Ryan Davidson, CEO of TRADE X and COO Luciano Butera discuss the company’s global B2B automotive trading platform, their plans to expand into Canada and the U.S., why the platform may prove useful to Canadian dealers, and how the company came to be.
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.
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