Advantage GPS made two announcements on Tuesday as operators gathered in Las Vegas for the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association Convention & Expo. Along with now being an NIADA National Corporate Partner, the provider of advanced GPS technology solutions and ... [Read More]

Marty McFarland and Brian Geitner are back working together in the floorplan arena. Last week, Kinetic Advantage announced Geitner has joined Kinetic as president and chief operating officer. McFarland is a founder of the national provider of floorplan financing services ... [Read More]

PassTime on Tuesday announced the launch of TRAX 7, the newest version of the company’s TRAX platform. The provider of advanced asset tracking solutions said the rolling out TRAX 7 marks one of the most significant enhancements to date of ... [Read More]

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association is hosting its biggest event of the year this week in Las Vegas and is making a significant personnel move. On Tuesday, NIADA announced the addition of veteran industry expert Brent Carmichael to its ... [Read More]

When looking at the data on a year-over-year basis, the climb in bankruptcy filings by both consumers and businesses remain upward and notable. According to data provided by Epiq AACER, there were 44,980 total U.S. bankruptcy filings in May, representing ... [Read More]

Mark Burkholder, president of the Auto Dealer Services Group for Peachtree Planning is an expert financial planner whose specialties include succession planning and estate planning. But at the recent 2024 BHPH United Summit, he spoke about something different — “golden ... [Read More]

For most of us, a forgotten unpaid bill is just a hassle. For Robyn Burkinshaw, it sparked “kind of an epiphany” that led her to create technology that allows customers to make payments by text, an innovation that has made ... [Read More]

Attorney Mike Howk got into the repossession business by accident. More than three decades later, he not only is still there, he is a nationally recognized expert in repossession law as risk manager and director of education for the Recovery ... [Read More]

Ignite Consulting Partners collaborating with the Association of Dealership Compliance Officers (ADCO) proved to be a winner for everyone involved. More than 200 dealers and other industry participants attended the sixth annual Compliance Unleashed Conference in Grapevine, Texas, late last ... [Read More]

Brent Carmichael has been a 20 Group moderator, instructor and dealership consultant with NCM Associates for almost two decades, and is now practically synonymous with 20 Groups. So much so that in being introduced before one of his two sessions ... [Read More]