I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the only one who felt a bit overwhelmed by the firehose of information presented at the fourth annual CADA Summit. As speaker after speaker took to the stage, they delivered a rapid fire overview of …
THE GOOD TIMES ARE ROLLING — BUT THEY MIGHT NOT FOREVER Having just come off three consecutive record years for new car sales in Canada, a period during which new-vehicle sales grew by an impressive amount, it is easy to …
LOOKING AT CONSUMER TRENDS THAT WILL IMPACT RETAIL IN 2016 AND BEYOND If you look back just five years, the rate of change in the way most business is conducted has been nothing short of amazing — and it’s not …
MAKE COLOURS WORK FOR YOUR WEBSITES TO HELP GENERATE LEADS Depending on the month and what newsletters you subscribe to, one button colour is held up as the correct choice for high conversion rates. A few months ago it was …
Managing your payroll, time and attendance just got easier. A national agreement between Payworks and CDK Global Canada will provide dealers with access to a suite of HR solutions to help them manage their businesses. The companies said that Payworks’ …
EXPLORING ISSUES THAT ARE SHAPING THE BUSINESS OFFICE As the margin on new-vehicle sales continues to decline, many dealers are shifting their focus to other profit-generating areas of their operations — like the business office. Over the past year we’ve …
TOOLS OF THE TRADE MAXIMUM PROTECTION, Weld fume extractor & dust extractor Chief’s new weld fume extractor and dust extractor received approval from Ford Motor Company for use when repairing collision damage on the aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup truck. The two …
Canadian auto dealer traveled to the headquarters of Toyota Canada in Scarborough, Ont. for a one-on-one interview with Larry Hutchinson, who was the Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at Toyota Canada Inc. Since that interview, he was named President & …
LEADER AUTO RESOURCES CELEBRATES 35 YEARS OF SUCCESS Leader Auto Resources (LAR) inc., North America’s largest car dealer buying group, celebrated its 35th anniversary in the fall. The theme of the celebrations was “from one generation to the next”, a …
It was confirmed in early December that the first fully electric- powered Porsche is on its way. That’s newsworthy, partly because the brand carries a strong image. But in reality, this is just one more vehicle being added to the …
IN THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THIS NEW SERIES, WE LOOK AT THE FINGERPRINT THAT IMPACTFUL LEADERS ARE LEAVING IN OUR WORLD. THEIR VISION, IDEAS AND ACTIONS ARE HAVING A PROFOUND INFLUENCE THAT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. Dubbed the “Oracle …
MORE DEALERS ARE COMING AROUND ON TRANSPARENCY, AND ARE TAKING THE TIME TO INVEST IN INITIATIVES TO MAKE THE AUTO INDUSTRY MORE TRANSPARENT What can the auto retail industry learn from wildly successful companies such as Uber, Airbnb and Zipcar? …
