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How AI can improve repossessions with Geoff Weathersby of SVR Tracking
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 06:02 PM
Artificial intelligence helps individuals and businesses in many ways nowadays. Can AI help to sharpen the repossession process, too? Geoff Weathersby thinks so. The chief operating officer of SVR Tracking explained how on the Live Stage presented by SYNC Auto ... Listen Here
Talking titles with Dave Spencer of Vitu
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 04:35 PM
Some folks might consider title work the most boring part of automotive. Well, on the Live Stage presented by SYNC Auto Logistics at Used Car Week 2025, Vitu vice president of national sales Dave Spencer explained how exciting — and ... Listen Here
Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here

Spireon acquires CalAmp’s stolen vehicle solution

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Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2021, 02:21 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Two technology providers familiar with independent and buy-here, pay-here dealerships just struck a deal. According to a news release posted on Tuesday, CalAmp and Spireon announced that Spireon has acquired the LoJack U.S. Stolen Vehicle Recovery (SVR) business from CalAmp. ... [Read More]

Talk of potential bankruptcy bubble intensifies

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Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2021, 03:38 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Bubble talk in March is not limited to just discussions about which teams will qualify for the major college basketball tournaments. The term surfaced when Epiq and the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) reviewed February filings and looked ahead to what ... [Read More]

NIADA planning in-person convention for August

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Friday, Mar. 5, 2021, 04:19 PM
BHPH Report Staff
The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association is planning a Texas-sized celebration for its 75th anniversary. The association announced on Friday that it will return to an in-person NIADA Convention and Expo after a year of virtual events due to the ... [Read More]

NIADA’s 10-step path to accomplishing goals within refreshed vision & mission statements

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Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021, 03:05 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Changes are continuing at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. This week, NIADA announced a refreshed vision and mission statements and the 10 steps the association intends to take to accomplish its mission. NIADA’s vision and mission statements now say: ... [Read More]

Selly & Frazer integrate to improve CRM and more

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Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021, 03:00 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Two technology platforms used by buy-here, pay-here and independent dealers are now integrated to make customer relationship management and other dealership management segments work more efficiently. On Monday, Selly Automotive CRM announced its real-time integration with Frazer Computing, which provides dealer ... [Read More]

PODCAST: 20 group meetings during the pandemic

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Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, 04:05 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Just like the dealers he serves, Brent Carmichael found ways to adapt. The 20 group moderator, consultant and instructor with NCM Associates joined the podcast to describe how dealer gatherings have continued to be beneficial despite the pandemic creating restrictions ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Agora Data’s Steve Burke on credit availability

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Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, 04:01 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Agora Data chief executive officer Steve Burke returned for another podcast appearance to discuss two of his passions: buy-here, pay-here dealerships and helping them get the capital they need to be successful. The conversation came after the company rolled out ... [Read More]

PPP loans only for businesses with less than 20 employees start Wednesday

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Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, 02:22 PM
BHPH Report Staff
For the smallest buy-here, pay-here and independent dealerships, perhaps their best opportunity to secure funding through the latest round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) arrives on Wednesday. According to an announcement from the White House on Monday morning, the ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Marty McFarland of Kinetic Advantage

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Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, 07:56 PM
BHPH Report Staff
This isn’t Marty McFarland’s first experience in starting up a company. But it is the first time he’s been involved in one during a pandemic. McFarland appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast not only to recap the journey Kinetic Advantage ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Scott Maybee of NextGear Capital

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Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, 07:54 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Scott Maybee now has been the president of NextGear Capital for a little more than a year. During much of that time, the pandemic has impacted how the floorplan company functioned internally and with its independent dealership client base. Maybee ... [Read More]
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