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Vroom Used Car Retailer Announces End to Ecommerce Operations, Liquidating Inventory

Automotive Addicts

Vroom is set to wind down its used vehicle dealership business and focus on other key assets within its portfolio. Vroom’s move comes as a response to challenges in securing additional capital for its operations, particularly in extending the vehicle floorplan facility beyond its current expiration date of March 31, 2024.

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The $740 Challenge: How Savvy Dealerships Are Turning the Tables

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In today’s automotive landscape, consumers and dealerships are caught in a complex web of economic pressures. Explore 2024 automotive market and leasing trends, with strategies for dealerships to navigate economic pressures and boost profitability. As we moved into July, there were signs of recovery in the retail vehicle market.

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Haig: Dealerships remain hot properties even as profits and values decline

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While demand for dealerships remained strong in the fourth quarter of 2023, dealership profits and blue sky values fell significantly year-over-year, according to research from Haig Partners. Sharply rising inventories and floorplan expense are pushing down profits at most stores. million in 2023,” Haig said.

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COMMENTARY: A constituency of one

Auto Remarketing

What does that mean to the dealership? You know the day-to-day challenges dealerships face. You know how your dealership fits into the larger automobile retail industry. You know how your dealership fits into the larger automobile retail industry. Why is that important? You know your business.

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Inside Chinese brand GAC’s bold plan to storm Australian sales top 10

CarExpert

GAC] also understand the difficulties of trying to launch a brand with just one model, when it’s not really sufficient to sustain a dealership network.” This would see dealers sign up for a GAC franchise but not have to buy the stock, while customers would pay the same price whichever GAC dealership they go to. “I

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Micro-leases, subscriptions, long-term rentals, whatever you call it, will it become a third ‘sales’ channel?

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dealerships will be coming soon. automotive retailers. A long time ago, an automotive retailer sold vehicles. Then about thirty years ago consumer leasing entered the picture, which made vehicles affordable for a whole new group of buyers and developed into a substantial percentage of retail “sales.” First, the research.

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