A little inside baseball here (or football, rather): One of the best training grounds for journalism, and not just sports reporters, is to cover high school football for a newspaper — or at least the version of the latter that existed through the 2000s. It requires precise and constant notetaking, especially if you are recording […] [Read More]

A longtime Cox Automotive executive has a new title and new responsibilities. The company announced it has promoted Joe Kichler from vice president and general manager of Cox Automotive logistics to senior vice president of digital inventory and supply chain solutions. Kichler, who has been with Cox at the VP level since 2012, will now […] [Read More]

Along with mentioning interesting movements among four specific vehicle segments, Black Book noticed the auction conversion rate increased again, even while some sales didn’t happen because of Fourth of July. Black Book reported on Tuesday that car prices dropped for the sixth consecutive week, and truck values declined for the seventh week in a row. […] [Read More]

Hertz is making some major changes to its leadership team. The rental car giant said it’s adding four former Delta Air Lines executives to the company this month and has promoted interim general counsel Katherine Lee Martin to executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, effective immediately. In a news release, Hertz said the […] [Read More]

Chris Elliott, vice president of mergers and acquisitions at America’s Group, joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to kick off our series on “M&A + Auto Auctions.” Elliot and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby discuss the company’s growth strategy and M&A targets as well as overall buy-sell growth/consolidation in the auto auction industry. America’s […] [Read More]

Less than a month after announcing the purchase of San Antonio Auto Auction, America’s Group said Monday it acquired Corpus Christi Auto Auction in Texas. Both auctions were previously owned by BA&W Enterprises Ownership Group. The moves signal “a strong growth trajectory for America’s Auto Auction for the next 18 months,” the auction group said […] [Read More]

Black Book co-founder and former president Eugene McDonald died Monday, the National Auto Auction Association said in a message to members Wednesday. McDonald sold Black Book to Cox in 1965, served on that company’s board of directors and helped Cox move into the auto auction market, as it purchased its first auction (now known as […] [Read More]

Black Book’s newest installment of Market Insights gave a clear look at what happened in the lanes during the last full week of the month, quarter and first half of the year. And it appeared consignors might have cleared some volume, and dealerships reinforced their inventory to prepare for sales fireworks amid Fourth of July. […] [Read More]

Central Dispatch has taken the first step in its coming “transformation.” Cox Automotive’s logistics marketplace has launched Central Dispatch Enterprise, which it calls “a customizable package of end-to-end capabilities” aimed at large automotive shippers and brokers. That package, the company said in a news release, includes a private marketplace structure, market intelligence powered by an […] [Read More]

The downward trend in wholesale used-vehicle prices continued through May and the first half of June – but there are signs the rate of decline in the coming months could be slower than the steep drop of last summer. In his latest Kontos Kommentary, ADESA chief economist Tom Kontos said wholesale prices averaged $14,329 in […] [Read More]