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APCO HOLDINGS: Strategies for handling new F&I dynamics

APCO Holdings: Connected cars create new challenges and opportunities in F&I

APCO Holdings: The Wild Ride into the Future of F&I

APCO Holdings: Top challenges facing franchise dealers and how to overcome them

Allstate: Compliance standards are changing. Here’s what you need to know.

Allstate: The ABCs of maximum F&I effectiveness

Ally All Ears Podcast Episode | The next evolution in virtual F&I

Ally All Ears Podcast | How F&I is driving dealership profits

Ally All Ears Podcast | Reliable condition reports & maintaining high standards

Ally All Ears Podcast | Tips to consider when buying cyber insurance

Ally All Ears Podcast | building customer loyalty during challenging times

Ally All Ears Podcast | reducing friction in the purchase process

Ally All Ears podcast: Tips for maintaining sales and F&I momentum in a higher-interest rate environment

Ally and APCO: Adjusting to the changing F&I landscape

Ally: All Ears Podcast : EVs & the service department of The future

Ally: All Ears Podcast Protecting your dealership and inventory against weather-related events

Ally: All Ears Podcast Protecting your dealerships against cyber-attacks

Ally: All Ears Podcast | AI and its impact on auto retail

Ally: All Ears Podcast | Building trust to attract and retain customers

Ally: All Ears Podcast | Future EVs and the impact on F&I

Ally: All Ears Podcast | Staying competitive with vehicle acquisition

Ally: All Ears Podcast | Used Car Bubble

Ally: All Ears Podcast | practices you may incorporate into your F&I department

Ally: All Ears Podcast: Building a culture of inclusion at your dealership

Ally: All Ears podcast Does your dealership have a talent management strategy?

Ally: All Ears podcast | Does your dealership have a talent management strategy?

Ally: All Ears podcast | Tips to refresh your F&I practices in 2023

Ally: All Ears podcast| The used-car bubble is bursting. What’s next?

Ally: Financial Director discusses driving diversity, equity & inclusion in the automotive industry

Ally: Tips to refresh your F&I practices in 2023

Amazon Ads: Marketing tips for electric cars and alternative-fuel auto advertisers

Ansira and Experian: Adapting Automotive Marketing in a Shifting Landscape: Strategies for Dealers in 2023

Ansira: Building a multi-pronged marketing program at your dealership

Ansira: Understand what gen Z car-buyers want: Strategies for success

Big Ass Fans: Reducing risk and productivity loss with Big Ass Fans & evaporative coolers

CBEE: Dirt first, blue second: 5 steps to realize full value from auto dealership buy/sells

CDK Global: Shoppers make clear the service features they want

CDK Global: Unexpected inventory boosts lead to improved purchase experience

CDK: Where dealers still fall behind in the service department

Capgemini: Intelligent industry for automakers: Supercharging EV battery manufacturing

Capgemini: Unlocking the next turn in the mobility roadmap

Capital One Auto: Auto dealers are here to stay. Here’s the next step in their evolution

Capital One Auto: The future of car buying

Capital One: Driving Forward: How Capital One is partnering with dealers

Champ: The history of titling and the cost of human error

Concentrix: How can customer data drive a better automotive CX?

Cox: Automation and the future of automotive retail

Cox: Boost sales and profit by adopting tactics of forward-thinking dealers

Cox: Drive dealership success and transform shopper experience with digital retailing

Cox: Successful tactics of forward-thinking dealers

Cox: Transformation toward eCommerce in automotive retailing

Cox: Transforming F&I for Automotive eCommerce

Deloitte: ACCELERATING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

Deloitte: How software-centric systems can accelerate electric vehicle adoption and automotive paradigms

Dent Eliminators: Automotive Reconditioning in Dealerships: Adapting to New Challenges

Easycare: Reinventing the service contract for EVs

Easycare: The importance of benchmarking your reinsurance performance

Effectv: Why “Customer Lifetime Value” Should Be the Auto Advertising Buzz Word for 2023

Experian, GroundfTruth and Spectrum Reach: Dealership marketing: Navigating automotive advertising in a post-pandemic world

Experian: Evolving identity beyond the “who” to enable the “how”

Experian: Three steps to adapting to constant change in automotive marketing

GETZLER HENRICH: Insights from an automotive turnaround expert

GUBAGOO: Maximizing sales team efficiency: Navigating AI in automotive dealerships for enhanced customer experiences

Globant: Dissecting AI’s Impact across the automotive industry – and what’s next

HAIG: BUY-SELL Q&A | Valuing dealerships In uncertain times

HAIG: Buy-Sell Q&A: As market softens, consider these hard truths from industry experts

HYUNDAI: We’re not waiting for the future. We’re creating it.

Haig Partners: Buy-Sell Q&A: Where the Automotive M&A Market is heading

Haig: BUY-SELL Q&A: How To Set a Record: Anatomy Of a Deal That Delivered

Haig: BUY-SELL Q&A: Value Of Buying vs. Benefit Of Selling Dealerships Today

Haig: Buy-Sell Q&A | Advisors add value to sales process

Haig: Buy-Sell Q&A | Navigating partial dealership sales

Haig: Buy-Sell Q&A | growth drives value

Haig: Buy-Sell Q&A: Future-proofing your dealership

Haig: Buy-Sell Q&A: What is the value of an M&A advisor?

