DMS Edge will provide a chance for Dealertrack clients to work closely with DMS experts to unlock additional, untapped potential within their businesses.
Is Your Dealership’s Sales Experience in the Path of (CSI) Totality?
A solar eclipse tends to be a black and white situation, but all this talk makes us think of automotive retail. Just as the moon is lining up with the sun and earth, dealers and the technology they use are aligning buyer expectations with a profitable experience.
Digital Thought Starters: Mobile Magic, Straub Automotive and Wandering Customers
The Apple iPhone 8 takes center stage with amazing new innovations, while Straub Automotive in West Virginia puts the power of mobile technology to work in the F&I process.
Stay Ahead of the Competition
Competition makes the world go ’round. You can either be behind or ahead of it, and if you forget to pay attention to it, your competition completely passes you by.
Is Your Technology Keeping Up with the Trends?
Fortunately, the technology door swings both ways. While ignoring changes in technology can be disastrous, embracing them can unlock the promise of better connections with customers, information, and the state of the industry.
Infographic: Is Your Dealership In the Cloud?
Today’s dealerships are leveraging cloud technologies to improve the profitability of their businesses. Web-based DMS platforms can be especially beneficial because they allow managers to monitor key dealership metrics anytime, anywhere.
Dealerships Should Look For Technologies That Listen
Tired of distant, unproductive relationships, today’s dealerships are beginning to demand more personal support and more human interaction from their technology providers. Learn the benefits of demanding a technology that listens to you and your dealership needs.
Ten Years Ago the Apple iPhone Debuted. The World (and Automotive Retail) Has Never Been the Same
Almost exactly 10 years ago, the Apple iPhone went on sale. That’s right. It’s been 10 years, with 1.2 billion phones sold, and the world irretrievably changed — including automotive retail.
What Percent of Your Technology Gets Used?
When dealerships don’t use technology tools to their full potential, they fall short of what they could achieve. They can overcome that shortfall by engaging with their technology providers and participating in continuous learning activities.
Dealership Decision-Making: More Data Means More Money
Gaining access to that data within your dealership may require a shift in mindset and a change in technologies. But, given the track record of your gut feel, now is the time to start demanding the use of better decision-making tools in your business.
Millennials: Moving Out of the Basement, with Better Credit and More New Car Purchasing Power
Millennials are increasing their share of credit segments above Subprime, and are consistently racking up more approvals. In the Subprime segment alone, those approvals are over 66%.*
Classic Summer, Classic Cars
With all the focus on how automotive retail is changing, it can be easy to forget just how much fun cars can be, and how the summer time is a time for classic cars, road trips and cruising.
