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Autoweb Design has announced that e-commerce and digital sales process features are now part of its standard tier package. The list of new features includes: A customisable e-commerce solution that offers the possibility of a full end to end purchase journey or can be made bespoke to a dealer’s specific requirements to offer only certain elements of the purchase journey ...

CD Auction claims the remarketing process is changing as fleets and dealers demand fewer vehicle movements for environmental reasons and to cut costs. The auction company predicts volumes of vehicles sold off-site will soar to 50% of vehicles sold in 2020. The company saw off-site sales reach 25% of its total sales volume in December 2019. Andy Brown, managing director ...

A total of 150 employees from twelve dealer groups have signed up to take part in EMaC’s Aftersales Academy in 2020. The programme helps dealers to maximise aftersales opportunities, deliver high standards of customer service and develop and retain high quality staff. Building on last year’s programme, the 2020 academy will include learning modules on soft touch communication techniques used ...

DMS provider Pinewood Technologies has launched an online training platform, for dealers using its systems. It said increasing demand for self-paced learning called for a different method to conventional classroom training Neville Briggs, managing director at Pinewood, said E-Learning was transforming the way people learn: “Online training allows our users to access courses designed specifically for their job roles – ...

BCA reported record sales in excess of 26,000 in the second week of January (commencing 5 January) as buyer demand rose in strong New Year trading. It also established a new single sale day record during the period. On Wednesday 8 January, BCA sold over 7,000 vehicles in one day for the first time on record, at a 86% conversion ...

Aston Barclay and Click Dealer have formed a partnership to optimises the dealer stock acquisition process. The new ClickStock portal provides its 1,550 independent dealer customers with the ability to source stock at the right price. ClickStock now has full online access to Aston Barclay’s used stock catalogue. Aston Barclay is the first remarketing company to integrate its online and ...

F&I firm DealTrak has appointed Gary Burton as its new head of delivery. Burton will oversee the design, development and implementation of new products and services for the automotive finance and insurance (F&I) specialist, part of the Auto Protect Group. DealTrak is also looking to appoint a lead developer and additional developers in the coming weeks. Burton said: “I’ve spent ...

V12 Vehicle Finance has announced a new partnership with Click Dealer that will extend the performance partners’ offering to dealers. The Click Dealer platform will now allow dealers to manage their used vehicle sourcing as well as wholesale stock funding or consumer finance provision. Also, a new ClickStock used vehicle portal has been developed to offer dealers access to used ...