Canadian Auto Dealer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

DSMA Managing Partner Maxime Théorêt co-founded QUOTUS, a provider of financial intelligence solutions for auto retail, which recently launched a software as a service (SaaS) platform to help dealerships transform complicated financial data into actionable insights so they can quickly make decisions.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Todd Bourgon, CEO and Executive Director of the Motor Vehicle Retailers Ontario (MVRO) Todd Bourgon, CEO and Executive Director of the Motor Vehicle Retailers Ontario (MVRO) talked to dealers about the work his association is doing to recruit foreign-technicians to help the province’s dealerships fill their labour shortages.

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Drive.com

MAY 16, 2024

Unlike in other countries, like the United States, GST is not a hidden tax and is included in the advertised retail price charged for goods and services. The most important part of that list is the commercial vehicle is not designed for the principal purpose of carrying passengers.

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AutoSuccessOnline

JUNE 11, 2024

That was followed by a powerful testimony from Laura Murphy, automotive retail specialist from Google Detroit on self-care and how to “Be your Own Best Friend” as well as how to tell yourself “#IAMREMARKABLE” and believe it. This was an incredible session. Following the world-class lunch, the breakout sessions were in full swing.

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AutoSuccessOnline

MAY 22, 2024

Using its new AI-powered data-mining software, retail automotive advisory firm Dave Cantin Group (DCG) can now provide accurate, reliable data-driven valuations for any new-car dealership in the United States, regardless of brand, location or direct input from the dealership.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Some dealers are branching into other business areas to spread out their risk and reap new rewards S ome auto dealers are transforming into retailers who also happen to sell vehicles. There are also some dealerships that have developed businesses that are not directly related to auto retailing.

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DealerTrack Insights

JUNE 13, 2022

The General Managers and Dealer Principals that I speak to are always brainstorming new ways to improve their business. In retail automotive, there’s simply no time to sit back and watch your business run, thinking, “Things are just fine the way they are.” And I mean always. It’s like they can’t turn it off. Ready to learn more?

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Dealer World

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In 2017, his daughter Sandra Price Amato became the dealer principal, continuing the family’s legacy as one of Charlottesville’s top dealer groups. The Kerrigan Auto Retail Index is designed to track dealership valuation trends, while also providing key insights into factors influencing auto retail.

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AutoSuccessOnline

MAY 15, 2024

Successful car wash operations — whether in the retail realm or at a dealership’s service center — must maintain a reliably symbiotic relationship between two principal metrics: throughput rate and vehicle cleanliness. Drive-thru car washes should be a first-choice technology option for fleet-wash operators. How’d They Do It?

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Automotive Mastermind

DECEMBER 30, 2022

While the unexpected ups and downs of the early pandemic marketplace are largely behind us, today’s auto retail market is much more volatile than many experts forecasted. This means rather than dealing with year-end sales, auto dealers have been rushing to move as many new vehicles as possible — every month.

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Automotive Mastermind

JANUARY 12, 2023

“Looking back at a tumultuous year for auto demand, the December sales result reflects apparent steadiness in the market,” said Chris Hopson, principal analyst at S&P Global Mobility. As of mid-December, used retail days’ supply was 49 days, up two days year over year but down three days compared with the same week in 2019.

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Automotive Mastermind

JANUARY 26, 2023

a 7% increase from the estimated 2022 tally,” noted Chris Hopson, principal analyst at S&P Global Mobility in a December report. To combat the convenience of online-only retailers and other local rooftops, dealers need to simplify every step of the buyer journey. According to S&P Global Mobility , U.S.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

JULY 29, 2024

A good example of that happened in Ontario in May when a proposal was put forward to the Ministry Of Public & Business Service Delivery to allow consumers a two-day cooling-off period to back out of a car after purchasing it. The rationale being that consumers need to be protected from themselves.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Bryan was not only one of this country’s most successful dealers but he was also an innovator that did not fear tackling new and often risky projects, which he always managed to develop into successful ventures,” said Gauthier. Bryan started in sports car racing, which led him on a path to automotive retail in 1957. and Montréal, Qué.,

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Auto Remarketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

What dealer principals should be focused on — is what they can control. Strategies for performance optimization To increase the value of a dealership, principals should consider how to best leverage and optimize their capital – human, financial, relational, and intellectual – to maximize the sale price when it’s time to transact.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

MAY 16, 2025

Colton LeBlanc, Nova Scotia’s first Minister of Growth and Development, Economic Housing and Acadian Affairs, gave a brief talk and passed along greetings from the Nova Scotia government and thanked the industry for its contribution to the provinces economy. He said he always sees dealers as retailers. We really need your help.

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