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Which Car & Truck Segments Showing Price Strength Entering Spring?
New data from Black Book shows the price strength or weakness of certain cars and trucks as we enter spring. According to the data, Full-Size Crossover/SUVs, Full-Size Pickups, Small Pickups, and Full-Size Vans are retaining their values the strongest since February; while Sub-Compact Crossovers, Compact Luxury CUV/SUVs, Mid-Size Luxury CUV/SUVs, and Sub-Compact Luxury CUVs are seeing their prices decline the most.
Most car segments, while not at the higher end of the…
Car Depreciation Improves
Welcome to this week's edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. …
Dealership Buy/Sell Market Marked Fifth Consecutive Year of 200+ Transactions in 2018 with Continued Growth Predicted for 2019
2018 transactions increased 6.9% year over year, including record number of multi-dealership transactions; in spite of auto sales downturn, 2019 acquisition market will be robust, with real estate valuations high and private investors seeing key value in Fixed Ops profit centers and improved retail efficiencies, according to The Blue Sky Report® released by Kerrigan…
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Effective Tips to Keep Employees Engaged and Happy in Dealership
Employee engagement means a lot in car dealership business. Engaged employees can make your business and disengaged employees can't only decrease the sales but can also lead customers' dissatisfaction and efficiency in organizational tasks. In this forum posts, I am going to tell you some effective tips to keep your employees engaged.
- First of all, as a boss of a car dealership business, you must need to understand the significance of employee engagement. You can read quality…
How Do You Define Management Competency?
Successful dealerships strive to recruit, hire, and retain the best-available management talent. Once that talent is on board, effective performance management processes must be in place to provide these yet-unproven (to us) managers with feedback on their work results and to ensure that they are receiving the tools and support to become high achievers. So I always ask my potential client-dealers to describe their method of evaluating the overall competence of the…
Are You Looking at This the Right Way?
When I was teaching the Sonic Dealer Academy from 2001 through 2008, my co-instructor, Steve Hallock, became famous for asking each class, “Why do you think we spend so much time talking about the Service Department? It’s because, at a 75% gross profit margin on labor sales, this department offers, by far, the greatest incentive to increase sales. That was then, and many dealership owners and managers looked at service gross potential that way.
These days, however, I’m coaching my…
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Which Car & Truck Segments Showing Price Strength Entering Spring?
Posted by Black Book on March 20, 2019 at 9:44am 0 Comments 0 Likes
New data from Black Book shows the price strength or weakness of certain cars and trucks as we enter spring. According to the data, Full-Size Crossover/SUVs, Full-Size Pickups, Small Pickups, and Full-Size Vans are retaining their values the…
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Welcome to this week's edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. …
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Dealership Buy/Sell Market Marked Fifth Consecutive Year of 200+ Transactions in 2018 with Continued Growth Predicted for 2019
Posted by Crystal Hartwell on March 19, 2019 at 11:57am 0 Comments 0 Likes
2018 transactions increased 6.9% year over year, including record number of multi-dealership transactions; in spite of auto sales downturn, 2019 acquisition market…
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Posted by Dave Anderson on March 19, 2019 at 10:59am 0 Comments 0 Likes
When it comes to your thinking, you either have a fixed mindset or a growth mindset. Because your thinking determines your behaviors and your behaviors determine your results, if you want to live the game changer life that yields high-performance…
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Identify The Real Health Risks Of Using CBD Products Before Using
Posted by Isabella Rossellinii on March 19, 2019 at 3:40am 0 Comments 0 Likes
It is just within a few years that CBD or cannabidiol has become enormously popular all over the world. Most people say that it has a lot of health benefits and is a useful and effective alternative to several prescribed and over the counter…
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Posted by John Sternal on March 18, 2019 at 11:47am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Protective Asset Protection, a provider of F&I programs, services, and dealer-owned warranty company programs, announced today it has made available a new educational infographic for automotive dealerships and dealer principals on the effect…
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We Purchase Cars And Trucks In Brisbane Region As Well As Pay Top Cash
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DealerBuilt Partners with ParkerGale Capital to Further Company Growth & Innovation
Posted by Michael Trasatti on March 18, 2019 at 10:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
With increased capital & resources DealerBuilt will further improve customer service & accelerate release of in-demand technologies including F&I e-signature platform and ceDMS
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Auto/Mate Sets Dates for the 2019 National Customer User Summit in Nashville, TN
Posted by Mike Esposito on March 18, 2019 at 8:18am 0 Comments 0 Likes
ALBANY, N.Y. – March 18, 2019 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems today announced that its 2019 National Customer User Summit will be held Wednesday, October 23 - Friday, October 25…
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Brick-and-Mortar Auctions? or Online Auctions?
