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News•September 26, 2018

Sonic CEO Scott Smith Steps Down, Successors Named

The automotive retailer announced that co-founder B. Scott Smith is stepping down as CEO, president, and director of the public dealer group. His brother David Burton Smith will assume his role as CEO, while executive Jeff Dyke was promoted to president.

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News•September 26, 2018

Cox: September Sales to Decline 7.2% From Year-Ago Levels

Despite the expected volume decline, the firm put September’s seasonally adjusted annual sales rate at a healthy 17.1 million, down from last September’s 18.1 million SAAR. The company said higher interest rates and talks of tariffs may be having some pull-ahead impact in the market.

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News•September 25, 2018

Auctions Return to Business Following Florence

Manheim Wilmington is reopening this Friday. Operations were shut down last week in preparation of Hurricane Florence, which had less of an impact on the U.S. vehicle market than hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017.

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News•by Gregory Arroyo•September 25, 2018

Cox Automotive’s O’Neil to Retire in February

The tech firm confirmed this week reports that COO Mark O’Neil plans to retire this February. He’ll depart almost four years after Cox’s acquisition of Dealertrack, a company he led as CEO for about 14 years.

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News•September 25, 2018

Carfax Expands Role in Nissan, Infiniti CPO Programs

The expanded role is designed to boost customer retention at certified dealerships. Now, all Nissan and Infiniti CPO buyers get enrolled in the free myCarfax service so they can receive service and recall alerts from Carfax.

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News•September 24, 2018

FTC: Credit Freezes Are Now Free

The FTC issued a reminder that, starting today, consumers can freeze their credit and place one-year fraud alerts for free under the new Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.

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News•September 19, 2018

FTC Shuts Down Websites Offering Fake Pay Stubs for Sale

The operators of websites that sold fake pay stubs and other financial documents have agreed to permanently shut down their business as part of separate settlements with the Federal Trade Commission, the regulator announced this week.

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News•September 18, 2018

DealerSocket Announces Significant Investment in Customer Service, Support

The company continues to hire support staff to meet the needs of dealers and has invested millions in technology improvements, officials announced this week.

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News•September 17, 2018

Black Book HAV Data Now Integrated Into defi SOLUTIONS’ LOS Platform

Defi SOLUTIONS is the first loan origination platform to include Black Book’s History Adjusted Valuations data feed. Users can now identify undesirable deals prior to the origination process, improve advance amounts, prevent fraud, and use HAV to set floors more accurately when remarketing.

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News•September 17, 2018

Eckert to Retire as President of SouthwestRe

Eddie Eckert will retire as president of SouthwestRe at the end of September, concluding a 14-year tenure with the company and marking more than 40 years of service to the automotive industry.

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