It is no secret that dealership personnel work long hours. The car business is demanding of employees’ time, but it can be equally demanding on relationships and personal life. Because...
The body shop or collision repair industry has slightly diminished, however there are still new shops entering the fray to get their share of the revenue that is out there....
If you think back 20-30 years ago, almost every dealership had a body shop. Customers brought their cars to the dealer’s body shop because of the perceived quality of service,...
A dealership must pursue a course to help their customers sustain their vehicles to the utmost degree of maintenance. This is a service that is expected to benefit the customers...
Today’s hiring market is rough. Attracting and retaining good employees is more difficult than ever. We live in a world of entitlement and fluid change. Employees who aren’t getting exactly...
When a customer comes to your service department with a problem, they expect you to fix it. It is your job. Unfortunately, fixing it right the first time does not...
Remember our 2018 New Year Resolution on how make your dealership more profitable by increasing customer satisfaction and creating more profit retention while lowing the cost of doing business? Good!...
If your fixed-ops doesn’t have its own marketing budget, then shame on you! Far too many dealers treat fixed-ops as an afterthought, content to spend unconscionable amounts of money on...
This past year has been a rollercoaster for the auto retail industry. We saw an end to the U.S. auto industry’s unprecedented seven-year sales streak, and entered a new post-sales...