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Amplify Your Dealership Technology to Add Profit, Not People.

Amplify Your Dealership Technology to Add Profit, Not People

Faced with ongoing margin compression and changing customer expectations, auto dealers are working hard to find new ways to create...
3 Min ReadMar 11Jen Miller
Market Your Trained Technicians to Earn Service Business.

Market Your Trained Technicians to Earn Service Business

Despite swirling economic head winds, fixed operations remains a bright spot for franchised dealers. It’s the steady stalwart relied upon...
3 Min ReadMar 7CDK Global
Ease of Purchase Hits New High in February

Ease of Purchase Hits New High in February

Despite hurdles when it comes to affordability, more car buyers said it was easy to complete their purchase in February...
2 Min ReadFeb 27David Thomas
That’s a Wrap. Takeaways From N A D A 2024.

That’s a Wrap: Takeaways From NADA 2024

The camaraderie and partnership that comes with being at NADA were in full effect at this year’s show in Las...
3 Min ReadFeb 19CDK Global
Buyers Take the Wheel for Car Sales in 2024.

Buyers Take the Wheel for Car Sales in 2024

After three years of dramatic post-pandemic market swings, buyers in 2024 are poised to take back the wheel with plenty...
3 Min ReadFeb 13CDK Global
What’s the Key to Win the Automotive Service Wars.

What’s the Key to Win the Automotive Service Wars?

Although 2024 is shaping up to be a buyer’s market, new and used vehicles continue to be painfully expensive for...
3 Min ReadFeb 9David Thomas
Friction Points 2024

CDK Releases the Friction Points 2024 Study

The automotive industry has returned to somewhat of a pre-pandemic state at the end of 2023, but car buyers are...
1 Min ReadFeb 1CDK Global
The Game Changing Value of an Automotive C R M.

The Game-Changing Value of an Automotive CRM

The automotive industry is known for its love of acronyms and buzzwords. Most of the time we see dealers change...
4 Min ReadFeb 1Amber Good
Busting the Top Five Myths About the American Car Dealer.

Busting the Top Five Myths About the American Car Dealer

When you live and breathe the industry you work in, you tend to get a little protective of your colleagues...
5 Min ReadJan 29Barb Edson
Service Shopper 3 point 0 white paper.

What’s Changed in Service Shopper 3.0

Winning over a shopper is difficult for any type of retailer. Securing someone’s business looking to service their car however,...
1 Min ReadJan 12CDK Global
F and I Manager Tips. Hidden Opportunities in the Service Department.

F&I Manager Tips: Hidden Opportunities in the Service Dept

At first glance, the F&I and Service departments may seem worlds apart. Yet, both departments are critical linchpins in connecting...
4 Min ReadJan 12Saundi Crandall
New Cars Easier to Find, Bolstering Buyer Attitudes.

New Cars Easier to Find, Bolstering Buyer Attitudes

Car buyers raced against the clock to secure deals before the end of the year while inventories and incentives were...
2 Min ReadJan 3David Thomas