Jun 26, 2024
Bloomberg Intelligence's Kevin Tynan made his regular appearance at the VADA Annual Convention this month, offering his analysis of the challenges facing manufacturers and opportunities in front of franchised dealers, which continue to sit in the best position to drive automotive retail sales.
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Jun 19, 2024
This month in South Carolina, we brought our convention attendees four of retail automotive's leading minds — and now we bring them to the masses. Here's the podcast of our expert panel featuring John Altman of Beyer Auto Group; Liza Borches, former VADA chair and fourth-generation leader of Carter Myers Automotive;...
Apr 15, 2024
We talk to the omnipresent Amberly Allen, along with Virginia dealer Phil Englander. Amberly is the founder and managing director of Dealer Merchant Services, which the enterprising entrepreneur developed after coming up with a compliant way to help dealers save on credit card processing fees without turning...
Mar 25, 2024
We chat with Randy Barone, a VP with VADA Partner ACV Auctions. With decades in retail auto and specific expertise in used vehicle inventory for franchised dealers, Randy talks the "its" of inventory: Getting it, Turning it, and Making a Profit. As someone on the NADA circuit who also makes regular 20 Group appearances,...
Nov 27, 2023
We talk with Tim Batchelor of Open Road Capital, a Northern Virginia firm that invests with partner Bain Capital Credit and works as an operational partner with dealers to help them grow, restructure, and build succession plans.
Tim outlines the partnership model of Open Road, emphasizing their focus on collaborating...