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Widewail CEO Cuyler Owens
Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 08:09 PM
Cuyler Owens is CEO of Widewail, a reputation and customer experience platform for the auto industry Cuyler joined Widewail as CEO in December, following nearly three years as chief revenue officer of TrustRadius, and time with Dell, Vmware and Dealerware. ... Listen Here
Automotive Intelligence Award Honoree: Patrick Manzi of NADA
Friday, Mar. 6, 2026, 07:55 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Patrick Manzi, who is the chief economist at the National Automobile Dealers Association. Manzi , who got his first subscription to Car and Driver in his early teens, talks ... Listen Here
Automotive Intelligence Award Honoree: Jessica Caldwell of Edmunds
Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2026, 09:18 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners begin with Jessica Caldwell, who is head of insights at Edmunds. Caldwell talks with Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby about her journey going from working at automakers on the product ... Listen Here

Counter argument for dealers who are considering cuts in advertising & training expenditures

Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, 11:41 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Big Time Advertising founder and CEO Terry MacCauley recently acknowledged some independent and buy-here, pay-here dealers might not be in the best financial position, so operators are having to trim expenditures. MacCauley strongly urged dealerships to be wary of making ... [Read More]

NIADA accepting board applications through Feb. 13

Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, 12:46 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association doesn’t want members interested in serving on its board of directors to be brokenhearted by the time Valentine’s Day arrives. That’s why NIADA recently reiterated that it’s accepting applications to be on its board ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Try Compliance Unleashed & don’t bet the business

Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, 02:46 PM
Steve Levine, Ignite Consulting Partners
The holidays have passed and now we are all focused on two things: driving business in 2026 and the NFL playoffs, which will culminate with the Super Bowl in February.  For me though, my Super Bowl takes place in April. ... [Read More]

AutoPayPlus unveils reinsured bi-weekly payment program

Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:49 PM
BHPH Report Staff
AutoPayPlus by US Equity Advantage rolled out a new product on Thursday aimed at giving dealerships another option for operators who want to get into reinsurance. The company launched RePayPlus, a reinsured bi-weekly payment program that combines AutoPayPlus’ bi-weekly payment ... [Read More]

Car-Mart trims another 13 locations, reducing footprint by 18 lots since November

Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:47 PM
BHPH Report Staff
It’s been a difficult start to the calendar year for America’s Car-Mart, which this week announced the completion of the second phase of its previously announced SG&A cost control strategy through “footprint optimization.” The plan includes the consolidation of 13 ... [Read More]

2025 bankruptcies jump 11% but still trail pre-pandemic number

Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, 10:59 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Total bankruptcies in 2025 increased 11% year-over-year, according to data provided by Epiq AACER on Monday. But the number of filings still is more than 200,000 less than what went through the bankruptcy court system before the pandemic. Epiq AACER ... [Read More]

100 potential resolutions for dealers in 2026

Details of upcoming repossession webinars from ARA & Weltman
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, 09:57 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Big Time Advertising founder and CEO Terry MacCauley shared 100 potential resolutions dealers could implement this year. Before operators who might already have felt overwhelmed to start 2026, MacCauley explained that he doesn’t expect dealers to put all 100 in ... [Read More]

PassTime unveils ‘boldest upgrade yet’ to Encore tracking platform

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, 01:09 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Set for purchase and shipping to users this month, PassTime on Monday announced the launch of Encore 5, the fifth generation of the company’s platform for location solutions specializing in asset tracking. PassTime described Encore 5 as its “boldest upgrade ... [Read More]

Bankruptcy filings & consumer financial stress keep intensifying in November

paying bills
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 02:21 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Data and perspectives from Epiq AACER, the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and LegalShield highlighted climbing filings and rising stress from consumers. According to data provided by Epiq AACER, total bankruptcy filings came in at 43,661 in November, an 8% increase ... [Read More]

Byrider honors operators for best overall performance & most improved

byrider picture for web
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, 11:58 AM
BHPH Report Staff
Byrider honored more than a dozen buy-here, pay-here franchise dealership operators in Scottsdale, Ariz., earlier this month during its annual convention; an event that drew praise from an attorney at Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co. “Each year we take a ... [Read More]

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