Today on CBTNews.com – Wednesday, February 20th, 2019:
Brian Benstock on What it Takes to Drive an Award-Winning Dealership
Coming off of a record-breaking 2018, Paragon Automotive became the highest volume dealer to take home the Precision Team Award for Acura and the President’s Award Elite for Honda. We recently spoke with Brian Benstock, partner GM and vice president of Paragon Honda and Paragon Acura who walked us through their unparalleled success. Watch Now
What’s Going on With Trump and Tariffs
President Trump’s race to make America’s economy great again pretty much stalled from the word “go” largely thanks to the Commander in Chief’s own trade policy. From the beginning of his 2016 campaign, Trump made it clear that he planned on putting America first when it came to trade. This meant promoting American-based industries and manufacturing and incentivizing home-grown businesses by laying heavy tariffs on foreign goods. Read More
When Slow Times Can Actually Help F&I
Downtime. No deals. Few ups and just not a lot of activity. Tumbleweeds blowing through the lot. This is every dealer’s nightmare scenario. It happens, though, and when we think of this quiet period in the dealership, everyone defaults to standing around chatting in service, taking a smoke break out behind the bays, or staring endlessly at your phone checking updates on Facebook. Read More