Author: Todd Phillips

Stellar lineup for CADA Summit

December 27, 2023

CADA Summit, billed as Canada’s Automotive Summit, is back in business with an all-star speaker lineup ready to warm up dealers’ hearts on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 2024 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The perennially-sold out event has been …

The personal touch

December 27, 2023

Mergers and acquisitions firm focuses on discretion, integrity and face-to-face meetings with their dealer clients. When it comes time to sell, a dealer principal wants to be assured he or she is dealing with a firm that understands them, will …

Nice guys can finish first

December 27, 2023

Every year since 2006, the national association representing car dealers, the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association, has awarded three CADA Laureate Awards to dealers in three distinct categories: ambassadorship, retail operations and innovation. By my simple math that means there are …

Driving the Future

December 27, 2023

The largest dealer conference and expo in North America: the NADA Show is taking place Feb. 1-4, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year’s event kicks off Thursday Feb. 1 with a welcome reception from 7-10 p.m. at the Sphere, the super-popular …

TalkAuto 2023 tackles EVs and change

December 27, 2023

Canadian Black Book’s TalkAuto conference was held in November in Vaughan, Ont. bringing together a cross-section of attendees from the automotive ecosystem including OEMs, lenders, industry analysts, dealers and suppliers. The jam-packed room was treated to an equally packed agenda …