OpenRoad Auto Group has come up with a new way to drive traffic back to The BMW Store and help market the brand. The British-Columbia based dealership group recently launched a BMW “pop-up” shop at Oakridge Centre Vancouver, making it …
While Facebook has exploded in popularity as a research tool for car shoppers, dealers should also be focusing on an even more popular site: YouTube. In a recent poll, online car lease marketplace Swapalease found U.S. car shoppers use YouTube …
Automotive technology company Nextup has announced that Canadian automotive digital veteran Brent Wees has been named Director of First Impressions. “Nextup has continued its rapid growth over the last couple of years and Brent is the perfect person to generate …
With school just around the corner, you may start to see more parents and university students walking into your dealership, looking for the perfect back-to-school vehicle. Luckily, Kelley Blue Book in the U.S. has come out with a list of …
Never assume your customer knows everything about their vehicle. In fact, despite available online resources, it appears Canadians feel ill-informed about the value of their vehicle when they go to trade it in at a dealership.
The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association, along with representatives from provincial dealer associations, officially unveiled Federation Hall, the newly-renovated student lobby at the Automotive Business School of Canada in Barrie, Ont. on June 3, 2016.
Jeffrey Bezos was a banker on Wall Street who saw enormous potential in the Internet. In 1994, at the age of 30, he quit his job and started the online retail company he would name after the Amazon River.
Birchwood Collision Centres have become Manitoba’s first and only Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, Jeep and Fiat Certified Collision Repair Facilities as of early June, 2016.
One of the most complicated and challenging segments of the automotive industry is collision repair, and it’s a big one, valued at about $7.6-billion annually in Canada.
Have you ever surfed the Carvana website? The U.S. online-only used car dealer allows you to shop, finance and trade in a vehicle, all from the comfort of your couch.
Billionaire Richard Branson is one of the most recognizable entrepreneurs in the world. Even though he dropped out of high-school, it didn’t stop him from success.
It’s difficult to see, read or listen to almost any kind of media report these days without encountering some reference to autonomous vehicles — typically, how wonderful they will be, all the problems they will solve, and who will get …
