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F&Iby StaffAugust 25, 2016

Growing Student Debt Expected to Hurt Retailers, Moody's Warns

The largest share of outstanding student loans is held by graduates age 30 to 39, according to the firm. Many of these graduates belong to the millennial generation, which, according to Pew Research, have overtaken Baby Boomers as the nation’s largest living generation.

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Auto Financeby StaffAugust 25, 2016

Black Book: Wholesale Car Values Falling at Fastest Pace This Year

The wholesale value of 2008-2014 model-year cars continued to fall last week, according to Black Book’s Market Insights report. While many of the familiar trends — trucks performing better than cars — were present, there were some outliers.

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Complianceby StaffAugust 25, 2016

AIAG Adds New Member to Board of Directors

The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) has appointed Cesar D. Pucci, director of corporate quality at Eaton Corporation, to its board of directors. He joins the more than 20 executives from the OEM and supplier community who currently serve on the AIAG board.

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Auto Financeby StaffAugust 25, 2016

Amazon Enters the Vehicle-Shopping Business

The ecommerce site stopped short of saying it's looking to compete against lead sites like Cars.com, TrueCar, and Edmunds.com, describing its new web page as a car research destination and automotive community designed to help 'customers get the information they need when shopping for vehicles, images, videos, customer reviews.'

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Auto Financeby StaffAugust 24, 2016

Driver Satisfaction Improves for 16 Automotive Brands, ACSI Reports

Among the 24 automotive brands tracked by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, 16 showed improvement and five showed declines. Three of those declines came from premium brands, the most notable being Volkswagen.

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Showroomby StaffAugust 23, 2016

Ex-Cox Exec Joins YP.com

The former president of Cox Automotive's Media Solutions Group has found a new home. According to a press announcement, Jared Rowe is set to become CEO of YP.com on Sept. 1.

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Digitalby StaffAugust 23, 2016

Auto/Mate Announces Integration With Dominion Dealer Solutions

Users of both company's automotive solutions should expect to see enhanced customer insights as a result of the integration, which, according to Auto/Mate, will allow for real-time updates of customer, vehicle, service and deal information in both systems.

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F&Iby StaffAugust 23, 2016

AMS to Sponsor Mobile Wallet Giveaway at Industry Summit

Organizers of the upcoming Industry Summit have announced that Automotive Mobile Solutions (AMS) is offering a free year of mobile wallet geofencing services to the winner of a drawing at the event, which will be held Aug. 29–31, 2016, at Paris Las Vegas.

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Auto Financeby StaffAugust 23, 2016

U.S. Bank Names ADESA Northwest Auction of the Year

For the sixth consecutive year, ADESA Northwest was selected as the U.S. Bank Auction of the Year in the marine/RV segment. .

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F&Iby StaffAugust 23, 2016

EFG Companies Announces Second Annual F&I Innovator of the Year Competition

EFG Companies and Northwood University have launched their second F&I Innovator of the Year competition. The contest asks six teams of junior and senior Northwood automotive students to conceptualize and build a new F&I product. The winning product will then be developed by EFG Companies, who will donate a percentage of the product's sales profits back to the school.

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