September 3, 2025, Hunt Valley, MD — Armatus Dealer Uplift, the automotive industry’s leader in retail warranty reimbursement, released its Dealer's Playbook - Winning BIG on Retail Warranty Reimbursement to automotive dealerships in South Dakota.  The Playbook provides an in-depth look at the essential factors to consider when selecting a vendor, offering actionable insights to help franchise dealerships turn…

As inflation continues to impact every corner of the retail automotive industry, many manufacturers continue to offer dealers CPI-based programs to automatically increase their warranty labor reimbursement rates each year.

At first glance, these CPI (Consumer Price Index) programs seem like an enticing offer. After all, the programs offer annual increases tied to inflation and relieve the burden of having to submit a warranty labor rate increase each year. However, most of the time,…

HUNT VALLEY, MD, May 6, 2025 – Armatus Dealer Uplift, the industry leader in Retail Warranty Reimbursement submissions, today announced that the South Dakota Automobile Dealers Association (SDADA) has endorsed Armatus as their exclusive partner for Retail Warranty Reimbursement services for their membership. This is the 25th endorsement Armatus has received from State Dealer Associations.

“The right innovative solutions can deliver such positive results to people and businesses,…

HUNT VALLEY, MD, July 18, 2024 – Armatus Dealer Uplift, the industry leader in Retail Warranty Reimbursement submissions, today announced that the New Hampshire Automobile Dealers Association (NHADA) has named Armatus as the exclusive warranty uplift service provider for its membership.

"We believe in helping our dealer members succeed and they will benefit greatly from Armatus’ products, people, and services” stated Dan Bennett, President of the New Hampshire Automobile Dealers…

HUNT VALLEY, MD, June 7, 2021 – Armatus Dealer Uplift, the industry leader in retail warranty reimbursement submissions, today announced that the Tennessee Automotive Association (TAA) has named Armatus as the exclusive endorsed partner for Retail Warranty Reimbursement services for the TAA membership.

"Public Chapter 277 is an important development for Tennessee dealers. It is intended to ensure our state's dealers are reimbursed accurately and compensated fairly for warranty and…

HUNT VALLEY, MD, May 21, 2021 – Armatus Dealer Uplift, the industry leader in retail warranty reimbursement submissions, today announced that the South Carolina Automobile Dealers Association (SCADA) has named Armatus as the exclusive endorsed partner for Retail Warranty Reimbursement submission services for the SCADA membership.

“Considering that S.510 is the most significant franchise legislation ever enacted for South Carolina’s Franchised Dealers by SCADA, it was imperative that…

HUNT VALLEY, MD, May 21, 2021 – Armatus Dealer Uplift, the industry leader in retail warranty reimbursement submissions, today announced that the South Carolina Automobile Dealers Association (SCADA) has named Armatus as the exclusive endorsed partner for Retail Warranty Reimbursement submission services for the SCADA membership.

“ Considering that S.510 is the most significant franchised legislation ever enacted for South Carolina’s Franchised Dealers by SCADA, it was imperative that…

HUNT VALLEY, MD, March 24, 2021 – Armatus Dealer Uplift, the industry leader in Retail Warranty Reimbursement, announced today that the Mississippi Automobile New Dealers Association (MADA) has named Armatus as the exclusive endorsed partner for Retail Warranty Reimbursement submission services for the MADA membership.

“HB-746 now makes Mississippi the 47^th state where dealers can be reimbursed at retail for warranty work and it also gives Mississippi a stronger warranty…

By Joe Jankowski

The world is in crisis, and no one has escaped the financial and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Everyone in the retail automotive industry understands the true impact that this virus is having on dealerships and just how crucial it is for stores to find additional revenue…

In search of service revenue, dealerships turn to randomly scheduling service appointments regardless of shop capacity. Or they take everyone that drives up. This can easily overwhelm the service department. It leaves customers frustrated and causes a LOSS in service revenue from both new/drive-up customers and customers with appointments.

How…

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It is never ok to change the tech number on a repair order. That is fraud and will result in a chargeback in a factory audit. Always make sure your tech is certified for the repair before they begin.

We recommend the following:

• Check the manufacturer's…

As industry experts forecast slumping sales numbers, a…

A trending technology is the use of bots in customer service. While bots can certainly help companies manage communications faster, sometimes they fail to provide the correct information and consumers just stop communicating with them…

In my career, I have trained over 200 warranty administrators and zero horses. The reason for that is that I know warranty like I know my own name and I know nothing about training horses. In fact, when they put me in the old folk’s home, I will probably just sit there and repeat labor operations and everyone will think I am totally nuts. I do know that when I compare training a warranty admin, it closely resembles the training my…

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There are many car insurance policies available on the market today. For this reason, it can be very difficult for consumers to find the best policies for their families. In order to find the best policy for your family, you must review your budget, your personal protection requirements, and a variety of other factors. By reading through the following paragraphs, you will better understand how you can go about finding the best policy available to you on the market…

Auto insurance quotes are generally free so don’t just take out an auto insurance policy based on the first auto insurance quote you get.

The best possible way for saving money on your auto insurance is to get at least three insurance quotes. Granted, getting multiple insurance quotes will take you time but if you compare your hourly rate at work to the amount you could save on your auto insurance I think you will agree that getting several auto insurance quotes is a valuable use of…

It is true that having a car for easy movement is considered a good idea but note that moving around with an uninsured car is a very bad idea. It is a bad idea to you as the car owner taking all risk on your expensive investment.

What happens if the car gets involved in an accident? Are you truly ready to take care of the charges for repairs or a complete replacement? What if you have also destroyed another road user’s car and you have to get it fixed or replaced? Even if you…