The Motorpoint used car supermarket group has revealed turnover growth of 57% and pre-tax profits up 30% in a trading update for the first half of 2021.
Coronavirus lockdowns made the UK motor retail industry more reliant than ever on digital channels of communication.
The COVID-19 pandemic turned 2020 into a year of innovation, as COVID restrictions forced motor retail to make rapid progress.
Automotive retailers will be able to benchmark their digital capabilities as CitNOW Group sets out what it deems as the ultimate digital customer journey at AM Live 2021.
Competition for used car stock continued to grow as used car retail values rose 21.4% in September to reach a new record high after 18 consecutive months of appreciation.
Online car market place Heycar has secured a new deal to sponsor Talksport's coverage of this season's UEFA Champions League.
The AM Awards judges voted Peter Vardy Group as winner of the 2021 event’s Best Online Consumer Experience.
TrustFord's marketing team claimed the AM Awards 2021’s Best Marketing Strategy Award in recognition of the wide-reaching scope of its customer engagement.
Cazoo has appointed former eBay and mobile.de executive Abhishek Roy as its European managing director ahead of its planned expansion into France and Germany.
Keyloop has completed the acquisition of automotive finance software specialist FISC to help car manufacturers and retailers better manage customer experience and retention.
Dealers that sell cars from prestige brands are more likely to get referrals from car maker websites, according to JudgeService.
Record used car value increases in September have been hailed as a “black swan event” by Cap HPI, with head of valuations Derren Martin describing the seventh consecutive month of rising prices as “extraordinary”.
Motorpoint has said that a “heavyweight media campaign”, customer prizes and gift giveaways are set to drive footfall into its new Manchester used car supermarket.
The UK’s weekend fuel frenzy sparked a 61% rise in car buying interest in electric vehicles (EV) on Auto Trader and a 59% spike on carwow.
Used diesel cars are in rising demand as commuters opt for fuel-efficient cars to replace public transport in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, research from heycar has found.
A new digital tool has been developed by Drivvn with aim of helping retailers manage customer relationships through lengthy new car delivery delays.
Former Keyloop and CDK managing director Stuart Miles has joined Cox Automotive as managing director of its Retail Solutions business.
Technical issues arising after a platform update left car dealers reliant on Auto Trader Market Insight view of their advertisements’ performance in the dark for more than two days.
We Buy Any Car has been fined £200,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office after sending 191 million emails and 3.6 million “nuisance texts”.
More than one-in-10 nearly new used cars are now more expensive than their brand new equivalents as limited supplies and soaring demand delivered an 18.6% year-on-year rise in values.