Started by Kelly Bianchi in Automotive Industry Future - Predictions. Last reply by Reynalda Lor Feb 27. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Will the digital revolution completely demolish traditional auctions? Will they find a new place in the virtual community? Which do you prefer now, and what is your future outlook for the auto auction industry?Continue
You know you work for a bad dealership when . . . .
Started by Mark Dubis in Ask an AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONAL. Last reply by Tim Pendergast Jul 19, 2018. 89 Replies 8 Likes
We all know many dealers still make money the old fashioned way, in spite of themselves. If we want to attract top notch professionals to our industry we need to be able to quickly identify attributes of the poorly managed and not employee focused…Continue
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Traditional Advertising, is it truly over as many might say?
Started by Bobby Compton in Ask an AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONAL. Last reply by Willis Williams Oct 18, 2013. 87 Replies 7 Likes
Traditional Advertising, is it truly over as many might say?I've found that there are different environments, climates and demographics that call for traditional advertising! Although Social Media is on the move and in my opinion will be sooner than…Continue
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Do women make better Car salespeople?
Started by aaron kominsky in Women in the Auto Industry. Last reply by Ben Misra May 6, 2014. 77 Replies 6 Likes
What characteristics differentiate the differences between a woman vs a man in selling autombiles in today's marketplace?Continue
CRM advice needed, Small VW Dealership in Northwestern Pa
Started by Andrew Kappler in Dear Abby (dealerELITE) - Advice Needed. Last reply by Michael Robinson Ragsdale Mar 21, 2012. 72 Replies 2 Likes
I am currently needing advice with regards to CRM software for our dealership, we have something sort of close but very antiquated, that said, I thought that I understood the functionality of said software however I may have been sort of blind to…Continue
Tags: Internet, Manager, Leads, Business, Development
PR: The Automotive Super Conference Announces World-Class Dealership Solutions for the Entire Dealership
Started by David Johnson in General Forum for dealerELITE Members. Last reply by NANCY SIMMONS Apr 2, 2012. 63 Replies 14 Likes
March 22nd, 2012 – Charlotte, NC - The…Continue
Tags: Service, Social Media, branding, Off-Site, Seminar
Autotrader, Cars.com, what is your favorite 3rd party lead provider?
Started by Robert Hildreth in Ask an AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONAL. Last reply by MANNY LUNA Sep 27, 2011. 58 Replies 4 Likes
We have agreements with about everyone....had a terrible experience with Carsdirect 72 leads 0 sales...and customers seem to use it as a wish lists...for new or used...not to mention I hate that they have a site to tell me how much I should be…Continue
Tags: Dealix, Carsdirect, Cars.com, KBB, Zag
Finish this Sentence.....
Started by NANCY SIMMONS in General Forum for dealerELITE Members. Last reply by Justin Wade Bagwell Aug 13, 2011. 58 Replies 3 Likes
If I was a new dealer opening up a new car dealership today, I would...............Continue
Hiring & Firing
Started by DealerELITE in dE member "Did you know?". Last reply by Ricardo Rondinelli Oct 6, 2011. 50 Replies 2 Likes
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Internet Mgr best practices
Started by Aaron Harris in Sales Forum. Last reply by Doug Davis Dec 7, 2013. 47 Replies 7 Likes
I am looking for any advice from anyone who has experience with succesful internet departments.Our dealership operation currently does not have one person who is responsible for all leads or internet activity as a whole. We currently have three of…Continue
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