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What might be next for Amazon Autos
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:52 PM
Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat with Fan Jin, global leader of Amazon Autos, during Used Car Week 2025. Their wide-ranging conversation about the past, present and future of the online platform and its involvement with automakers ... Listen Here
Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here
Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 07:48 PM
Purr founder and CEO Chris Schellenberger opened Used Car Week 2025 on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics. Schellenberger, whose unique business model offers a retail consignment platform for repossessed vehicles, discussed what the repo industry could be ... Listen Here

Arkansas operator secures $3.5M from Westlake ALPS

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Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2016, 07:10 PM
BHPH Report Staff
An operator who tries to sell used vehicles to credit-challenged consumers throughout Arkansas received a financial shot in the arm on Tuesday from Westlake Advanced Lending & Portfolio Services (ALPS). Westlake ALPS, a division of Westlake Financial Services, finalized the ... [Read More]

DealerSocket making rounds to 7 states for dealer shows

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Thursday, Jul. 21, 2016, 07:35 PM
BHPH Report Staff
For dealers who couldn’t make it to Las Vegas for the national events orchestrated by the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers or the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association earlier this year, DealerSocket is going on a road trip to ... [Read More]

16 tips to combat theft by dealership employees

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Thursday, Jul. 14, 2016, 06:40 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Automotive Compliance Consultants president Terry Dortch recapped what he described as “sad and unfortunate” news about employee crimes against dealers. Before going into a few tips for protecting the dealership against such activities, Dortch highlighted a few recent headlines about ... [Read More]

Bankruptcy filings at year’s midpoint down 6%

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Thursday, Jul. 7, 2016, 07:27 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Bankruptcy figures from the first half of the year that might impact buy-here, pay-here dealers the most showed a notable year-over-year decline in the amount of consumers who might arrive at stores having filed since January. According to data provided ... [Read More]

Wayne Reaves Software finalizes integration with F&I Express

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Tuesday, Jul. 5, 2016, 03:53 PM
BHPH Report Staff
A little more than a month after Wayne Reaves Software rolled out an enhancement to its current platform that can provide the capability for buy-here, pay-here dealers to furnish credit data to Equifax, the DMS provider completed an integration with ... [Read More]

With record attedance, 91.5% of NIADA Convention goers satisfied

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Thursday, Jun. 30, 2016, 07:27 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Before the 2016 NIADA Convention and Expo had begun, it was already a record-breaker. Now that the final numbers are in, the extent by which that record was broken is clear – and the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association says ... [Read More]

DealerSocket integrates with ProPay to expand payment processing options

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Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2016, 04:06 PM
BHPH Report Staff
DealerSocket’s FEX DMS has added to independent dealers’ payment processing options by fully integrating with ProPay’s LenderPay platform, a credit processing platform for complete, end-to-end payment solutions that are designed to be simple, secure and affordable. The company highlighted this ... [Read More]

May commercial bankruptcies jump 32%

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Thursday, Jun. 16, 2016, 06:58 PM
BHPH Report Staff
While the overall figure decreased on both a sequential and annual basis, the American Bankruptcy Institute attempted to find the source as to why total U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings spiked 32 percent year-over-year in May. According to data provided by ... [Read More]

NIADA survey: 34% to increase workforce as sales expectations dip

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Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2016, 06:58 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Of the more than 150 independent dealerships included in Equifax’s latest edition of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association Business Confidence Survey, a total of 34 percent indicated an anticipation of adding personnel within the next year, even though the ... [Read More]

J.D. Byrider welcomes new franchisee in Denver

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Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2016, 06:39 PM
BHPH Report Staff
J.D. Byrider recently expanded its buy-here, pay-here dealership footprint in Colorado by bringing a new franchisee in the process. The newest J.D. Byrider dealership is in Denver. It's the second store in Colorado but the first one for franchisee Rick Steenbock. ... [Read More]
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