Roadster announced today it’s making its Express Storefront available as a white-label solution for dealers. The mobile eCommerce platform is designed to allow dealers to bring the entire car-buying experience online, from merchandising to home delivery.
SurgeCurve, a new web-based customer engagement and marketing tool, launched Tuesday. With its release, company CEO Matt Rutkovitz announced that he’s seeking 12 additional retailers to experience how his new “Meet the Sales Team” online video tool works.
AutoLoop has appointed Alex Eckelberry as its new COO. The technology veteran will be responsible for overall operations of the company.
From start to finish, the time it takes consumers to pull the trigger on a vehicle purchase is shrinking. And according to a new study from Jumpstart Automotive, Millennials are the reason.
Cars.com named Tony Zolla as its chief product officer. The former vice president of product and customer experience for Redbox will be responsible for defining the company’s product strategy for consumers and customers.
According to the latest NIADA Business Confidence survey, dealer outlook for Q3 retail sales growth was less optimistic than growth expectations for the second quarter, although there was an uptick in the number of respondents who thought sales would remain the same.
Dealer.com’s Andy MacLeay sorts through the latest developments and explains the importance of measuring intent and connecting car buyers with dealers — and their vehicles.
After asking 10,000 U.S. consumers about their dealership experience, the Temkin Group found that the two manufacturers with the highest customer experience ratings were Toyota and Mercedes-Benz, according to Edmunds.com.
A study conducted by Oracle Data Cloud has found that DealerRater is often the last website a consumer visits before securing a vehicle. Of the visitors who make a purchase, more than half complete the deal within four weeks of visiting the website, according to DealerRater.
AutoGravity, a new financial technology company, has emerged, aiming to simplify the financing process by allowing customers to apply for financing straight from their phone.
Properly analyzing the connection between a positive online and in-person experience requires dealers to reconsider the way you analyze metrics and respond to bad reviews.
Marketing firm DealerSuccess launched a website conversion tool called ConversionBlaster. It's a plugin for dealer websites designed to target people for specific campaigns based on their geographical location and their proximity to predetermined geofences.
Peter L. Fong has joined the National Automobile Dealers Association as senior vice president of dealership operations. One of his key areas of interest will be to accelerate the process of moving dealerships toward the ‘online to in-store’ car-buying experience for consumers.
Black Book's distribution agreement with Gauss Digital Marketing will help expand the footprint of its new Bullseye Prospecting solution, a turnkey platform for dealer marketing campaigns.
Hearst Autos has named Ryan Mannion as its chief technology officer. Hearst Magazine announced the formation of Hearst Autos, a collection of its B2B and B2C publications, earlier this month.
