Cazoo will become the shirt sponsor of Premier League football team Everton FC from the 2020/21 season, the online car retail business has revealed.
Car dealers have resisted the temptation to “slash prices” during COVID-19 lockdown according to Auto Trader data which showed an 1.9% year-on-year increase in May.
CarGurus has suggested that the re-opening of car showrooms in England this week has helped generate increased online leads for retailers in Scotland and Wales.
AA Cars has announced it will be extending it’s 50% discount for car dealerships for a third consecutive month into June, to help support UK used car busnesses weather the impact of COVID-19.
Independent car retailer Motorpoint has delivered 1,000 cars during the coronavirus lockdown via its free home delivery service.
Cazoo has appointed former LoveFiLM group operation director Fern Wake as its new chief operations officer.
Toyota GB has said that its UK franchised car retail network will remain “the expert point of contact” for car buyers after launching an online sales solution this week.
The number one spot in UK car retail sector’s classified advertising space continues to be the key target for Car Gurus – with market leading return on investment (ROI) seen as the catalyst for success.
Auto Trader has invested in a multi-million-pound marketing campaign to help re-ignite the car industry when lockdown restrictions lift at the start of June.
As lockdown eases, dealers returning to trading on June 1 are likely to prompt a ‘step change’ in online motor retail, says iVendi.
Mazda UK sales director Peter Allibon has said that 2020 new car registrations forecasts have had to rely on some “fairly major assumptions” on what can be achieved by retailers before the end of the year.
Big Motoring World Group has revealed a 43% growth in turnover and a 34% increase in pre-tax profits in a statement detailing the successes of its performance in 2019.
Auto Trader has announced that it will resume charging car dealers for its online classified car adverts from June 1 – with a 25% discount during their first month of showroom trading.
MotoNovo Finance has announced it has seen a surge in proposal and business activity, since it revealed it was lifting lending restrictions.
Volvo Car UK will partner with carow from June to enable free carwow membership for the manufacturer’s entire retail network.
WhatCar? has extended free access to its online New Car Buying platform management service until the end of September, in its continued effort to help the industry recover from the slump caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Dealer website traffic analysis by Blue Interactive ‘paints a positive picture of industry recovery’.
Over two-thirds of car buyers want to purchase their next vehicle face-to-face, despite the risks posed by the COVID-19 coronavirus – highlighting the importance of showrooms’ June 1 reopening.
The automotive sector is no stranger to the power of tech and it’s often been behind the leading edge of it.
Rising demand among car buyers in COVID-19 lockdown has prompted Auto Trader to bring forward the launch of home delivery and click and collect online marketing tools.
