According to GForces data, there was a 32% year-on-year (YOY) increase in UK dealer online sales in the two weeks over the Christmas and New Year Period.
RRG Group has renewed its contract with GForces after achieving a conversion rate of 81% from online enquiries.
The COVID-19 pandemic turned 2020 into a year of innovation, as COVID restrictions forced motor retail to make rapid progress.
Automotive Transformation Group (ATG) has completed the acquisition of sector software provider Salesmaster just two weeks after its global launch.
GForces and Autofutura have promised to join the dots of automotive e-commerce as Automotive Transformation Group following the two UK tech businesses' merger back in April.
GForces and Autofutura have vowed to connect car manufacturers, automotive finance providers, car dealers and consumers to optimise the entire customer journey with a merger announced today.
Digital finance processes are allowing car retailers to “shave more and more time off the online motor finance process” and improve customers’ retail experience, says Startline Motor Finance.
A shift from traditional showroom-based car sales to a wholly-online retail solution would cut dealers cost-per-sale by over 40% - saving the sector £9.5bn a year.
GForces has developed a new video solution for car retailers that automatically produces video content for all vehicles in stock.
A car is purchased every nine minutes with the most popular time to buy a vehicle between 10am and midday, according to data by GForces.
Offering car-buyers a seamless, end-to-end digital experience is vital for any business wishing to prosper in the automotive sector.
Carzam has said that it is “on track” to complete more than 20,000 used car sales in its first full-year as GForces forecasted a doubling of digital sales for franchised retailers.
Waylands Automotive is now selling cars online after launching its new e-commerce equipped GForces website.
Coronavirus has been described as the “biggest immediate threat to the UK car retail sector” after retailers across the country began making contingency plans to prevent its spread.
Quest Motor Group has credited its new Ecommerce platform for helping it to the most successful month of car sales in its history.
How close is the industry to a fully-functioning online buying process? These keys may help speed it along.
CitNOW is a video technology and insight provider to 98% of the AM100, as well as 43 manufacturers, with its products supporting 3,898 retailers.
With 50% of motorists unable to pay a £500 repair bill and 83% a bill for £1,000, a solution that tackles this for dealers and consumers will have an impact.
Birchwood Motor Group has become the latest franchised car retail group to launch an online car sales platform with the help of GForces.
Glyn Hopkin has become the latest AM100 dealer group to begin sales of used cars online and processed its first sale within 11 hours of launching the service.
