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Newsby StaffSeptember 19, 2019

PAR Gets masterQueue Skip Tracing Platform

PAR North America announced an expansion of its partnership with masterQueue, adding the latter’s skip tracing technology in an effort to increase recovery rates.

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ArticlesSeptember 19, 2019

4 Steps to Maximize Pre-Owned Profits

Reconsider every aspect of your sourcing, reconditioning, marketing, and lead-generation efforts to get the biggest bang for your used-vehicle buck.

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ArticlesSeptember 18, 2019

Data Can Help Dealers Sell More OE Parts

Once treated as classified information, factory parts data is now shared freely. Opportunistic franchised dealers are seizing the opportunity by selling unneeded inventory to independent repair shops.

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Newsby Tariq KamalSeptember 18, 2019

World’s First Carbon-Neutral Dealership Changes Hands

Motorcars Honda of Cleveland Heights has been purchased and renamed by the nine-store Foundation Automotive group. The Ohio store was recognized by BP as the world’s first carbon-neutral auto dealership in 2016.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2019

Former Porsche Salesman Pleads Guilty to $3M Fraud

Shiraaz Sookralli faces 20 years in prison after admitting to charges of fraud and embezzlement relating to a multimillion-dollar scheme to sell nonexistent Porsches from a South Florida dealership.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2019

Xtime Adds Text Marketing Features to Invite Platform

Xtime Text Marketing was designed to offer U.S. dealers who use Xtime Invite a new way to connect with sales and service customers in a timely and legally compliant manner.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 13, 2019

Used-Vehicle Volumes Up 4.1% Among Privately Owned Dealers

Haig Partners’ Q2 report charts an astonishing 60% drop in buy/sell activity among U.S. auto dealerships and finds privately held stores and groups are increasingly focused on pre-owned sales.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 12, 2019

Escalating Finance Costs Drive 24% Spike in TCO

AAA analysts say bigger price tags and higher interest rates have conspired to raise American new-car buyers’ average annual total cost of ownership to $9,282, an all-time high and a 24% year-over-year increase.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 11, 2019

Pace of Dealership Acquisitions Slows in Q2

Kerrigan Advisors’ latest Blue Sky buy/sell report counts 49 transactions in the second quarter, a slight decline from Q1 but enough to maintain a 200-plus-transaction pace for 2019.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 11, 2019

Report: Customers Want to Buy Insurance at the Dealership

A new DealerPolicy study finds 83% of customers would buy auto insurance as part of their car-buying process — but only 9% were given the opportunity.

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