AutoAlert, a leading provider of cloud-based data mining analytics and dealer portfolio management solutions to automotive retail dealerships throughout North America, has named Brian Skutta as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer, and appointed Akshaya Mehta to the newly created …
VULOG, A European leader in car sharing and advanced mobility technology has developed a new car sharing solution designed to work with automotive supplier VALEO’s InBlue in-vehicle embedded technology. This Bluetooth based “closed loop” technology will be demonstrated at VALEO’s …
A recent ruling by the Ontario Court of Justice has reaffirmed the decision of a lower court to convict Andre Nicholas Campbell for acting as a curbsider (an unlicensed car dealer), contrary to the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act, 1990. Campbell …
THE MARKET CONTINUES TO GROW AND MOST BRANDS ARE DOING WELL — BUT NOT ALL At the halfway point of 2014, new auto sales in Canada are 2.8 per cent ahead of where they were at the same time last …
HOW BOTH DEALERS AND OEMS CAN WORK TOGETHER TO DELIVER A CONSISTENT, HIGH QUALITY CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Take a step back. Think for a minute. When somebody steps foot into your showroom or drives into your service lane, what do you …
LEAVENS VOLKSWAGEN’S NEW FACILITY IS A TESTAMENT TO HARD WORK AND CUSTOMER DEDICATION One day, while his parents were on holiday in Europe, a young Ed Leavens decided to trade in the family station wagon for an Austin-Healey sports car. …
LEARNING TO STAND APART FROM THE CROWD OFTEN PUTS YOU IN FRONT OF IT At Canadian auto dealer, we’ve done quite a bit of coverage on the used vehicle market in the last few years, especially as more dealers are …
FROM DAY ONE, SEARCH OPTICS HAS TAKEN A PERSONAL, BOUTIQUE APPROACH WHEN WORKING WITH ITS DEALER CLIENTS In the digital age,it’s often all too easy to be seduced by the latest technology. Dealers are bombarded all the time about new …
PAUL POTRATZ SHARES SOME SIMPLE TIPS FOR GETTING THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE I get a lot of emails every month with marketers and business owners asking me. “What should I be doing to increase leads and sales?” …
WHY A THOROUGH FACILITIES APPROACH CAN PAY DIVIDENDS FOR YOUR USED-CAR BUSINESS One area that’s becoming increasingly important for franchised dealers concerns pre-owned vehicles. From a facilities perspective there are many approaches and variables that can help integrate a successful …
WHY IT’S NOT ONLY MAJOR METRO MARKETS WHERE GREAT CONSOLIDATION OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND I’m often asked whether dealership consolidation really only applies to large markets. The truth is that dealership consolidation takes many forms and sizes and it occurs all across …
WILL A RE-ELECTED MAJORITY GOVERNMENT IN ONTARIO REALLY BENEFIT AUTO MANUFACTURING IN CANADA? Given a series of highly publicized scandals, it might seem odd that the Ontario Liberal party would not only be re-elected on June 12 but gain majority …