Hesai Technology: Lidar technology continues to gain momentum

Hyundai: 2023 year in review: Milestones and future visions

Hyundai: Great partnerships lead to great success

Hyundai: Hyundai’s vision for the progress of humanity

Hyundai: You’re going to need a bigger cart: Hyundai unveils new Amazon partnership

JM&A Group, Easycare, Assurant: Unlocking new opportunities in F&I with digital retailing

KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES AND MAHLE INDUSTRIES INC.: Plugging Away on Batteries Without Getting Jolted

Kerrigan Advisors: Interview with Baxter Auto Group

Kerrigan Advisors: Interview with Hitchcock Automotive

Kerrigan Advisors: Interview with Keyes Motors

Kerrigan: Leadership lessons and legacy: Kerrigan Advisors facilitates historic sale of Jim Koons Automotive to Asbury Automotive Group

Kinsel Motors: A century-long legacy sold to Aoggett Automotive Group – Family’s perspective on the sale and the future of auto retail

LUXOFT: How are software-defined vehicles disrupting the automotive industry?

LendBuzz: Transforming auto lending beyond FICO: AI’s impact on expanding creditworthy customers

Luxoft: See it, hear it, feel it: How driving assistants grab your attention

NEXTEER AUTOMOTIVE AND ETAS INC: Software-defined vehicles will transform auto industry

Nexteer and Etas: Software-defined vehicles will transform auto industry

Nexteer: How megatrends like software & electrification are changing the auto industry & collaboration between OEMs & suppliers

Nexteer; Exploring strategic automotive partnerships in the software-defined vehicle era

OEC: How to understand what customers are saying when they’re not saying it

OPENLANE: How digital is driving a faster, better wholesale experience for dealers

PACE: Electrification Technology: Once the supply chain gets over the shock, EVs offer opportunities

Pace Program Navigating advanced driver-assistance systems

Phone Ninjas: 5 Reasons you need to use phone scripts for your dealership

REYNOLDS & REYNOLDS: Creating great retail customer experiences

REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS: Are you ready for the FTC Safeguard Rule changes? Take this quiz to find out

Reputation: How can dealers use consumer feedback data to foster growth and trust?

Rey and Rey: Automation and the future of automotive retail

Route One: Trends in vehicle buyer expectations

RouteOne: Transitioning to true eContracting: Digital demands reshape automotive retail

Routeone: Building a digital vehicle purchase path

Routeone: Embracing Omnichannel: Enhancing the modern vehicle buying experience

Routeone: The benefits of robust dealership reporting tools

Routeone: Transforming automotive retail: Transitioning to true eContracting in a digital era

Schneider Electric: Can smart factories deliver on the net-zero promise of EVs?

Siemens: The impact of vehicle electrification and connectivity on electrical system design

Solera: Unleashing the power of AI: How auto dealers can maximize revenue and efficiency

Spectrum Reach Automotive: Multiscreen attribution insights that every dealer can benefit from

Spectrum Reach: Is Your Advertising Reaching All Generations of Car Buyers?

Spectrum Reach: Playing to win: How automotive dealers can capitalize on sports marketing

Spectrum Reach: Use data and the power of multiscreen TV to drive more traffic

Swiss Re: Insurers and car manufacturers: how to unlock the potential of true collaboration

Syntax: Digital factory-as-a-service: The fast lane to digital transformation

TRAXTION: Driving customer retention in fixed operations: Transparency is critical to retaining service customers

Text2Drive: Digital retailing meets the service department

Trimble: The future of autonomous vehicles speeds ahead

Truist: Capitalize on the changing structure of auto retailing

Truist: Prepare now for the next era of automotive retailing

Tyler Technologies: A new national digital titling clearinghouse can accelerate vehicle purchases

URBAN SCIENCE: Parts & Service: Building the Service Operation of the Future

Urban Science: How to leverage data-driven analytics to drive dealership sales

Urban Science: Promoting dealer-consumer alignment across continued industry evolution

Vitu: E-Titling gains industry acceptance and is on track for one million titles processed

Volta: Electric vehicles are here — Is your marketing department ready?

Walbridge: Video | Walbridge Chairman on how automotive companies are navigating the electrification boom

Western Digital: To Meet Consumer Demand, Automakers Must Double Down on Agile Development

Western Digital: Understanding the diverse storage requirements for the vehicle of the future

Wipro: From Autonomy to AI: Four ways auto ecosystem partners are changing the game

Wipro: How generative AI becomes a catalyst in the softwarization of automobiles

Wipro: How to address safety and security for software-defined vehicles

Wipro: How today’s tech decisions drive tomorrow’s sales

Wipro: Software Helps Address the Affordability Challenge

Wipro: The Promise of Software-Defined Vehicles and the Cloud Car Ecosystem

Wipro: Video | Wipro CTO on how OEM’s are leveraging software-defined vehicle technology

Wipro: Why Built-to-Order models are the future in the automotive Industry

alumobility: How automakers can boost EV range and affordability: The future rides on aluminum

Notarize: What to expect for the future of auto sales

Seagate: Unlocking value from connected-car data

Amazon Web Services: AI-powered supply chain decision-making

Epic Games: Five ways in-car designs will change in the next five years

Haig Partners: How are dealerships being valued today?

Haig Partners: Dealership consolidation trends

Haig Partners: Dealership valuation trends

Haig Partners: Dealership succession planning

Ally: Navigating the future of automotive retailing

Google: How a century-old brand is transforming the auto industry

Car Wars: Is a Rise in Service Leading to Poor Customer Satisfaction?

Solera | DealerSocket: Four real-time integrations that can save your dealership time

Solera | DealerSocket: Time for a new pre-owned pricing tactic

Kerrigan Advisors: Blue Sky Update Q4 2021

Qualcomm: Trading multi-year design cycles for on-demand features and experiences

Twitter: EV adoption is happening…in an unexpected place

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