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Where Can I Buy Cars?

August 23, 2018

The below is a post taken from my good friend and industry training expert, Tommy Gibbs' Zinger.…

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Musing on Major League Baseball and Used Cars Metrics

August 17, 2018

A New York Times piece this week highlighted a couple tr…

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A YouTube Video Prompts A Stroll Down Memory Lane

August 14, 2018

My Facebook feed brought a pleasant, if random, surprise the other day. A childhood friend, Jim Ballard, shared a YouTube video (below) from a guy�…

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How To Fix The Collapsing Ceiling In Used Cars

July 25, 2018

If you had the unfortunate experience of living in a house where the ceiling was slowly collapsing, you’d face one of two corrective choices. Fir…

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A Metric That Merits More Attention—Your Used/New Sales Ratio

June 6, 2018

When I was a dealer, we thought we were doing a pretty good job if we managed a .5:1 used-to-new-vehicle sales ratio.…

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3 Pillars Of A Stellar Used-to-New Vehicle Sales Ratio

May 7, 2018

A recent Automotive News article discussed how, even among top…

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A Dealer in Distress

May 4, 2018

I received the below note from a dealer experiencing a very stressful Spring selling season, but probably not for the reason you think. Note fr…

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Automotive News Addresses Used Vehicle Margin Compression

May 3, 2018

This week’s Automotive News includes an article that addresses the very real problem of ongoing margin compression in used vehicles. The piece qu…

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Three Pointers To Maximize Purchased Unit Profitability

May 2, 2018

I’ve heard more complaints lately from dealers that it seems impossible to acquire wholesale inventory and make the front-end gross profit they expe…

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4 Corollaries From the Facebook, Dealer Data Fronts

April 16, 2018

I’ve been following the controversy involving Facebook and its user data. The debate and discussion remind me of an issue that’s very familiar…

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