanks for Asking
“We know subprime when we see it,” says a credit-bureau economist, paraphrasing a Supreme Court justice’s quote about pornography.
By Steve Finlay • Jan. 25, 2017 -
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Dealership Turnaround Pro Tells How It’s Done
Employees who like what they do and enjoy where they work always deliver a better experience for the customer and more profitability for the dealership, says Robert Pollock.
By Adam Armbruster • Jan. 25, 2017 -
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U.K. Car-Paint Preferences Primarily Colorless
Of the 2.7 million new cars registered in 2016 in the U.K., 552,329 were white and 542,862 were black, accounting for more than 40% of the market. White was No.1 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but in England it was eclipsed by black.
By Paul Myles • Jan. 24, 2017 -
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How to Fix Five Costly Vehicle Reconditioning Mistakes
The money meter runs from the day a dealership acquires a trade or buys a used-vehicle at auction until that unit is sold.
By Dennis McGinn • Jan. 23, 2017 -
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Fake Parts Seized in Mideast Raid Likely Oz-Bound
The raid on a warehouse and distribution center in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates’ capital, netted parts worth more than A$5.4 million. Some 21 truckloads of parts will be destroyed.
By Alan Harman • Jan. 20, 2017 -
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Fixed Operations Engage Buyers as China Sales Slow
Profits are low or nonexistent for many dealerships in China, and new-car sales growth is forecast to slow in the coming year. Fixed operations are becoming more and more important as a source of revenue and profits.
By Alysha Webb • Jan. 18, 2017 -
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People Say Darnedest Things in Auto Dealership Customer Surveys
“Some of the best information you can get is from, ‘Tell me what it was like.’ You can get answers to questions you never thought to ask,” says DealerSocket’s Aaron Schinke.
By Steve Finlay • Jan. 17, 2017 -
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Understanding Google’s “Intrusive” Pop-Up Penalty
Dealerships using an excessive number of pop-ups should think about dialing back – at least on the mobile version of their website.
By Dave Pye • Jan. 13, 2017 -
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Was 2016 Good Year for Auto Dealers?
Here’s a look at how auto dealers did this year, what regulatory changes were introduced and what can be expected in 2017.
By Todd Bryant • Dec. 27, 2016 -
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Digital ‘Natives’ and ‘Laggards’ Shop for Cars Differently
Savvy Internet users visit dealerships more often, but spend less time on the premises.
By Steve Finlay • Dec. 19, 2016
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