PCG Pit Stop event brings experts north to inform dealers about new marketing tools Time starved dealership staff were able to take a day off the treadmill and focus on some intense digital marketing learning when the PCG Pitstop Conference …
This past October, hundreds of the nation’s most progressive auto dealers converged in Las Vegas for the 2011 DrivingSales Executive Summit (DSES). The event was roiling with progressive thinking and tactical battle plans. I could write pages about the CEO …
The news photos of SL Ford Sales Ltd’s. burned trucks were flashed across Canada after a wildfire consumed approximately one-third of Slave Lake, a northern B.C. community in May 2011. But since then SL Ford and its employees have been …
China’s demand for resources has fueled Canada’s economy Bound as we are by geography to the United States, it is easy to assume that our entire economic fate is tied to the Americans. There is some truth to this — …
Quorum Information Technologies had an insider’s view when it developed its DMS software for dealers Without a skeleton most things on this earth can’t be held together, whether they are living organisms or man made structures. Take the case of …
The New Car Dealers Association of BC (NCDABC) is pleased that the recent provincial government’s $5,000 incentive to buy a green vehicle will be done at the time of sale and consumers can get the funds through their dealer without …
Canadian auto dealer talked with Al MacPhee, the newly-elected CADA Chairman and learned about his views for the road ahead The newly-elected Chairman of the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) is a familiar face in a new place. Auto dealer …
AutoCanada executive shares his insights on used car market To kick off the shiny new year of 2012, I wanted to get some observations from an industry leader and I had to look no further than Canada’s largest public dealer …
The annual Test Fest took place in Niagara on the Lake and the results are in. How did your brand do this year? When it comes to new vehicles, for both for consumers and dealers, the sheer number of available …
New-vehicle sales in Canada were up for the third consecutive month in December, but their modest 2.6-per cent increase failed to realize the promise inherent in November’s gentle surge. As a result total sales of 1,585,519 in 2011 finished just …
It’s taken a beating in recent years, but for 2012 it appeared the North American International Auto Show is back in a big way. Both media preview days proved to be a hub of activity, with more than 40 new …
With Detroit and LA often vying for attention when it comes to automakers plans to debut new vehicles, for 2012 at least, the Motor City appears to be staging a comeback. There were more than 40 concept and production unveilings …
