An unattended or unsecured workstation or mobile device showing a customer’s personal information could be the gateway that creates potentially significant data breach problems at your dealership or finance company. Shred-it recently released its annual State of the Industry Report ... [Read More]

From a “torrid” auto sales pace to delinquency improvement in the Oil Patch, to perhaps Canada being in better position than its neighbor to handle the clash over trade with the United States, Matt Fabian shared plenty of positive developments ... [Read More]

A 16,000-square-foot size building in a suburb just west of Montreal is now the home of HGregoire’s second Mitsubishi Motors dealership. The group announced Wednesday that it invested an estimated $13.5 million to open its new Mitsubishi Vaudreuil dealership in the Quebec town of Vaudreuil-Dorion ... [Read More]

Alpha Auto Group, a dealership group based in Toronto, has set up shop in the U.S.  The retailer announced Monday it has purchased Oregon-based Wilsonville Group, a two-store operation that was acquired through AAG’s Alpha USA Holdings subsidiary. Alpha said ... [Read More]

To be sure, new-car sales in Canada have been on a tear in recent years. Citing data from WardsAuto, Jumpstart Automotive Media points out that Canadian new-car sales have increased for eight straight years and set records for five straight years ... [Read More]

Through five months of 2018, certified pre-owned sales continue to  look strong for a few automakers reporting results to Auto Remarketing Canada. Volkswagen, for example, had its best-ever May. It moved 1,938 CPO units, which was up 36.2 percent year-over-year.  VW’s ... [Read More]

A new vice president is now in charge of implementing the ADESA Canada dealer sales strategy, ADESA, a business unit of KAR Auction Services, announced Wednesday. The company has chosen Steve Langdon, who has already spent 15 years at KAR, ... [Read More]

CarGurus announced Wednesday its second annual list of Top Rated Dealer Award winners in Canada. Recipients include Canadian car dealerships that received the highest average CarGurus’ verified consumer-submitted review ratings from car shoppers who've answered questions about their dealership experiences ... [Read More]

Within the next 12 months, Canadian automotive dealers say that they mostly need to fill positions in service, sales and leasing, and just about 45 percent plan to fill six to 20 positions, according to a nationwide survey. Just about ... [Read More]

TRADER Corp. said this week it has made a strategic investment in Montreal-based digital advertising services company DealerBreacher, a move TRADER said can help expand its reach in the province and build on its work with dealers there. “From a ... [Read More]