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This Month's Focus
Artificial Intelligence
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Alfa Recon leverages AI to strengthen data migration
Alfa, provider of Alfa Systems, strengthened its data migration toolbox last week with the launch of Alfa Recon, a new artificial intelligence-enabled reconciliation module. Designed to help customers migrate legacy data and acquired portfolios to Alfa Systems more quickly, more ... Read More
Dealer group C-suite executives examine role of AI at auto retailers
Artificial intelligence in auto retail, says Zeigler Auto Group chief operating officer Sam D’Arc, is in a similar place as digital retail was 4-5 years ago. There’s a lot of excitement, but perhaps not a complete understanding of how AI ... Read More
Dealers look to AI for customer experience boost
Sam D’Arc doesn’t remember what his query was when he first used ChatGPT, but the response was fast and accurate. “It caused a little bit of awe and surprise in how well it extracted information into the answer to the ... Read More
Explaining lead deterioration & performance-based marketing for dealerships
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. AutoWeb / UsedCars.com president and COO Dan Ingle tackled ... Listen Here
Navigating used-car inventory management with John Ellis of Agile Auto
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. Agile Auto founder and CEO John Ellis acknowledged inventory ... Listen Here
Flipping EV battery risk into faster sales
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. AVILOO chief executive officer Brett Lippel focused on what ... Listen Here
Retail
Dealer news: Group 1 names new boss in UK; growing Midwest group snags Chicago-area store
Group 1 Automotive’s extensive operation in the United Kingdom has a new boss. The dealership group has named chief financial officer Daniel McHenry president and CEO of its U.K. business, replacing Mark Raban, who is leaving the company after two ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Explaining lead deterioration & performance-based marketing for dealerships
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. AutoWeb / UsedCars.com president and COO Dan Ingle tackled ... [Read More]
Wholesale
Commercial & dealer sales soar at OPENLANE in Q1
Along with the company reporting double-digit-percentage gains in overall revenue, net income and adjusted EBITDA, OPENLANE’s marketplace unit sold 19% more vehicles in the first quarter than it did a year ago, with both dealer and consignor sales thriving. OPENLANE ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Navigating used-car inventory management with John Ellis of Agile Auto
We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. Agile Auto founder and CEO John Ellis acknowledged inventory ... [Read More]
Technology
Cox Automotive leans into AI tools to improve inventory management
Sourcing used inventory at the right price and accurately assessing reconditioning costs are two pain points for dealerships. In days past, dealers often had to rely on their gut to handle the two tasks. No more. Cox Automotive’s vAuto suite ... [Read More]
myKaarma launches Partner Portal to create an ‘open, flexible, developer-centric ecosystem’
myKaarma’s stated goal is to support innovation in technology for dealerships. But it doesn’t want to do it alone. The customer interaction and payments platform has launched its Partner Portal, a new platform it called “an absolute necessity for forging ... [Read More]
Analysis
CarGurus Confidence Awards select best vehicles to fit various car shoppers’ needs
You can pick a Car of the Year, but that vehicle isn’t going to work for everyone. A family on a budget, say, might not be interested in a luxury car. So for its inaugural Confidence Awards, CarGurus selected the ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Your service lane tech is your most important leadership tool
The service drive is an inherently loud environment. There is the roar of impact wrenches, the constant ringing of phones, the pressure of waiting customers, and rapid-fire coordination between parts and service. The baseline operating volume is chaotic, and in ... [Read More]
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