As I write this article, Major League Baseball is back with Opening Day arriving on Thursday. While the players union and team owners hashed out their collective bargaining agreement, I rarely heard anything about the group of people who matter ... [Read More]

DealerSocket is looking to help operators get their inventory to stand tall on the front line faster, especially if the vehicles are arriving in rough shape and need notable repairs. On Wednesday, DealerSocket announced a partnership with AutoMobile Technologies, an ... [Read More]

Perhaps if there is not a parade of potential vehicle buyers arriving at your dealership this tax season, a trio of consumer surveys might shed light on why; even though the average federal income tax refund is 13% higher this ... [Read More]

Buy-here, pay-here dealers as well as lease-here, pay-here operators now have another option for reinsurance products. On Tuesday, MEI Group announced the launch of Empire Indemnity Insurance Co., RRG and National Lenders General Agency, specializing in reinsurance products for dealerships ... [Read More]

Agora Data is trying to be an industry pioneer in multiple ways. After being successful multiple times with group securitizations involving paper originated by buy-here, pay-here dealerships, the company that strives to provide BHPH dealers and small to mid-sized finance ... [Read More]

Along with revealing who will give the keynote address of the 2022 NIADA Convention and Expo, the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association also announced its newest Gold-level National Corporate Partner. Coming aboard in that capacity on Wednesday was LHPH Capital, ... [Read More]

Brian Stone is shifting from one large, publicly traded dealership company to another. America’s Car-Mart announced on Wednesday that Stone has been named as executive vice president of procurement and inventory in a move effective on Monday. Car-Mart highlighted Stone ... [Read More]

Despite February being the shortest month on the calendar, Epiq and the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) spotted a sequential rise in total filings during the month. [Read More]

CARite has an ambitious fundraising goal. Through its philanthropic organization — Car Dealers Care National Foundation — the dealership network that works with consumers with soft credit backgrounds announced on Thursday a $1 million fundraising commitment benefiting St. Jude Children’s ... [Read More]

It just turned March, but the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association already has June on its mind. Registration is now open for the 2022 NIADA Convention and Expo, which is back in its traditional June dates. And for the first ... [Read More]