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Media sponsor DrivingSales Executive Summit

DrivingSales today announced that six leading auto industry media organizations are official sponsors of the 2012 DrivingSales Executive Summit, the most authoritative profit-building event for innovative dealers, to be held Oct. 21-23 at the Bellagio Las Vegas. The 2012 DSES offers and exciting agenda and includes high-profile keynote speakers and presentations from some of the nation’s most successful dealerships.

Study demonstrates mobile key to reaching shoppers

In an age when almost everyone has a smartphone, nearly nine in 10 car shoppers with a mobile device are already using or planning to use the technology in their search for the right car, according to a new study conducted by Briabe Mobile, a resource for mobile marketing trends.

CAR-DealFinder delivers in-market shoppers to dealers

CAR-Research XRM's new monitoring program for auto dealers, CAR-DealFinder, uses Internet shopping behavior technology to eye those dealership prospects who are currently shopping on automotive websites and notifies the dealership of any activity through its Internet lead management tool. CAR-DealFinder takes the guesswork out of identifying possible customers who might want to purchase a new vehicle and places in-market buyers in front of the dealer. The new program is CRM agnostic, integratin

Kevin Root named president, COO of DrivingSales

Kevin Root, an industry veteran with a quarter-century of automotive and technology experience, has been named president and COO of DrivingSales, the company announced last week. Root joins the rapidly-growing business intelligence and performance improvement company to further build on and execute its mission of delivering unbiased, actionable insights to help automobile dealers increase profitability.

Manheim Releases the myMobileListing Application for iPhone and iPad

Putting the power of Manheim’s marketplace in the palms of dealers’ hands, Manheim has just released myMobileListing. The new mobile app allows dealers to list vehicles in the Manheim marketplace and disclose vehicle condition information directly from their lots using an iPad and/or iPhone.

DealerTrack Announces the Acquisition of ClickMotive

DealerTrack today announced the acquisition of ClickMotive LP, a leading provider of interactive marketing solutions for the automotive retailing industry.

Exeter Finance Completes $300 Million Securitization

Exeter Finance Corp., a specialty auto finance company, announced the completion of its second rated term securitization, issuing $300,000,000 in notes backed by subprime automobile installment receivables.

CarsDirect Brings Social Car Buying to Online Car Shoppers

CarsDirect, the company that pioneered online car buying, today announced a major evolution in the way consumers can shop for cars online: social car buying.

Chevy Silverado Tops ASI For Second Month

Dataium, the largest aggregator of online automotive shopper behavior, released its monthly ASI report. The ASI (Automotive Shopper Intensity) index, a leading predictive indicator of automotive retail sales, illustrated a tepid growth in auto demand in August.

docuPAD Technologies Receive Two Patents; Other Patents Pending

The Reynolds and Reynolds Company today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued two U.S. patents relating to docuPAD®, which is a finance and insurance (F&I) selling and document processing system for automotive dealerships.