Every year, LGM embarks on a charity initiative with its dealer partners across the country. Last year’s fundraising efforts brought dealers together to participate in Movember by growing mustaches to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer. But this year …
AutoNation announced recently in a press release that Mike Jackson, Chairman and CEO, will succeed Mike Maroone as president, effective Feb.4, 2015. Jackson will also be a keynote speaker at the CADA Summit in Toronto on Feb. 11. After spending …
Dominion Dealer Solutions says it has launched model and department-specific reviews on its responsive websites for dealers. The Virginia-based company, which offers inventory management and automotive market intelligence in North America and in parts of Europe, said its inclusion of …
To establish close relationships with automakers, TrueCar said it intends to work with them to target their incentive dollars to customers more efficiently. In a recent presentation on the future of car buying at the 2015 Automotive News World Congress …
According to Scotiabank’s Global Auto Report, global auto sales remain bright in an otherwise sluggish growth environment, with China and North America leading the way. “Purchases will be buoyed by strengthening labour markets, ongoing low short and long-term interest rates …
With just under a month to go before the 2015 CADA Summit kicks off, the planning team is hard at work to finalize the lineup and other logistics. “We are extremely pleased with the ramp up to the event to …
A Mississauga dealer who failed to disclose accident damage repairs greater than $3,000 has been fined $7,000 for breaching Ontario’s Motor Vehicle Dealers Act, said the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council. The dealer — Emmanuel Ntiri of Edlavi Motors, a …
A partnership between Dealer-FX and MPK Automotive Systems will help dealers streamline their processes on the service drive by integrating the technologies through a third party. In a press release announcing the partnership, Dealer-FX said service advisors who use MPK’s …
OpenRoad Auto Group donated a vehicle and complimentary oil changes for three years to a single mom, whose vehicle was stolen and subsequently crashed during the Christmas holidays. Jane Scott, a single mom from Vancouver, B.C., was presented with the …
RTD/TriCan announced in a press release that it is launching a new tire distribution brand to help service local markets. Called National Tire Distributors (NTD), the new brand will incorporate existing people, products and programs from TriCan and RTD to …
In the final installment of six-ways to lose money in service, Jim Bell shows why average hours per customer-pay work order under 1.5 hours can pose a significant problem When it comes to average hours per customer-pay work under 1.5 …
Dealertrack Canada introduced an advanced inventory management tool called Inventory+, that provides a 360-degree market insight with enhanced mobile capabilities and innovations to accelerate workflow. “This new inventory management solution brings all the powerful capabilities of our previous offerings together, …
