When are Millennial shoppers going online to shop?
Due to the amount of data accumulated in the last five years, we know people are doing research online. Over the same five years, Rune Hauge, Head of Growth with...
Automotive Industry Trends
Integration is Key to Dealer Excellence
The current automotive retail experience is a fragmented one. With so much change happening in the marketplace, dealers are constantly looking to the horizon, rethinking how vehicles are retailed and...
Ron Frey: Why auto retail can do better
According to GasBuddy.com, the average gas nationally is still around $2.55 a gallon. Consumer spending ended the third quarter strong and U.S. stocks are closing at record highs. Although September...
William Wallace: Why dealers are an important piece of eVehicle future
When customers have issues with their vehicles, they go to the dealership to fix it. So where is the automaker's responsibility, especially when it comes to the future of autonomous...
Jessica Caldwell: September is a good time to buy for consumers
The National Federation of Independent Businesses says owners of small companies report that job vacancies are as hard to fill as they've been in 16 years. Plus, consumer confidence is...
Vehicle Tech Experience Study: Dealers Have to Prioritize What Technologies They Explain
The J.D. Power 2017 Tech Experience Index (TXI) Study,SM released Wednesday, now in its second year, measures drivers’ experiences, usage, and interaction with 35 driver-centric vehicle technologies at 90 days of...
Cox Auto Chief Economist: Industry predictions for the Balance of 2017
As the auto industry continues to move forward, some are curious as to what the rest of 2017 will look like considering the recent hurricanes. They've already impacted the SAAR...
Virtual Reality Along the Sales Path – Good or Bad?
Audi now offers shoppers a virtual reality ‘test drive’ at some of their dealerships. In the works for several years, the new technology lets shoppers choose from a long list...
Erin Kerrigan on the best time to sell your dealership
If you look at dealership buy-sell activity from Q1, it plummeted from last year's levels. However, some people believed things were looking up. In a Blue Sky Report from earlier...
Trends that Will Shape Your Dealership’s Future, Whether You Like It or Not
Aside from the prevalence of flying cars and hoverboards Marty McFly used, ‘the future’ is happening. Innovators dreamed of a world with cars that drove themselves, intercontinental visual communication –...
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