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NADA Day One: A Clear, Purposeful View of The Road Ahead

February 16, 2020

If my conversations with dealers on the opening day of the exhibit hall at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) convention are any indic…

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NADA 2020: A Pause While Packing For Las Vegas

February 12, 2020

While preparing to head to Las Vegas for the annual National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) convention, I read an item that gave me pause. T…

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A Sobering Catalyst for a Strategic Shift in Used Vehicles

February 5, 2020

For the past several months, I’ve been discussing the trend of declining net profitability in used vehicle departments with dealers. Sometimes th…

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A Gross Deception Discussion With CBT News

January 30, 2020

I had the honor and privilege of discussing my latest book, Gross Deception: A Tale of Shifting Markets, Shrinking Margins and the New Truth of U…

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A Promising Sign For Used Vehicle Profitability?

January 14, 2020

As any regular reader here might know, I think a lot about the ways dealers can, and should, make money. I pay close attention to the National Auto…

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A Look Back and Ahead In Used Vehicles For Dealers

January 9, 2020

I trust that you were able to capitalize on last year’s rising tide of used vehicle sales. By most accounts, total used vehicle sales increased b…

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A New Year and A New Book For Dealers

December 31, 2019

For much of the past year, I kept a secret. The secret was the fact that I’d begun working on a fifth book. I kept the wraps on this work unti…

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A Meaningful Trip to Recap Our First Year With Provision ProfitTime

December 11, 2019

I’m heading to Austin, Texas, to share insights and observations from the first year of vAuto’s Provision ProfitTime journey with the vAuto data s…

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ProfitTime In Practice: A Question About Bronze and Silver Vehicle Quantities

December 10, 2019

A three-store dealer in the Southwest recently got worried about a drop in the Provision ProfitTime Investment Score for his used vehicle inventory.…

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A Hat-tip To Ford, McDonald’s Coffee Chaff Initiative

December 7, 2019

As a fan of coffee and smart thinking, I took interest in this week’s…

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