Manheim built its latest auction from the ground up. The national auction giant partnered with TR Group to establish 4 Star Auto Auction in Valley, Ala., a new location on nearly 22 acres that operates two auction lanes with the ability to expand to three as needed. The $4.2 million facility uses Manheim’s technology, expertise […] [Read More]

ServNet said Wednesday that Big Valley Auto Auction in Donna, Texas, and Oklahoma Auto Exchange in Oklahoma City have joined the group of independent auctions. Big Valley, which serves Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, is owned by the father-daughter team of Bernard Waston and Lisa Franz. The auction was founded in 2008 and Franz is general […] [Read More]

The automotive industry is in the midst of a pressing challenge. Auto dealers are grappling with the issue of their inventory languishing on the lot for extended periods. This situation is not just a minor inconvenience; it’s a significant threat to the dealership’s cash flow and overall profitability. The need to expedite the movement of […] [Read More]

Black Book spotted the largest single-week value decline since the middle of January during the stretch that included Memorial Day and the end of May. As depreciation accelerated, analysts also noticed the average auction sales rate last week dropped 2% from the previous week to land at 53%. “These market dynamics are intriguing, particularly when […] [Read More]

Online wholesale used-vehicle marketplace OPENLANE has launched a new sale format that enables sellers to signal they are committed to selling a vehicle to the highest offer that day. The Absolute Sale feature is designed to increase buyer confidence and visibility, boosting engagement and optimizing seller returns, the company said. “With just the click of […] [Read More]

Black Book’s latest installment of Market Insights approached both wholesale and retail perspectives since dealers are amid holiday weekend sales campaigns and looking to close May on a positive note. During the week that closed two days before Memorial Day, Black Book watched wholesale values soften another 0.15%, which was 9 basis points less than […] [Read More]

Fresh off its annual lobbying event in Washington, D.C., the National Auto Auction Association announced it has opened registration for its 2024 NAAA World Remarketing Convention. The convention, set for Oct. 1-3 at the Hilton Bonnet Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla., brings the auto remarketing industry together for association business, honors, networking and educational content. […] [Read More]

As an extension of the panel discussion series at our auto industry news conferences, Cherokee Media Group is launching a new print and auto news podcast series called “Consignor Conversations,” where we interview leading remarketing executives from commercial consignors. We begin the series with an interview of Stephanie Compton, vice president of asset remarketing at […] [Read More]

Like they have in recent earnings reports, ACV Auctions leaders during the company’s first quarter 2024 earnings call on May 9 continued focusing the discussion on the topics of growth, innovation and scale. The company calls those topics its three “pillars” of strategy to maximize long-term shareholder value. Company leaders focused a great deal of their first quarter earnings call comments on ... [Read More]

Experts at Edmunds, Equifax and TransUnion all touched on car affordability in the past 10 days when analyzing the financing and retailing scenes. The topic surfaced again on Tuesday when Black Book discussed how wholesale prices dropped another 0.24% last week; an amount more than double what lane watchers recorded a week earlier. “The wholesale […] [Read More]