AM's July Issue has insights into dealers getting back to business, steps to retail responsibly, and Pendragon CEO Bill Berman's plans to pull the group back into profit.
Some dealerships had hoped to get going again in first half of May, but June was the earliest and subject to levels of COVID-19 control
The new July issue of AM magazine is now out (view it here as an e-zine), with coverage of the help dealers are giving key workers and the steps they’re taking to bring their dealerships out of lockdown.
May's AM magazine has now been published here as an e-zine so read about DS Automobiles, the UK used car market, Drayton Motors Kia, autonomous cars and COVID-19
A strong emphasis on people and a collective willingness to roll up their sleeves is propelling profits at Drayton Motors.
One in two UK car retailers fear they will be forced to make redundancies before the end of 2020 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Relationships between franchised car retailers and their manufacturer partners show signs of strain due to shrinking margins, if conversations at the AM Awards 2020 round table meeting are anything to go by.
The motor industry may have dipped a toe in the online retail pool, but Zoople and LoveFilm founder Alex Chesterman has just leaped in head-first with his latest project - car retail platform Cazoo.
The April issue of AM magazine, with exclusive interviews with online retailer Cazoo's CEO Alex Chesterman and Ford of Britain MD Andy Barratt, has been published today in digital format and in paper formats.
Success of this family business owes much to its dedication to having the right people, says Holden Group chief executive Tim Holden
AM asks: Should dealers fully charge customers’ electric vehicles for free as part of a service?
Inspired by NADA dealer visits, this family-run Northern Ireland group uses the latest technology to deliver US levels of customer service at its new multi-brand site.
Franchised or not, if selling cars doesn’t make him more than 3% return on sales, then Cars2 managing director Allan Otley isn’t interested
Anton Khan’s philosophy has taken him from selling cars on his parents’ driveway to CEO of the £26m turnover SW Car supermarket in nine years.
The ability of used car sales to resist economic turmoil is key to their profit-boosting qualities, says Sinclair Group MD Andy Sinclair
Nine out of 10 car dealers say supply was restricted, with 67% classing shortfall as ‘severe’
Majority of respondents to AM survey say vehicle manufacturers have warned them of post-September supply restrictions
The June issue of AM is out now: Hepworth Motor Group - Subaru UK - tools for digital dealers - what the new MOT means for UK car dealers
Vauxhall's decision to terminate the contracts of its entire dealer network is the lead story in this mont's edition of AM.
Even as ‘diesel demonisation’ and digital buying cause concern, car dealers are driving the search for new profit sources
