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	<title>Inventory Floor Planning Solutions &#187; Dealer News</title>
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		<title>CRM Dead? Not a Chance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I’ve heard several comments alluding to the fact that CRM (customer-relationship management) is dead, or at least is at a point where people are tired of talking about it. There is a notion among many dealers that vendors have over-promised and underdelivered. It might be dealers are expecting too much.
Ask for a definition of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kelley Blue Book Wants to Change How Online Leads Are Bought and Sold</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Kelley Blue Book’s relationship with AutoTrader.com ended prematurely this June, it immediately devised a strategy to take on the industry behemoths, AutoTrader and Cars.com.
Read the entire story here.
KBB is launching a pay-per-performance model (also called pay-per-lead) directly contrasting with the subscription models of Cars.com and AutoTrader. It’s a gutsy move, perhaps born out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips For Finding Used Inventory</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the hunt for used vehicle inventory? Here are some tips from Consultant Tony Albertson, a used-car specialist with NCM and Associates, that he provided for a story in our Ward’s Remarketing 150.
Hire an offsite buyer to beat the bushes for vehicles. It’s OK to pay the buyer anywhere from $200 &#8211; $500 for each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NADA to shut down longtime magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AutoExec magazine, produced by the National Automobile Dealers Association, is folding.  The publication is a victim of slumping ad revenue, changing readers&#8217; preferences and auto industry turmoil, NADA spokesman David Hyatt said today.
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		<title>SBA floorplan program is now under way</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Small Business Administration announced a new dealer floorplan loan program in early June, it was heralded by industry leaders as a breakthrough in solving the credit crunch plaguing the marine industry.
Since then, many dealers have complained that the program does them no good because they can&#8217;t find any SBA-approved lenders that offer floorplan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBA floorplan financing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SBA floorplan financing
When the SBA announced its dealer floorplan financing program on July 6, the industry described it as “the first step in improving access to credit for dealers.”  Three weeks into the program, dealers are still finding it difficult to find banks willing to get involved with dealer floorplan financing.
Dealers trying to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler Dealers Closing xls format</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 13:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For any one looking for Chrysler Dealer list here is a down loadable Excel file which can be sorted by Dealer, Majority Owner, Address, Brand, State or Zip Code.
Chrysler Dealer Hit List Excel file




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		<title>How many Chrysler Dealers per State on the list?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 19:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the the number of Chrysler Dealers per State on the list to be closed.





State/Possession
Abbreviation
Dealer Count







ALABAMA
AL
12


ALASKA
AK
0


ARIZONA
AZ
5


ARKANSAS
AR
8


CALIFORNIA
CA
32


COLORADO
CO
12


CONNECTICUT
CT
7


DELAWARE
DE
3


FLORIDA
FL
35


GEORGIA
GA
13


HAWAII
HI
1


IDAHO
ID
3


ILLINOIS
IL
45


INDIANA
IN
21


IOWA
IA
22


KANSAS
KS
16


KENTUCKY
KY
9


LOUISIANA
LA
17


MAINE
ME
4


MARYLAND
MD
17


MASSACHUSETTS
MA
12


MICHIGAN
MI
40


MINNESOTA
MN
19


MISSISSIPPI
MS
6


MISSOURI
MO
28


MONTANA
MT
4


NEBRASKA
NE
8


NEVADA
NV
5


NEW HAMPSHIRE
NH
6


NEW JERSEY
NJ
28


NEW MEXICO
NM
4


NEW YORK
NY
30


NORTH CAROLINA
NC
14


NORTH DAKOTA
ND
8


OHIO
OH
47


OKLAHOMA
OK
12


OREGON
OR
9


PENNSYLVANIA
PA
53


RHODE ISLAND
RI
1


SOUTH CAROLINA
SC
11


SOUTH DAKOTA
SD
7


TENNESSEE
TN
14


TEXAS
TX
50


UTAH
UT
10


VERMONT
VT
2


VIRGINIA
VA
26


WASHINGTON
WA
15


WEST VIRGINIA
WV
17


WISCONSIN
WI
16


WYOMING
WY
5








TOTAL
789



The full list Chrysler Dealers to Close (PDF)











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		<title>Sonic posts small profit after averting bankruptcy (Automotive News)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 13:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILIP NUSSEL
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
MAY 8, 2009 &#8211; 1:02 PM ET
Just three days after dodging bankruptcy by restructuring its debt, Sonic Automotive Inc. today said it ended two quarters of losses by posting a $1.7 million profit.
The nation&#8217;s No. 3 auto dealership group credited the results to efforts to build local dealers&#8217; market share in a shrinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Store need cuts? This guy&#8217;s got the ax (Automotive News)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 11:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARLENA SAWYERS
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
MAY 4, 2009 &#8211; 12:01 AM ET
Last November, Bob Cockerham closed his Suzuki dealership in Rio Rancho, N.M. Its new-vehicle sales had plunged 60 percent from the previous year.
In January, Wells Fargo Auto Finance, the floorplan lender for Cockerham&#8217;s Car World Kia dealership in Santa Fe, N.M., told him it was canceling his [...]]]></description>
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