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Joyriding Car Dealer Totals $97,000 Camaro Brought In For Repairs

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A Connecticut car dealership is in big trouble after its employees decided to go on a joyride and crashed a customer’s nearly-$100,000 Camaro earlier this year. The dumbass totaled the 2018 Chevy Camaro ZL1E Hendrick Edition that had just 989 miles on the clock. Read more.

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Cox study shows dealership service lanes losing market share, consumer trust

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in the pre-pandemic 2018 survey. The service business continues to be a key part of any dealership operation,” Cox Automotive senior manager of market and customer research Vanessa Ton said in a news release. As a result, they’re bringing their vehicle in for service or maintenance more often: an average of 2.5

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Cox Automotive Service Study: Dealerships Losing Ground to General Repair Shops

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in 2018, before the pandemic. “The service business continues to be a key part of any dealership operation,” noted Vanessa Ton, senior manager of market and customer research at Cox Automotive. times a year, up from 2.3 in 2021 (the last time the service study was released), but down from an average of 2.8

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COMPLIANCE: A Necessary Evil or a Million-Dollar Mistake?

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In 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was introduced in Europe. In 2018, California introduced the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and later strengthened it with the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). In 1999, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) was passed in the U.S.

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Capstreet-Backed TradePending Acquires Fixed Ops Digital

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TradePending , a sales enablement and consumer experience software platform for car dealerships, announced in a recent press release that it has acquired Fixed Ops Digital, a marketing and technology company supporting automotive dealerships’ fixed operations departments.