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Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here

Total annual bankruptcy filings dip for 9th consecutive year

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BHPH Report Staff
The American Bankruptcy Institute highlighted that total filings in 2018 represented a decrease for the ninth year in a row. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, total bankruptcy filings in 2018 dropped 2 percent year-over-year. Filings fell from 766,761 ... [Read More]

PODCAST: AFC president Jim Money

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BHPH Report Staff
Automotive Finance Corp. president Jim Money shared a conversation with Nick during Used Car Week 2018 to discuss trends involving dealership floor planning and other commercial lending that helps stores thrive. Money also touched on how actions by the Federal ... [Read More]

IRS confirms tax refund plan despite government shutdown

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BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here dealers who already delivered vehicles based on expected federal tax refunds likely let out a collective sigh of relief stemming from an announcement the Internal Revenue Service made late on Monday. Despite the government shutdown, the IRS confirmed ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Three reasons individuals and organizations fail to achieve goals

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Kenny Atcheson, Dealer Profit Pros
Gyms are packed in January; then half empty in February. Individuals struggle to achieve their goals, and so do organizations like buy-here, pay-here dealerships — sometimes for different reasons. For more than 30 years, Jim Jackson has worked as a ... [Read More]

NIADA adds 2 Member Benefit Partners

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BHPH Report Staff
Just before the holiday rush climaxed, the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association enhanced its roster of National Member Benefit Partners with two providers that can help dealerships make vehicles more attractive on their lots or to dispose of inventory that ... [Read More]

Lobel Financial collaborates with NIADA as national corporate partner

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BHPH Report Staff
A finance company your buy-here, pay-here operation might leverage enhanced its relationship with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. According to an announcement distributed this week, Lobel Financial has improved its longstanding affiliation with NIADA by becoming the association’s most ... [Read More]

Advance Auto Parts revamps website to help dealerships

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BHPH Report Staff
Advance Auto Parts recently finished an update of its online resources in an effort to help independent dealerships and buy-here, pay-here stores that have their own service drive or complete some reconditioning themselves. Advance Auto Parts completed the nationwide rollout ... [Read More]

Total bankruptcies dip in November

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BHPH Report Staff
While certain commercial filings spiked, the American Bankruptcy Institute reported that consumer cases ticked lower in November. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, total U.S. bankruptcy filings in November generated a 2-percent decrease year-over-year with the figure coming in ... [Read More]

NextGear Capital’s Rapid Pay surpasses $1B in funding through 3 quarters

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BHPH Report Staff
Dealerships are leveraging NextGear Capital for more than just inventory they want running down the auction lanes. The Cox Automotive company recently highlighted that it has financed more than $1 billion through the first three quarters of the year for ... [Read More]

Tricolor continues to leverage AI-fueled risk-scoring platform for underserved Hispanic consumers

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BHPH Report Staff
A company with its roots in the buy-here, pay-here space is continuing to expand an artificial intelligence-powered financial services platform serving Hispanic consumers. Tricolor recently announced an exclusive agreement with Phenx Machine Learning Technologies. In early testing, Tricolor’s newly AI-enabled ... [Read More]

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