Manufacturers are struggling with the direct new car sales web sites they have established over the last year, says iVendi.
The dark days of November were boosted by a 46% spike in web visitors thanks to the Black Friday sales push, according to carwow.
Auto Trader’s pre-tax profits rose 10% to £105.4 million as turnover rose by 7% to £165 million as the online marketplace returned H1 financial results which were “in-line with market expectations”.
Over a third of Millenials are willing to buy a car online according to the findings of a new Trustpilot survey as growth in online car buying appears to buck the trend of a declining market.
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK has teamed up with Rockar to launch a 'next generation omni-channel car buying experience' in the form of Mitsubishi Buy Online.
For many months we have seen a frenzy of negative media attention on the automotive sector including comment on franchised dealerships, PCPs and diesel emissions.
Geely Holdings will once again bypass “traditional” car dealerships when the Polestar brand enters the UK in 2019.
CarGurus has closed its initial public offering after a five-day share of sales which hoped to raise $100 million for the Auto Trader rival.
Used diesel prices have remained stable for a second quarter in a row on Autorola UK’s online portal as demand returns following Q1’s “knee-jerk” reaction to negative headlines.
Tootle credits a partnership with a BBC Apprentice winner with August sales success which saw the online platform retail £2m worth of vehicles.
Finance must no longer be an afterthought as consumer habits shift away from “bricks and mortar” to “clicks and mobile”.
Online car retail portal Tootle raised £2.5m of funding via an investment round led by Hambro Perks, bringing the total amount raised for the start-up to £4.3m.
A third of car dealers believe the cost of technology investment is a threat to their business’s future growth and profitability, according to new research from Santander Consumer Finance.
Carwow has launched a free scrappage scheme checker after no fewer than 17 car manufacturers launched incentive schemes.
Dealers whose websites go without SSL certificates will have their rankings penalised by Google, Dragon2000 has warned.
Peugeot geared-up the promotion of its online retailing platform with the creation of “the world’s smallest car dealership” but will it be enough to reach a 6% UK market share target by 2020?
Peugeot has taken the concept of smaller dealership facilities to new levels by adapting a traditional red telephone box into a 0.8 square-metre ‘showroom’ in London’s Russell Square.
Growth in online car sales is more than twice as fast among women than men for the third year running.
Auto Trader will offer consumers free listings on vehicles priced below £1,000 as part of a new marketing campaign to help drive more traffic to the online marketplace.
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