Miami (January 17, 2023) — The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta announced the appointment of Rita Case to the Miami Branch Board of Directors. Case was appointed by the Board of Governors for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2023 and ending December 31, 2025.  “I am honored and privileged to join this exceptional group of business and community leaders,” Case said. “I look forward to working closely with them to fulfill the mission and vision of the board.”  A 2022 Horatio Alger Award recipient, Case is president and CEO of Rick Case Automotive Group in Sunrise, Florida, the nat ..read more

Amberly Allen is the Managing Partner of Dealer Merchant Services and President of DI Marketing.   Over the past 18 years she has worked with the very best in the automotive industry.   In 2005, she started DI Marketing – a dealer centric marketing firm and grew it into one of the fastest growing businesses in the country.   She has received numerous awards including the INC 5000 fastest growing company – two years in a row, Top 50 Fastest Growing Women’s Businesses in Houston, Top 40 under 40 for the Houston Business Journal, an international Stevie award for Best Entrepreneur, a 3X finalist ..read more

Sean Kelley I’ve seen so many of these online engagements take weeks. Just because okay, we text or email, we wait for the reply from the customer. And literally all of a sudden, you turn that into a five minute phone call, and then everything is sorted out and the customer makes a decision. So at the end of the day, it’s almost like maybe the customer isn’t always right. I don’t know, maybe I’m crazy for saying that. Brian Twoomey Depends which side of the table you’re on. I mean, it’s been a crazy couple of years. And, you know, it was funny, when I think back. I remember saying and I haven ..read more

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The DSES is coming Oct 9-10 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, and if you aren’t attending – you need to rethink your schedule. The Driving Sales Executive Summit is on in a BIG way Oct 9-10 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The industry is currently in a very dynamic yet super profitable state, but for how long? Change is just a supply chain kink or governmental policy away. Innovations are being introduced all the time, and now is the time to decide which ones are worthy and which ones are half-baked. Bottom line, it all comes down to people. Is your dealership culture a positive, winning one, and ar ..read more

PART ONE OF THE SIZZZZLE! This is going to be fantastic! The Driving Sales, Three Day Executive Retreat in Q4 designed to study retail innovation with world-leading experts, to help you write your business plan for next year. Save $100 by using code Kelley 100 For: Executive Teams, Owners, GMs, Marketing, GSMs, Fixed Ops When: Oct. 8-10, 2022 Where: The Bellagio, Las Vegas The post Driving Sales Executive Retreat is Oct. 9-10 at the Bellagio – It’s Gonna Be Big Time! appeared first on DealershipNews.com ..read more

How the NAIDA Helps 2nd and 3rd Gen Dealership Owners be Successful It’s commonplace for the children of successful business owners to run the business into the ground. They inherit the business but don’t inherit the struggle and learning curve it took to build the business in the first place and move it forward. According to Inc.com, 60% of 2nd generation owners, and 90% of 3rd generation business owners tank the business. Steering the ship isn’t the same as building it and knowing how it runs. This is not unusual to the car business and Mr. Robert Voltmann, CEO of NIADA, understands that the ..read more

ACERTUS, an omnichannel automotive logistics platform, today was named the preferred vendor for vehicle logistics by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA). This new, strategic partnership brings ACERTUS’ comprehensive technology to thousands of NIADA members nationwide – giving independent automobile dealers access to enhanced services to seamlessly move, store, recondition, title and home deliver vehicles to compete in today’s market. Providing necessary technology to small and independent dealers is paramount to leveling the automotive retail playing field ..read more

Ken Hill is the Managing Director of 700Credit, the largest provider of credit and compliance products in the automotive industry. During his 12 years with 700Credit Ken has been responsible for the leadership and growth of the company. In 2007, Ken started with 700Credit when they had a respectful 700 customers and 5 affiliate partners. Fast forward to 2019 and 700Credit is now the largest in the industry, providing credit and compliance solutions to over 11,000 automotive dealerships, and integrating with 150 affiliate partners. The post Data Breaches Can Cost Dealerships Millions in State F ..read more

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