Preparing to sell your dealership to private equity, fighting the OEs over image programs, and China
You’re a dealer without an heir apparent. You’re ready to enjoy the fruits of your labors. You keep hearing about a new kind of shopper in the dealership buy sell marketplace. You’re interes... Read more
We hear about groups from overseas eyeing the U.S. market, and this week we have a story about the owner of several overseas groups starting a dealership group here in the U.S. This owner ha... Read more
By Jonathan Wilke, Partner, DHG Dealerships The automotive retail industry is one of the largest in the United States where the majority of the entities are privately-held or family-owned. M... Read more
By Alysha Webb, Editor and Publisher The 2014 letter to shareholders from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway shows that Buffett is not deaf to industry talk about the ability of a non-autom... Read more
By Mark Johnson, President, MD Johnson, Inc. The entry of Berkshire Hathaway into the automotive buy sell world has shone a bright light on the dealership world and ignited a frenzy of specu... Read more
By Alysha Webb, Editor and Publisher Light vehicle sales were up an annual 5.4 percent in August according to the National Automobile Dealers Association. Net profits before tax at dealershi... Read more
