The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association published its first data report: an annual profile of Canada’s franchised new-car dealerships. The CADA Data Report 2022, as it is known, is now available on the association’s website and is expected to publish annually. …
This issue marks an important milestone — but one that I’d just as soon not write about. It will be the last column penned by our Tech Talk columnist Gerry Malloy. He’s hanging up his pen. Gerry has been an …
The auto retail industry has been struggling with a desperate shortage of qualified technicians, and it’s a situation only made worse by the pandemic. Dealers and dealer groups say they have been trying every trick in the book to …
We write a lot about the future of the automotive retail experience, and at times it seems like it’s a lot of theoretical discussions that don’t necessarily make it to the sales floor and service bays of our dealerships. Being …
Canadian auto dealer Senior Editor Todd Phillips interviews Tim Reuss, President & CEO, Canadian Automobile Dealers Association about his association’s formal submission to Ottawa’s proposed zero-emissions vehicle mandate. Reuss explains key areas Ottawa is concerned about including: consumer incentives, the lack of …
Hass Hijazi, General Managing Partner with Genesis London, is used to being first. At a special ceremony Thursday in London, Ont., Hijazi became the leader of the first automotive retailer in the world to be formally honoured as meeting the …
Canadian auto dealer senior editor Todd Phillips interviews Kevin Hurdis, GM, Superior Hyundai and Todd Bourgon, Exec. Director, TADA about the association’s Foreign Worker Program that is bringing skilled technicians from overseas to Ontario dealerships. Hurdis says he has no …
Canadian auto dealer senior editor Todd Phillips interviews Jason Campbell, General Manager of the Canadian International AutoShow about the successful return of the event. With several record-breaking days, and Canadians flocking back to shop for new vehicles, the question remains …
“We’re baaaaack!” said an enthusiastic Don Romano, President and CEO of Hyundai Canada in welcoming journalists back to the Canadian International AutoShow during the press reveal at the Hyundai booth. Romano’s excitement, buoyed by a win moments earlier when the …
Canadian auto dealer senior editor Todd Phillips interviews Mathieu Pothier, Président Acura Trois-Rivières about his participation in the Dealer Panel at the Feb. 15 CADA Summit. CADA’s livestream of the event will feature French language captions so that French speaking …
360.Agency made the most of the NADA Show in Dallas last week, creating huge buzz with the Facebook Live launch of their newest digital retailing product, DRX 360. According to the company “DRX 360 platform brings together all the essential …
Canadian auto dealer senior editor Todd Phillips interviews Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association (APMA) who will be presenting at this year’s CADA Summit. His association unveiled the highly-anticipated Project Arrow prototype at CES recently, and the …
