Morrie"s acquires 6 Wis. dealerships
Morrie's Auto Group acquired the dealerships from Brenengen Auto Group. The deal brings Morrie's footprint to 20 rooftops in Minnesota and Wisconsin......»»
WordPress Parent Company Acquires Beeper
The acquisition was made public via a formal announcement from Beeper CEO Eric Migicovsky. The post WordPress Parent Company Acquires Beeper appeared first on Phandroid. Remember Beeper, the company that went back-and-forth against Apple o.....»»
2025 Mercedes EQS sedan gets beefier battery, updated grille
The 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS sedan will arrive at U.S. dealerships in the second half of this year. Pricing was not disclosed......»»
WordPress.com owner acquires Beeper, giving it two chat apps to rule them all
With iMessage battle over, Beeper merges with Texts.com to offer more networks. Enlarge / Beeper's new apps are now available, without waitlist, across nearly all mobile and desktop platforms. Beeper, the multinetwork m.....»»
Penske Automotive to buy Porsche dealerships in Australia
Penske Automotive Group Inc.'s planned acquisition of two Porsche stores near Melbourne, Australia, is expected to close in the second quarter......»»
BMW reveals new products, retail strategy at dealer meeting
BMW will use technology and data sharing with dealerships to improve the customer experience and drive loyalty and after-sales revenue......»»
WordPress owner acquires Beeper, giving it two chat apps to rule them all
With iMessage battle over, Beeper merges with Texts.com to offer more networks. Enlarge / Beeper's new apps are now available, without waitlist, across nearly all mobile and desktop platforms. Beeper, the multi-network.....»»
Wolfe Automotive enters U.S., buys two Montana dealerships
Wolfe Automotive Group, of Calgary, Alberta, in Canada, has purchased its first two U.S. dealerships......»»
Dealerships owned by Ray Brandt trust sell to six buyers
Six groups and dealers purchased 13 dealerships and six collision centers owned by the Ray Brandt trust......»»
Gulf States Toyota names longtime exec Williamson as president
Gulf States Toyota, which distributes vehicles to 150-plus Toyota dealerships in five states, has named Eric Williamson as its new president. He succeeds Jeff Parent, who left last year to become COO of AutoNation......»»
Veracode acquires Longbow Security to help organizations reduce application risk
Veracode announced the acquisition of Longbow Security, a pioneer in security risk management for cloud-native environments. The acquisition marks the next exciting phase of Veracode, underscoring the company’s commitment to help organizations mana.....»»
Hyundai didn"t coerce former dealership to build standalone Genesis facility, Wisc. jury says
Hyundai Motor America didn't wrongfully coerce or attempt to coerce one of its former dealerships to provide an exclusive facility for its Genesis franchise, a federal jury in Wisconsin has found......»»
Survey: Dealerships lukewarm about EV service overall but see potential for increased retention, revenue
Nearly half of dealership executives and fixed ops leaders aren't overly enthused about integrating EV service into their shops. They're also not overwhelmingly positive about the overall future of EV service......»»
Credit unions plan to grow auto dealership relationships in 2024
Most credit unions expected to work more closely with car dealerships in 2024, and nearly all of them think such collaboration aids members, according to a Credit Union Leasing of America survey of that auto lending sector......»»
Canva acquires Affinity apps in multi-million dollar deal to compete with Adobe
The Affinity suite of apps, which includes Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher, has become known as an excellent alternative to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. But there’s a lot going on behind the scenes, as Serif – the company behind the Af.....»»
Mercedes-Benz electrifies the G-Wagen
The 2025 Mercedes-Benz G 550 and Mercedes-AMG G 63 arrive at U.S. dealerships in the second half of 2024......»»
Billionaire brothers Thomas and James Duff buy dealerships
Thomas and James Duff, second-generation owners of a tire-retail empire, are on Forbes' roster of the richest people in the world, each listed with $3 billion in net worth......»»
Study of car lenders shows AI could mitigate bias and open lending to marginalized customers
Lenders operating in indirect retail channels such as car dealerships could improve their profit margins by over a third by using artificial intelligence to support the retailers' salespeople rather than rely on salespeople alone to price loans at th.....»»
Genesis brand names Troy Saito to direct U.S sales and operations
Saito will oversee all U.S sales and retail operations and focus on strategy and retailer operations. He will be working closely with all 239 domestic dealerships, Genesis said......»»
Land Rover, Mitsubishi, CDJR, Nissan of Shelby dealerships sell
Nissan of Shelby gets a fresh start, a minority owned dealership group expanded by two stores and another group acquired its first Land Rover dealership......»»
Dealerships" responses to website inquiries improving, new study shows
Pied Piper's study, released this month, ranks dealerships on a 100-point scale based on how they respond to mystery customer inquiries on their websites within 24 hours......»»