The Canadian auto dealer team logged plenty of kilometres at this year’s NADA Show in Las Vegas, speaking with dealers, suppliers and technology companies on the show floor and at events across the city. Here are condensed takeaways from those …
This year marks Canadian auto dealer’s 20th anniversary — a milestone that’s hard to believe when I look back at how far we’ve come, and how much the industry has changed in that time. When we started, the goal was …
Buckle your seatbelts. It’s still going to be a bumpy ride. As Canadian auto dealer marks its 20th anniversary in December, Canada’s auto retail landscape bears little resemblance to the environment in which the magazine launched. The era of walk-in …
The second annual CCAM Summit returned to Montreal this week with an all-star speaker lineup that included Hockey Hall of Famer and hometown favourite Guy Carbonneau, who helped lead the Montreal Canadiens to two Stanley Cups. Dealers heard Carbonneau talk …
The conversation around fixed operations at the Western Canadian Dealer Summit (WCDS) in Lake Louise took on a sharper tone this year. Rather than focusing primarily on efficiency tools or process improvements, Friday’s panel of fixed operations leaders warned that …
At the Western Canadian Dealer Summit in Lake Louise, four dealers detailed how they are adapting to rising workplace expectations, rapid AI adoption, uneven EV demand and shifting OEM relationships. Dealer moderator Ann Marie Clark, Executive Vice Chair of the …
The Western Canadian Dealer Summit (WCDS) returned to the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise this past weekend with record numbers, a sold-out tradeshow and two days of programming that kept dealers focused on the road ahead for automotive retail in Canada. …
Dealers received a detailed picture of how Canadian retailers are using, and often struggling with, their technology tools during a Saturday presentation of the first-of-its-kind Canadian Automotive Retail Technology Study (CARTS) at the Western Canadian Dealer Summit (WCDS) in Lake …
There are a lot of things dealers don’t have control over. Their OEMs decide on the models and types of vehicles they will produce, set the MSRP, determine the inventory mix they will provide to the dealership, and even dictate …
The first Canadian Automotive Retail Technology Study (CARTS) delivers a clear, data-driven look at how dealerships use technology and where they continue to struggle. Commissioned by the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA), conducted by Clarify Group, and sponsored by RBC …
All bets are now off in terms of where things stand on Canada-U.S. trade talks, and in particular what impact this might have on Canada’s auto industry and auto retailers. There were recent rumblings out of Ottawa and Washington that …
AMBASSADORSHIP For extraordinary service to the community and the industry Danny Brackett, Brackett Auto Group, Orangeville, ON Most important success factor: The most important factors that led to my success in the automotive retail business are my discipline and drive — …
