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With the rise of online sales platforms and market competition, the service department offers the recurring revenue essential for growth.

Redefining service excellence: key benchmarks for the future

- January 1, 2024
Remember the days when the service department felt like an afterthought? In the early stages of your career, you noticed it tucked away, overshadowed by the allure of the showroom...

Should you trust AI with your digital ad dollars?

- December 15, 2023
Artificial intelligence has a variety of uses in the automotive industry. While many dealerships use artificial intelligence in the marketing and customer service capacity of writing content and offering assistance...

Dealers urge Biden to slow down EV push, GM loses $1.1 billion from UAW strike, Jim Ellis Auto launches Holliday Giving Campaign

- November 30, 2023
Inside Automotive  Future of EV sales: direct-to-consumer vs franchise dealers — Matt VanDyke | Shift Digital In recent years, the retail automotive industry has seen dramatic changes in the ways consumers shop...
To ensure­ that all customers stay informed, businesse­s must have effective­ communication processes and protocols in place.

Elevating the service experience with proactive communication and real-time updates

- November 29, 2023
In the world of automotive dealerships, the service experience often represents the most complex and confusing part of the customer journey. From scheduling appointments to understanding the intricacies of vehicle...
The PR toolkit boasts various strategies, encompassing media relations, press releases, social media engagement, and event sponsorships.

Public relations for dealerships: when silence isn’t golden

- November 27, 2023
Public relations (PR) is a crucial yet often underestimated and unused tool for automotive dealerships. PR is an integral element of any dealership’s strategy, far from being something reserved for...
Dealers have grown more accustomed to digital retailing tools, with the number of stores offering a fully online experience rising to 40%.

Dealers warm up to digital retailing but obstacles persist

- November 24, 2023
The adoption of digital retailing tools among dealers has expanded in 2023, with the percentage of storefronts offering a fully online car-buying experience increasing from 30% to 40% in the...

Nick Saban’s Dream Motor acquires two FL dealerships, Used vehicle prices change course, Polestar cuts guidance

- November 10, 2023
Inside Automotive  The most important retail automotive trends to monitor for 2024 — Patrick Manzi | NADA On this episode of Inside Automotive, host Jim Fitzpatrick is joined by Patrick Manzi, chief...
Eric DeMont joins Driving Solutions to discuss the problem of lead defection and a new tool helping dealers capitalize on their customer data.

Solving lead defection once and for all — Eric DeMont | Urban Science

- November 9, 2023
For many years, lead defection has been a frustrating but unavoidable headache for dealers, who have historically lacked the necessary tools to identify consumers who have left the car market....
Steve Roessler joins CBT News to discuss the need for new dealership technology and better digital proficiency.

Dealership technology and the future of automotive commerce — Steve Roessler | DriveCentric

- November 2, 2023
Dealership technology is often outdated and used incorrectly, putting many retailers behind the curve on digital retail. However, with consumers conducting more and more of their business online, the retail...
For dealers, technology remains the one aspect that has managed to bridge the "perfect storm," AI, customer data platform, and GA4, together.

How dealers can better utilize the technology in their stores – Kevin Frye | Jeff Wyler

- October 31, 2023
Today's dealers are faced with perplexing operational challenges, yet technology remains the one factor that has managed to bridge the "perfect storm" of artificial intelligence (AI), customer data platforms (CDPs),...