It was a very mediocre year!
But in the current economic climate that’s a good result By the time you read this magazine, 2011 will be history and you’ll know the final sales figures for the year. Or, if you don’t, you can find them at …
Category: General
I am not being rude, but are you an a#@hole?
Difficult managers and employees are easy to spot, but hard to fix. I have just finished reading a great book by Robert I. Sutton Ph.D called the “No Asshole Rule.” Sutton is a professor of management at Stanford University and …
General Command
General managers are increasingly the “go to” people within dealerships. Canadian auto dealer spoke with some to find out how their roles are adapting. In modern automotive retailing, we’ve seen numerous changes in the way aspects of dealership operations are …
Fresh footprints in new snow
The new year brings change and opportunity I love the way each new year starts in the automotive industry. It’s a familiar cycle of activities that I have come to really enjoy over the years. From auto shows on both …
Digital marketing roadshow refuels Toronto
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 …
Digital leaders gather to swap best practices
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 …
Dealer helps Slave Lake rebound from devastating fire
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 growth equals our gain
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 — …
Building software with a dealer in mind
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 …
B.C. dealers get windfall on green vehicles
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 …
Al MacPhee outlines vision in new role as CADA Chairman
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 …
A dealer’s perspective on the year ahead
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 …
