ZeroLight's recently-recruited chief growth officer Eva Poppe believes real-time CGI technology will help 'gamify' motorists digital buying journeys against a backdrop of omnichannel retail journeys and agency model retail.
The automotive industry must embrace digital transformation being driven by tech-savvy generation of younger drivers.
In his latest monthly opinion post for AM Professor Jim Saker draws on his experiences with the IMI's Diversity Task Force to question the role of car retail's HR departments driving diversity in car retail.
Change has certainly been a never-ending stream through the automotive industry. As Ferdinand Porsche famously said: “Change is easy. Improvement is far more difficult.”
It’s just over two years since the UK first went into lockdown and it’s safe to say we’re all continuing to feel the impacts of the pandemic.
Few industry executives expect all UK car sales networks will be operating under agency contracts by the end of the decade, however the switch to agency is predicted for a sizeable portion.
In his latest ‘viewpoint’ opinion article for AM Professor Jim Saker asserts that better understanding the diversity of the automotive workforce, and making a few minor changes to working practices, can unleash previously untapped potential.
In this exclusive AM-online guest opinion piece Volkswagen Financial Services UK chief executive Mike Todd reflects on the need to understand how people can be operationally effective while splitting their time between office working and home working.
As a major shortage of specialist maintenance technicians puts the take-off of the EV market at risk Sarah Sillars OBE argues that more urgency in the government’s response is part of the solution.
Perrys Motor Group managing director Darren Ardron told the AM News Show Podcast that it felt like the car retail sector was getting “back to reality” in 2022 – but highlighted reasons for optimism.
Paragon Bank managing director of motor finance Julian Rance believes a more coherent plan on developing the charging infrastructure, plus insight into the Government’s tax agenda, should propel electric vehicle (EV) adoption.
Lean coach Piers Trenear-Thomas challenges professor Jim Saker's recent viewpoint which pondered whether 'just in time' automotive manufacturing has had its time.
One of the things that has changed due to COVID and, to some extent, Brexit is that commonly held mantras of good management have started to be questioned.
Despite our changing habits as consumers, as we embrace digital channels, many of us still want to experience a face-to-face interaction for that moment when we sign on the dotted line for a new car.
Could Constellation Automotive's move into the franchised car retail sector be a 'catalyst' for the sector's accelerated shift to agency retail models?
Putting people first holds the key to success with the car retail agency model.
Volkswagen Finance Services UK boss Mike Todd shares his thoughts on 2022's vehicle and motor finance markets.
Paragon Bank’s Motor Finance managing director Julian Rance has suggested that used car values will remain robust for "three to four years" as elelctric vehicles (EV) start to dominate registrations.
Professor Jim Saker's latest 'Viewpoint' opinion article for Automotive Management (AM) considers what is needed to shift the automotive balance to EVs in the UK.
The UK’s established used car retail operators will continue to dominate the sector after ramping up their breadth of services to see off new market disruptors such as Cazoo and cinch, iVendi has said.
