Wolters Kluwer on significance of digital securitizations by credit unions
Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned as a guest on the Auto Remarketing Podcast, recapping the recent milestone associated with credit unions and securitizations. Babcock also touched on the proliferation of AI agents and ... Listen Here
Next Ron Smith Lifetime Achievement Award recipient: Kyle Birch of GM Financial
For the first time since 2022, Auto Remarketing and Cherokee Media Group are giving their Ron Smith Lifetime Achievement Award; an honor reserved especially for executives who have made one of the most significant impacts on the used-car industry. During ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
Canada Drives now available to online auto shoppers in Alberta
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canada Drives has added f Alberta to its online car shopping delivery service network, following launches in Ontario and British Columbia. This translates to Canada Drives' inventory of over 1,200 vehicles being available to 24 million Canadians. Now, Albertan car shoppers can can ... [Read More]
AutoCanada continues efforts to match collision center network to dealers
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada, who currently operates 66 franchised dealerships covering 27 brands, just purchased a new collision center located in Airdrie, Alberta. The dealer group announced the acquisition of Airdrie Autobody, which has been serving the Airdrie community for over 25 years, and is ... [Read More]
Policaro Group expands via new stores, enhanced premium services
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Policaro Automotive is continuing its quest to "redefine the automotive retail experience," this time through premium service offerings and new franchises for its customers to shop. In July, the dealer group broke ground on a new Porsche store in Kitchener-Waterloo. The ... [Read More]
Cox Automotive to transition Canadian reporting structure into US operations
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Cox Automotive confirmed in a statement Tuesday that it is moving its Canadian reporting structure into its U.S. operations as part of plans to “simplify its structure for local and global customers.” Maria Soklis, who is president for Cox Automotive Canada ... [Read More]
LGM, Big Think+ partner to open up expansive video learning opportunities for dealers
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
A new partnership with Big Think+ will give LGM Financial Services dealer training customers access to an expansive archive of video lessons that teach "essential 21st century skills from the world's top minds." Now, on top of LGM's training modules already in ... [Read More]
HGreg Group sets sights on nationwide presence in Canada and US
Arlena Sawyers, Correspondent
HGreg Group, which operates new- and used-car dealerships in Canada and the United States, has set its sights on creating nationwide presence in each country within a “few years,” said its top executive. “We’ll be opening new store fronts and ... [Read More]
AutoVerify purchases AIM Experts to ramp up inventory marketing capabilities
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoVerify has purchased AIM Experts, in an effort to alleviate pain points in the auto-sales process for both shoppers and dealers. For dealers specifically, AutoVerify said the purchase will help solve dealer pain "end-to-end" by integrating AIM’s inventory management and automated content ... [Read More]
Finch Hyundai adapts to meet supply challenges
Daryl Lubinsky, Correspondent
At Finch Hyundai, the used-car side coincides with its new-car inventory. “The more new cars you have, the more trade-ins you take in,” said Hass Hijazi, who is general manager and partner for Finch Hyundai in London, Ontario. Finch Hyundai ... [Read More]
CBB & TRADE X enter data integration partnership
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canadian Black Book and TRADE X, a global B2B cross-border vehicle trading platform, have entered a data integration agreement. As part of that deal announced Thursday, CBB’s historical post-transactional wholesale valuation and transactional data and its proprietary enhanced vehicle matching ... [Read More]
CarDoor receives $3M seed financing via Framework Venture Partners
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Toronto-based online car retailing platform CarDoor has received $3 million in seed financing. The new injection of funding comes from Framework Venture Partners. CarDoor said the latest financing will help the company expand its online platform and service to "reach ... [Read More]
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