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A Perspective on Dealers’ Difficulty Finding Wholesale Inventory
In the past several weeks, as retail sales of used vehicles have grown, dealers have been returning to auction. In recent days, I’ve heard the same…
A Call for Caution As Dealers Return to Auctions
It’s good to feel good about the current state of the retail used vehicle market. Retail sales are off last year’s totals by single-digit perce…
A Call to Return to Retail-Back Used Vehicle Acquisitions
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone’s had their eyes on wholesale values for used vehicles. The focus on wholesale valuation bench…
A View of ProfitTime’s Utility in Today’s COVID-19 Pandemic
I’m seeing dealers take one of two paths as they work to right-size their used vehicle inventory costs and counts to fit current market conditions i…
A Conversation with Dealer News Today
There’s a common structure to my conversations with dealers and media outlets. The conversations often cover current market conditions as COVID-19 c…
A Conversation About Used Cars, Retail Stimulus and More
I had the honor and privilege of being a guest on the Wisco Weekly podcast, which is hosted by Dennis Wisco, who worked in auto retail before…
A Letter for Dealers to Share with Federal Officials and OEMs
Author’s note: As federal officials and OEMs consider a program like Cash for Clunkers to help stimulate demand in the retail automotive…
A Deeper Dive for Dealers: Current Wholesale, Retail Conditions
I had the honor and privilege yesterday to serve as the featured speaker in the first installment of Cox Automotive’s webinar series, Continuity &am…
A Candid Conversation with Automotive News
I had the honor of participating in Automotive News’ Daily Drive…
A Retail Revival? It’s Out There for the Willing
Today’s current COVID-19 crisis has triggered an unfortunate situation for many dealers in their used vehicle departments. As the crisis has caus…