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DigniFi names chief product officer
DigniFi announced the appointment of Jefim Piekarz as chief product officer on Tuesday. The fintech company specializing in access to automobile, powersports and RV repair financing said Piekarz will lead DigniFi’s product and engineering teams, advancing product strategy, technology development, ... Read More
Maritczak brings experience from EY & Ally to PCMI
PCMI continued to revamp its executive team on Tuesday. The provider of lender compliance technology and F&I administration software added Alex Maritczak as senior director of business development, bringing more than 30 years of automotive finance and financial services experience ... Read More
Latest two moves by US Bank have dealers & OEMs in mind
U.S. Bank made a pair of moves last week geared to boost its position in automotive with dealerships and OEMs. First, U.S. Bank said it is launching redesigned BMW, MINI and BMW Motorrad Mastercard credit card products that offer cardholders ... Read More
SPONSORED EPISODE: What independent dealers need to be successful with Chris Vangellow of Frazer
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Chris Vangellow, who is the Director of Product Management at Frazer, described what’s changed most about running an independent dealership over the past few years, especially from a technology perspective. ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Grace Huang of Cox Automotive
We begin our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with Grace Huang, president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions, who joins Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby for a conversation about her career journey, the value of ... Listen Here
Ben Sporn of VIP Automotive Group Takes DIY Approach to AI
Ben Sporn is the chief marketing officer of VIP Automotive Group on Long Island, N.Y. , where he runs operations and artificial intelligence projects at his family’s 10-store dealer group. He also has a tech background, having worked for Google ... Listen Here

5 benefits of collaboration involving Inovatec by Solifi and RouteOne

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Solifi acquired Inovatec at the beginning of September, and the division is already building industry collaborations. Surfacing this week is the provider of indirect lending and digital retailing workflows working with RouteOne, which is a key industry provider of a ... [Read More]

Carfax Canada aims to help dealers expand acquisition strategy & find right vehicles

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Carfax Canada announced it has launched a new tool to help dealers acquire the right inventory and do so from additional sources. The company said Carfax Canada Sourcing allows dealers to evaluate potential acquisition targets through data-backed insights, giving them ... [Read More]

The opportunity in the Canadian dealer fixed ops: Loyalty & satisfied repeat customers

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canadian service customers are spending more dollars at dealerships than in prior years, and dealers account for nearly half of service visits while commanding a 63% share of the revenue, according to the JD Power 2026 Canada Customer Service Index ... [Read More]

Wholesale price declines grow, ‘returning to more typical weekly levels’

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
After a slight increase the week before, car segment prices in the Canadian wholesale vehicle market were once again on the downward path and declines in the overall market grew steeper, getting back to more typical levels. That’s according to ... [Read More]

Canadian wholesale values of car segments climb for first time in 4 months

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The slowdown in Canadian wholesale vehicle values last week wasn’t quite as steep as the week before, thanks largely to a course reversal among car segments. That’s according to the latest Market Insights report from Canadian Black Book, which showed ... [Read More]

Dilawri debuts new Audi Capilano facility in BC

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canada’s largest dealer group has rolled out a revamped Audi store in British Columbia. Last week, Dilawri announced Audi Capilano has launched a new location in North Vancouver, debuting a 27,500-square-foot two-story facility designed to reflect Audi’s Progressive Showroom Concept. ... [Read More]

AutoCanada expands collision repair business in Alberta

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada announced an acquisition last week that “enhances the efficiency” of its operations in Edmonton. The retailer said it has purchased Doug’s Place Southgate, a collision repair business in Alberta’s capital. AutoCanada acquired the Doug’s Place location in Strathcona in ... [Read More]

Lights, camera, auto: Canadian dealer group add Toyota of Hollywood to cast

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Go Auto has gone Hollywood. The Canada-based dealership group said Tuesday it has acquired Toyota of Hollywood in Los Angeles, which was the first Toyota dealership in North America upon its founding in 1957. Go Auto now has eight dealerships ... [Read More]

OpenRoad to open 16-acre, 7-dealership auto mall in Surrey

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
OpenRoad Auto said Friday it is building a 16-acre auto mall in Surrey, B.C., with multiple dealerships on seven lots and roughly 166,000 square feet of commercial space and more than 1,000 vehicle parking stalls. The Surrey Auto Loop, which ... [Read More]

Wholesale vehicle price decline moderates, sales rate at auction struggles

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The decline in Canadian wholesale vehicle values last week slowed from the previous week but still remains above the pre-COVID average. And sales rates at auction were hamstrung by a few market values, coming in just above 18% for the ... [Read More]

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