Personal data is at the core of most businesses and forms the basis of a wide range of activities, from sales and marketing to customer relationship management; but the ways we are able collect, store and use it are set to undergo a radical overhaul.
Professor of innovation at the University of Kent's Business School, Jeremy Howells responds to news that Dyson will produce all-electric cars by 2020.
Most car manufacturers have been going down the electric route for years. That they get such attention for announcing it is good PR, not good news.
The automotive industry, like the rest of the world, is becoming increasingly reliant on digital relationships, both business and personal.
If manufacturers or the government echo the 2009 scrappage scheme to get diesel cars off the road, the 2040 ban on new diesel sales could be a boon for the UK car industry and for investment.
Motor retailing is in a state of flux with more pressure on new sales and more competition in the used sector. The consumer has never had more choice and data to inform those decisions.
There has never been a more important time for automotive groups to ensure their dealer principals (DPs) are up to the job of managing and leading their retail businesses.
Amazon and Alibaba have ruffled feathers amongst US auto parts retailers by striking deals with suppliers to sell their products direct.
Paul Daly shares his thoughts on the dominance of large consolidators and international groups creating uncertainty in the market.
As the sales practices around motor financing are increasingly brought into the spotlight, it has become clear that something must change.
Zipcar UK’s general manager has said highly autonomous vehicles should not be privately owned in the future.
Car manufacturers are set to shift their focus from selling vehicles to creating new revenues streams through a more digital, customer centric business model as vehicle ownership falls by up to 50% in the next decade, according to figures compiled by Deloitte.
What’s big, clever and able to knock the share price of an entire sector overnight? That’s right, Amazon.
While many general managers and dealer principals come from a sales background, the aftersales department isn't often effectively monitored.
Autonomy is coming, and the industry’s biggest manufacturers are already putting the building blocks of the technology in place.
With 2016 a record year for car registrations, it’s probably fair to say that the industry is booming.
Amazon could be set to pilot online car sales in the UK after its UK sector boss admitted car sales executives were already being recruited in preparation for the scheme.
Wholesale funding software experts at Sword Apak expect that the UK used car market will "remain resilient” in the face of both economic and political changes during 2017.
There has been a lot of adverse publicity around Personal Contract Purchase in recent months, much of which is technically incorrect and some of which is blatant journalistic sensationalism.
Brexit continues to provide a confusing state of affairs for car dealers.
