By Tom Tollerton, CISSP, CISA, QSA Dealerships are not immune to the cybersecurity threats that continue to dominate news headlines. DHG’s cybersecurity work with dealers suggests that many... Read more
By Adriana Puente, The Rawls Group and Antonio “Tony” Argiz, MBAF Business owners, especially owners of automotive retail enterprises, are motivated to build value. Discussions at the senior... Read more
By Ashlie Nutter, CPA/ABV/CFF, Audit Department at MBAF In May 2018, President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Department of Commerce under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, to... Read more
By Citrin Cooperman Automotive Dealerships Team The intent of benchmarking is to generate ideas to help improve business processes. Benchmarking can be applied against any product, process,... Read more
Being a car dealer was “not even on the radar” for Shannon Harnish as she was growing up, she tells Automotive Buy Sell Report. But the family business beckoned. Now, Harnish, president of H... Read more
By Gregory P. Dougherty, CPA, and Ronald Sompels, CPA, Crowe LLP A favorable market is prompting some dealership owners to consider selling their businesses, and, with the forecasts for the... Read more
Abigail Kampmann is all about people, taking care of them, that is. References to that are woven into a conversation with the co-founder and CEO of Principle Auto Group. “Our key to success... Read more
Stock Purchase Agreements – Knowing when to use them and structuring them for a Buy-Sell transaction
By Kevin E. Timson, Esq., Bellavia Blatt, PC Buyers often acquire a franchised auto dealership through an asset purchase agreement, where they purchase all, or substantially all, of the deal... Read more
