It's truly a sad day as the car business has lost an very influencer leader with the passing of Garry House.  We have been working together all year on a future project.  I will miss his intellect and…

Sale of leading domestic brand in the highly desirable Washington DC market marks Kerrigan Advisors’ 284^th dealership sold and 54^th franchise sold in the Mid-Atlantic region since the firm’s inception

WASHINGTON DC – December 19, 2024 – Kerrigan Advisors, the premier sell-side advisor…

Buy/sell market continues to trend towards high volume dealerships in high growth markets; marks Kerrigan Advisors’ 133rd dealership sold in the southern region since inception and 79^th franchise sold in 2024

NEW ORLEANS, LA – December 16, 2024 – Kerrigan Advisors, the premier…

Sale of New Orleans’ #1 dealership marks Kerrigan Advisors’ 282^nd dealership sold, 132^nd franchise sold in the Southern region and 69^th luxury franchise sold since 2014; sale underscores trend of largest auto groups acquiring higher volume dealerships, as reported in Kerrigan Advisor’s Third…

Monument, Co – (December 10, 2024) – Botdoc, the global leader in Secure Digital Transport (SDT) technologies, today announced the launch of Botdoc Connect, a digital first solution that makes the process of sharing sensitive information quicker, safer, and more convenient- by automatically populating the buyer's information securely into the dealership’s CRM.

Botdoc enables dealerships to safely collect and share sensitive customer information easily with…

Three dealers had fallen victim to the same sophisticated fraud scheme in just one week. The story spreading through dealership break rooms across the country is becoming all too familiar. A new wave of digital payment fraud has hit the auto industry hard, with a particularly nasty scheme targeting Chinese-speaking communities through WeChat. But this time, industry veterans are taking a different approach to fighting back.

The Fraud Scheme That's Costing…

330 buy/sell transactions, representing a record 544 franchises, were completed in first nine months of 2024, according to the Third Quarter 2024 Blue Sky Report® by Kerrigan Advisors, as more sellers came to market to capture historically high blue sky values; nearly doubling pre-covid buy/sell levels, market velocity…

The automotive industry faces unprecedented challenges in protecting customer data privacy. As vehicle transactions increasingly move online and dealerships collect more personal information, the need for robust security measures has never been more critical. Central to this process is the use of encryption in safeguarding customer data in automotive retail to avoid privacy breaches, and how dealerships can implement encryption to protect their customers and…

Sale of Lafayette’s top volume luxury dealership marks Kerrigan Advisors’ 281^st dealership sold since inception, and 68^th luxury franchise sold since 2014; transaction illustrates continued buyer demand for high-quality, low-risk…

Auto industry honorees were recognized at Cherokee Media Group’s Used Car Week

RENTON, WA – December 3, 2024 – Car Pros Automotive Group, a leading automotive sales and service group, announced today that CFO Shirley Jones was honored with a 2024 “Women in Retail” award from Cherokee Media Group. This…