LGM program works toward positive societal, environmental impact
Friday, Mar. 12, 2021, 07:50 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canadian F&I products provider LGM notes its track record of having a social conscience. The company created an Auto Dealers Against Distracted Driving campaign and recently helped create Canada’s first hydrogen fueling station. This month, LGM continued that track record by ... [Read More]
Online sales platform Digital Motors moves into Canada
Thursday, Mar. 11, 2021, 03:16 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Fueled by a $10 million Series A funding round, online sales platform Digital Motors has expanded into Canada. The company, which is based in Southern California, provides dealers and automakers a platform that facilitates a purchase process where the customer ... [Read More]
Pandemic repercussions affect Canadians’ approach to car buying
Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2021, 07:04 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canadians are driving less. As a result, they are buying less. The result of less driving, says Canadian Black Book, is a reduced sense of urgency when it comes to buying a new vehicle. That is according to a CBB study ... [Read More]
AutoTRADER.ca survey: Car purchasing resilient through pandemic
Thursday, Mar. 4, 2021, 06:29 PM
Daryl Lubinsky, Correspondent
Various themes emerged from a January AutoTRADER.ca survey of Canadian car shoppers. But TRADER Corp. vice president of marketing Lilian Lau highlighted one of the survey’s main insights. “Great news: People are buying cars,” she said. AutoTRADER.ca asked Canadian car ... [Read More]
Cox Automotive Canada expands senior leadership team
Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021, 05:31 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Cox Automotive Canada has expanded its senior management team, adding four new leaders, including longtime J.D. Power and Canadian Black book analyst Brian Murphy. Coming aboard as chief customer officer for Cox Automotive Canada is Laurent Villanueva, who was most ... [Read More]
ADESA Assurance provides 30-day vehicle return guarantee
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, 07:58 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
ADESA has launched a new return guarantee available to ADESA and TradeRev customers in Canada that allows participating dealers to return eligible vehicles within 30 days for a full refund of the purchase price and associated buy fee. The new ... [Read More]
Fox Dealer offers live text and video chat product to GM Canada dealers
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, 03:53 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
eCommerce and digital marketing company Fox Dealer now offers GM Canada dealers a live text and video chat product through General Motors Dealer Digital Solution program. The product is called Fox Chat, and instead of forcing the use of a separate app, ... [Read More]
Automakers share January CPO results
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, 04:35 PM
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
There appeared to be a bit of auto retail challenge around shutdowns in Ontario and Quebec as 2021 gets underway, and that is impacting certified pre-owned sales. Here's a roundup of January CPO sales results shared by automakers, thus far. At Hyundai, ... [Read More]
Cox Automotive Canada’s Black Employee Network uses inaugural event to celebrate & inspire
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, 02:54 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Cox Automotive Canada’s Black Employee Network (BEN) recently celebrates its successes while reiterating more work remains to be completed during Black History Month and beyond. According to a company news release, BEN hosted more than 500 team members from Canada, ... [Read More]
Zanchin Automotive names COO
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, 03:52 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Zanchin Automotive Group announced a new chief operating officer earlier this month: Neal Bodack, who joined the group in 2016 as managing partner of Mercedes-Benz Durham. Bodack, who has served on Zanchin’s senior management team since joining the company, came ... [Read More]