Tag: dealers
Dealers and Digital “Reveals”
Last Thursday Ford revealed the 2021 F-150 in a prerecorded reveal. The forty-five-minute event was hosted by actor Denis Leary and was streamed through...
Analyst Predicts a Third of American Malls Close in Next Year....
The retail industry has been relatively stable for decades. Small retail stores and chains could be profitable by maintaining low overhead in malls, but...
Coalition of Caring Dealers Providing Support During Pandemic Recovery
One of the unfortunate effects of an economic shutdown has been an abundance of food supplies that aren’t being used by restaurants and grocers....
Why You Need a Long Term Value Metric for Fixed Operations
For any business, success can be measured by the increase in their profit and loss or revenue, or by their customer base continuing to...
Compassion a Trait Dealers are Showing in Heaps
In the past weeks, we’ve seen examples consistently where dealers and dealership owners are using their resources to help their communities. Particularly, the compassion...
More Stories of Dealers Caring for Community in COVID-19
Dealerships across the nation have been the source of inspiring stories that prove there are still good people out there. From donations to life-saving...
The ‘New Normal’ at Auto Plants and Its Effect on Dealers
Carmakers are planning their returns to work over the next few weeks. American Honda plans to restart factories on May 4th, as do Toyota,...
What Are Dealers Doing to Stay Busy with Slower Service Departments?
With social distancing, and “shelter-in-place” orders issued in many states, automotive service and aftermarket shops continue to operate, but under a different set of...
Why Did it Take a Pandemic for Dealers to Embrace Digital...
Recently, I had a conversation with a friend who heads up a large technology firm which provides Digital Retailing software to auto dealerships. He...
Dealers will Need to Innovate in Coronavirus Recovery
The United States is in the thick of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and experts are unsure when social distancing practices will be loosened. What’s...
