AutoVerify, which is powered by Mobials, has launched a new product meant to help dealers improve their digital merchandising efforts. Known as AutoVerify Spotlight, the product highlights additional information that consumers want to know about a vehicle. It also includes …
A lack of new vehicle models and higher prices for used car inventory due to COVID-19 has paved a way forward for fixed ops to finally step into the limelight. COVID-19 has been the awakening of fixed ops and it …
The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) will tackle the theme of Accelerating Change in the automotive industry next year when it launches its 9th annual CADA Summit online on February 3, 2021. “CADA Summit 2021 will examine changes for dealers …
Both the Montreal International Auto Show (MIAS) and the Canadian International AutoShow (CIAS) virtual events have been canceled. The MIAS online event was set to take place between January 20 to 24, 2021, and was meant to replace the in-person …
The final speaker of the virtual DealerTalk 2020 conference was Risha Grant, Diversity Consultant, Founder and CEO of Risha Grant LLC. The issues around Black Lives Matter that appeared to gain global prominence in 2020 after the death of George …
Efficiency is the new benchmark for success, according to Michelle Denogean, CMO of Roadster, and the second speaker of the DealerTalk 2020 virtual event. During her presentation, Denogean explored findings from the company’s latest Dealer Impact Study that was conducted …
Taking stock and looking ahead Canadian Black Book and J.D. Power’s 2020 TalkAuto@Home conference offered a detailed overview of the automotive industry from a variety of angles, provided in one-hour webinars spread throughout the week of November 16. During his …
Digital Air Strike has partnered with car dealer review platform Women-Drivers.com to help dealerships attract and retain women car buyers, which is considered a major buying segment. To back that up, Digital Air Strike said its 8th Annual Automotive Digital …
OpenRoad Auto Group’s Richmond Auto Body will expand to six locations, with the acquisition of two new collision centres in South Surrey-White Rock, B.C. These include repair shops formerly known as Don Beck Collision and Modern Bradley that are now …
TRADER is launching a virtual event for the automotive industry known as Carology: The Science of Selling Cars that considers how dealers can drive more sales and profits in their dealership by preparing a plan. The online event will take …
After bottoming out in April, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, new-vehicle sales bounced back quickly to within 5% of previous-year figures by July and they’ve continued at or above that level, on average, since then. Until November! …
Canadian auto dealer editor Todd Phillips talks with Maria Soklis, President of Cox Automotive Canada and Brazil, and Emiliano Void, National Operations Manager, Dealer.com, about systemic racism in Canada’s auto industry, and what their organization is doing to help lead …
