Todd Phillips is the editorial director of Universus Media Group Inc. and the editor of Canadian auto dealer magazine. Todd can be reached at tphillips@universusmedia.com.
The New Car Dealers Association of B.C. and the Business Improvement Areas of British Columbia are calling on the province to scrap its planned expansion of the provincial sales tax to professional services, warning the move would unfairly raise costs …
The average transaction price (ATP) for a new vehicle in the U.S. returned above US$50,000 in August, with Kelley Blue Book reporting increases across each of the market’s five highest-volume segments. According to the Sept. 10 report, the industry ATP …
HGreg has once again been recognized among Canada’s top performing companies after earning the Canadian Business Excellence Award in the private sector for the third consecutive year. The honour, presented during a ceremony at Toronto’s Eglinton Grand (theatre), acknowledges organizations …
A new study from Cox Automotive affirms the importance of the four pillars that drive car shopper satisfaction: knowledgeable and supportive staff, transparency, feeling well-informed, and being in control. In a news release, Cox Automotive said dealerships that intentionally deliver …
Online car retailer Clutch opened its first West Coast facility at 5400 Minoru Boulevard in Richmond, British Columbia — a location spanning 30,500-square-foot that will help support the company’s growing vehicle acquisition operations across the province. Clutch actually operated out …
Canadian dealerships are seeing higher fixed operations profits, with new data suggesting productivity and efficiency are playing an important role beyond increases in labour rates. The Reynolds and Reynolds Fixed Operations Golden Metrics 2026 report examines total hours sold, hours …
