automotive

B2B Customers Seek Digital Tools When Buying Auto Parts
B2B Customers Seek Digital Tools When Buying Auto Parts
February 16, 2022  |  Earnings

Digital assets that provide visibility of delivery status, product availability and training drove double-digit comp sales growth in the professional segment for Advance Auto Parts,...

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Auto Dealers Integrate Systems in Order to Improve Customer Experience
Auto Dealers Integrate Systems in Order to Improve Customer Experience
February 14, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Although automotive retail is currently a seller’s market due to inventory shortages, auto dealers are focusing on improving the customer experience. Now that so many...

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Car Dealers Turn to Omnichannel Platform to Boost Sales Productivity
Car Dealers Turn to Omnichannel Platform to Boost Sales Productivity
February 11, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Automotive retailer Group 1 Automotive has increased the productivity of its sales team by 20% by deploying an omnichannel digital retailing platform, company executives said...

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Subscription Payment Model Could Become Fourth Pillar of Auto Financing
Subscription Payment Model Could Become Fourth Pillar of Auto Financing
February 11, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Tried buying a car lately? Oh, that’s right — we’re fresh out of cars since the pandemic. An exaggeration, but not terribly far off the...

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National Electric Vehicle Charging Buildout Shocked Into Reality as Stations Seek Price Model
National Electric Vehicle Charging Buildout Shocked Into Reality as Stations Seek Price Model
February 10, 2022  |  Technology

Many Americans will get a charge out of news breaking Thursday (Feb. 10) that the U.S. departments of Transportation and Energy are handing out $5...

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O’Reilly Automotive Rides Jump in Ship-to-Home, BOPIS
O’Reilly Automotive Rides Jump in Ship-to-Home, BOPIS
February 10, 2022  |  Retail

Auto parts retailer O’Reilly Automotive has built an increasing level of loyalty among its existing customers and is attracting new ones in new ways, as...

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When a Super Bowl Commercial’s Not Enough, Add Augmented Reality
When a Super Bowl Commercial’s Not Enough, Add Augmented Reality
February 08, 2022  |  Technology

For advertisers and the brands they work for, the Super Bowl is, well, the Super Bowl. With NBC charging upward of $6 million for a...

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Today’s Used Car Reconditioning Process Includes Deleting Previous Owners’ Personal Information From Cars
Today’s Used Car Reconditioning Process Includes Deleting Previous Owners’ Personal Information From Cars
February 08, 2022  |  Technology

When used vehicle marketplace CarLotz receives a vehicle to sell, it does the inspections and reconditioning you’d expect any car dealer to do. Beyond that,...

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Today in Data: Auto Retailers Tap Technology; Online Disputes Surge; reCommerce Grows
Today in Data: Auto Retailers Tap Technology; Online Disputes Surge; reCommerce Grows
February 08, 2022  |  Today In Data

Today in Data, auto retailers rely on technology to improve the used car-buying process. Plus, Gore-Tex and gamers are among those helping the reCommerce market...

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