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Connected Car Helps Drive Automotive Retail Consolidation
It’s no secret that significant consolidation of automotive retail is underway. Every week, Automotive News reports additional acquisitions by the...

Digital Transformation in the Automotive Industry
Technology touches every part of our lives. From the Alexa alarm that wakes you up to the UberEats app that brings you lunch, technology has...

Dealers Will Soon Have More Choices for Connected Car Services
In past articles, I've touched on the many services that dealers can expect from Connected Car technology. Some of these have included vehicle...

London EV Show 2021 Announces Rescheduling
London - 18 October 2021 - The organisers of the London EV Show 2021 have decided to reschedule and relocate the event to the Business Design Centre,...

What Dealers Want From Their OEM Programs
Automotive manufacturers create programs for their dealers to improve operations, drive up sales, and increase customer loyalty. But how successful...

Are Dealers Ready for “Telematics Right to Repair?”
In the November, 2020 election, voters in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts passed a ballot initiative, Question 1, by an overwhelming margin (75%...

Is it Time to Make the Entrepreneurial Leap?
The last year and a half has been one of the immense transitions and has left many of us asking if we’re in the right place and if what we’re doing...

The Automotive Retail Shift
The automotive industry on the retail side has been seeing some nice profitable shifts in recent months. Here we are in the hottest-selling part of...

The Coming Wave of the Electric Vehicles and the Impact on Auto Retail
We have all read and heard the recent headlines around the auto industry. Electric, electric, electric. It is coming fast and furious! Depending...

Beyond the Shopping Cart: The New Era of Going Digital
The automotive retail industry is changing at the most significant pace in its hundred-year history. COVID-19 has accelerated retail trends in the...

The Chip Shortage Is Coming! Is Your Used Inventory Ready?
By now, the entire industry and many consumers have heard about the chip shortage ready to hit automotive showrooms about the time our summer kicks...

Your Dealership's New Unforeseen Competitor. How Will You Keep Up?
Your dealership isn't competing with the dealer next door, it's competing with Netflix. The fight for digital real estate is real. In-market car...