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- Vertu Motors to reduce employee headcount by 345 to 'future proof' business
- Where will carmakers' R&D axes fall?
- Pinewood launches online aftersales tracking and payment software
- Cyber attacks on connected cars rise by 99%
- Volvo Car UK drives towards contactless app-based aftersales payments
- Will autonomous vehicles always be a pipedream?
- Record numbers of independent car dealers make online sales move
- Technology is finally tackling car dealers' customer data challenges
- Auto Trader launches AT Market Insight data tool
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Five steps to successful e-commerce
How close is the industry to a fully-functioning online buying process? These keys may help speed it along.
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Five ways motor retailers can get the best from their websites
The mere existence of a website doesn’t guarantee its effectiveness, so how can motor retailers ensure that the web is working for them?
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Five differences in how to sell EVs and hybrids
Though volumes of all electric vehicles are likely to grow, there are some fundamental differences in selling hybrids and ‘pure’ EVs
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What are the growth drivers for plug-in car sales?
The scale and timing of national emissions policy and local clean air initiatives will have a significant effect on retailers’ PHEV fortunes
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‘The only obstacle to EV sales explosion is supply’
Manufacturers’ product pipelines are full of hybrids and pure EVs, but retailers need the right mindset and knowledge to sell them
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‘Dealers had to adapt in the past, I’m sure they will in the future’
Delegates at AM DigiTech heard that EVs and online sales will bring dealers massive disruption, but also profit opportunity
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DMS traumas and triumphs: car dealers share their stories
Changing or upgrading dealership management systems does not always run smoothly – Brayleys Cars and Sere Motors have had very mixed experiences
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Live chat for car dealers: six steps to success
Live chat can extend a car dealer’s ‘opening hours’, better qualify prospects and increase customer satisfaction, but it takes hard work
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DMS suppliers 'working hard to meet car dealer demands for better integration'
Suppliers of dealership management systems (DMS) say they are working hard to meet dealers’ demands for better third-party integration
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What do car dealers want from their DMS?
Suppliers of dealership management systems need to do better on integration with third-party systems, reliability and cost, say motor retailers
