Autofutura has acquired Chysalis Loyalty to combine the lead management and customer retention knowhow for car retailers, manufacturers and fleet operators.
Marketing Delivery has appointed Mark Cyrans as its new business development director as its targets "bigger audience" of dealers and OEM clients.
New research from Ebay Motors Group has highlighted the importance of personalised, detailed and accurate email correspondence with buyers during lockdown.
The latest national lockdown has impacted car sales with a 36% decline in orders for new cars and 45% drop in used, according to lead management specialist Dealerweb.
A new whitepaper report published by Capgemini has determined that an agency model for franchised car retail, vehicle subscriptions and monetised customer data are now core elements of a sustainable automotive sector.
Hendy Group has partnered with Dorset-based former football manager turned pundit Harry Redknapp, naming him as a brand ambassador for its Land Rover dealerships.
Swansway Garages staff turned to their “iconic” Land Rover Defender demonstrator car to tow a fully-loaded car transporter free of snow and ice after it became stranded outside Stafford Land Rover this week.
Auto Trader is launching a new virtual forecourt on its website to help dealers enhance their digital presence.
Lead volumes generated by Ebay Motors Group have started the year on a positive trend, increasing 18% year-on-year in the first week of lockdown 3.0.
The eBay Motors Group has said that it will be offering COVID-hit car dealers free classified advertising across Gumtree Motors, eBay Motors and Motors.co.uk platforms throughout February.
CarGurus will combine its online dealer offerings with that of PistonHeads, following its acquisition of the business in 2019.
What Car? has launched a new national marketing campaign to promote its online new car buying platform on Absolute Radio.
Heycar has said that it will continue to offer advertising car dealers free delivery on all until the end of February in-light of COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’.
CarGurus has followed Auto Trader in waiving its February fees for advertising car dealers following the renewal of COVID-19 lockdown measures across the UK this week.
Dealers across the UK saw orders for new vehicles increase by 9.5% in December, against the same month in 2019, data from Dealerweb has found.
Auto Trader is investing in a multi-million pound advertising campaign that is set to launch on Boxing Day.
Autodata has launched Service Advisor, a tool to help support front-of-house staff quoting and estimating for customers.
Bodyshop management system firm InSyPro has been acquired by Solera, in the latest deal to expand the supplier of automotive risk and asset management data and software.
Car retailers across the UK suffered their first new and used car order decline since June during a COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 2’ impacted November, according to Dealerweb.
As we entered lockdown back in March, many dealers would have feared the worst for 2020 but a strong bounce back in both new and used sales through the summer will have gone some way to mitigating the impact of the pandemic.
Some car retailers are feeling the pressure as manufacturers demand they to get their digital houses in order to take advantage of any market recovery ahead of what is expected to be a tough Q4, according to delegates at AM’s first virtual round table (held before 'Lockdown 2').
Icon is a much over-used word in our modern world. Things that have only existed a few years are described as iconic, without having had the time to cement their place in their particular pantheon.
As part of AM's regular '10 minutes with...' automotive retail supplier interview series, Tom Seymour, discussed 2020's rapid shift towards online car retail and what the future might hold with Silver Bullet managing director, Cameron Wade.
Suzuki GB is handing a bonus of up to £10,000 to car dealers as a reward for their efforts to adapt to trading during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A data breach at Sandicliffe Motor Group could affect “thousands” of staff and customers of the AM100 car retailer, according to a legal firm.
