Fraud Alert: Dealer Loses $88K to ID Thief
A web-savvy sales manager made a sweet deal that went sour when the ‘buyer’ turned out to be a sophisticated online scammer.
A web-savvy sales manager made a sweet deal that went sour when the ‘buyer’ turned out to be a sophisticated online scammer.
A new partnership with CarStory gives Ford and Lincoln dealers who own FordDirect websites access to CarStory’s AI- and analytics-based market reports.
Marketing expert offers a three-point plan for capturing and engaging service-bound customers in today’s highly competitive environment.
Cars.com announced the impending acquisition of Dealer Inspire and Launch Digital Marketing, a move designed to augment Cars.com’s retailing platform with a range of dealer-focused digital solutions.
Registered dealers can now use Ally’s SmartAuction to access listings of off-lease vehicles from Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. and Infiniti Financial Services.
The industry is changing, but not as fast as the media would have you believe. Learn how alt-fuel vehicles, flex parking, a skilled-labor shortage and digital retailing will affect your facility planning.
Digital Air Strike’s Alexi Venneri discusses the results of the company’s latest mystery-shopping study and how dealers can improve the timing and quality of their responses.
Minnesota’s Luther Automotive Group is targeting high lifetime value customers to boost sales and drive revenue in the service department.
Rapid Proactive Messaging is a new system designed to allow dealership sales associates to connect and communicate directly with interested customers from their mobile phones.
International nameplates outpaced the competition in U.S. new-vehicle sales last month, accounting for 57.4% of all transactions.
Data collected by Kelley Blue Book and Dealer.com shows which factories and brands benefited from their significant investments in Super Bowl airtime.
Prodigy’s full-stack automotive retail sales solution enters a new phase after earning $5.4 million in seed funding from a group of venture capitalists led by 8VC, Battery Ventures, SV Angel and CrunchFund.
Only 16% of the 1,500 dealerships mystery-shopped by Digital Air Strike responded to internet leads within 15 minutes and 18% didn’t respond at all. Those are just some of the findings in the social media firm’s first Mystery Shop Study.
The online retailer will introduce a series of enhancements designed to deliver higher quality leads to auto dealers and add transparency and speed to the customer experience.
A new partnership agreement between Black Book and Autosoft will integrate Black Book’s vehicle valuation data into Autosoft’s dealer management system.
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