Thoughts and articles from our Editor and Publisher, Alysha Webb
Automotive News just released its “Best Dealerships to Work For” list. Happy employees are surely an important feature in earning that honor. But not all employees are happy, and employee co... Read more
According to recent reports, buy sell activity slowed in the second quarter of this year. Trade tensions played a role, but the fact the publicly-owned dealership groups were largely absent... Read more
Owners are keeping their vehicles longer than ever according to a recent study. That means new car sales will be a smaller and smaller portion of a dealership’s business. Dealerships must wo... Read more
You are preparing to buy a dealership and the manufacturer asks you to sign a Dealer Sales and Service Agreement with a provision stating that the manufacturer’s sales performance standards... Read more
A couple of related news pieces I recently posted illustrate the state of the retail auto industry in the U.S. First, slowing sales of new cars. Cox Auto forecasts the August SAAR will decli... Read more
Although many dealers may dread their arrival, electric vehicles have arrived, and more are coming. According to a recent Cox Auto study, dealerships and consumers have the same reservations... Read more
Consumers, especially younger ones who have grown up using their mobile phones to do all their shopping, don’t trust and don’t want to go to auto dealerships. They increasingly want to do th... Read more
A couple of “related news” stories I posted on ABSR this week point to the changing nature of the dealership business. The first, about AutoNation expanding its partnership with Waymo, the a... Read more
