AIM Group | July 23, 2013 | Automotive, Marketplaces
Hyperlocal social marketplace NeighborGoods just announced its acquisition. The new owner, Socius Labs, says it is working on new products. Here's some of what...
AIM Group | July 23, 2013 | Automotive
Humankind Design, a Texas-based reputation management firm, is being sued by Edmunds.com for what Edmunds claims to be fraudulent consumer reviews of dealerships...
AIM Group | July 22, 2013 | Automotive, Recruitment
RetailMeNot mobile-enabled coupon site for goods and services, just kicked off its first day of trading after its Initial Public offering July 19. From a $21...
AIM Group | July 17, 2013 | Automotive
Online-vehicle-purchase startup Carvana just published an interesting infographic on the car-buying process, claiming that current offline / dealership buying...
AIM Group | July 17, 2013 | Automotive
When recreational-vehicle owners come to Dominion Enterprises' RVTrader.com, to trade in their current motorhome or travel trailer for another RV, they can now get...
Christo Volschenk | July 16, 2013 | Automotive
MeinAuto.de, a leading new-vehicle platform in Germany and partner of Mobile.de since 2010, won’t be part of Mobile.de’s new-vehicle portal when it launches later...
AIM Group | July 16, 2013 | Automotive
While IHS is not sharing the details until August, the global firm just announced that its acquisition of R.L.Polk and subsidiary Carfax is now complete. While...
AIM Group | July 16, 2013 | Automotive
Indianapolis-based Max TradeIn just recently announced expansion to Louisville, $1.5 million in seed money, and trade-in offers totaling $45 million. The vehicle...
AIM Group | July 12, 2013 | Automotive
Edmunds.com has reported up to 100 percent increases in contacts from customers to auto dealers, and an average uptick in closing rates of 15 percent, as a result...
Sharon Hill | July 11, 2013 | Automotive
Mere days prior to the sale of Carfax parent R.L.Polk to IHS, the legal firm of Bellavia Blatt Andron & Crossett, PC, has announced that plaintiffs in the...
AIM Group | July 11, 2013 | Automotive
While the U.S. auto industry suffered from the nation's economic setbacks and inventory shortage, classic car sales soldiered on. One-year-old MyClassicGarage has...
AIM Group | July 10, 2013 | Automotive
While research tells us that 90 percent of U.S. car-shopping experiences begin online, researchers as well as dealers, OEMs and other industry experts are...
AIM Group | July 05, 2013 | Automotive
The Twitter blog has just announced that it will soon start "experimenting with" targeted ads - i.e., sending promoted tweets to those folks who've indicated an...
Christo Volschenk | July 01, 2013 | Automotive
EBay subsidiary Mobile.de International, introduced steps today to better exploit the strong demand from Poland and Rumania for vehicles on the German portal...
Sharon Hill | July 01, 2013 | Automotive, Marketplaces
Google is working on a new product called Google Mine, which would allow Google+ users to document everything they own and want to own - both intellectual and...
Sharon Hill | June 30, 2013 | Automotive, Real Estate, Marketplaces
In visiting the BuyOnlineReviews.net website this morning we found this message across the bottom of the home page: "We are not accepting new orders as this time....
Sharon Hill | June 29, 2013 | Automotive, Real Estate
Though every local Patch.com site hasn't rolled out the changes, Patch has revamped - with classifieds prominently displayed on the home page. On the Martha's...
aimgroup | June 28, 2013 | Automotive
William Donnelly, a one-time VP of sales and customer care at CareerBuilder.com, is the new EVP and COO of StratusLive, which provides cloud-based fundraising and...
Sharon Hill | June 27, 2013 | Automotive
Live chat is not just a convenience tool for auto dealers and OEMs - it's a high-ROI, high-conversion sales tool. During the June 27 Automotive News Webinar -...
AIM Group | June 26, 2013 | Automotive
KBB.com has predicted that June new car sales in the U.S. will be the highest since November, 2012. Compact cross-overs will represent 13 percent of the sales -...
Sharon Hill | June 24, 2013 | Automotive
While it can be a very costly marketing mechanism, automotive OEMs are turning more and more to television networks and shows to showcase their vehicles within the...
AIM Group | June 21, 2013 | Automotive
Two million visitors came to AutoTrader.com by way of their mobile device in May. A mobile-access year-over-year increase, this figure also represented a 17...
Christo Volschenk | June 19, 2013 | Automotive
Mobile.de, Germany’s biggest auto portal, started beta-testing a portal for new vehicles (here) and told auto magazine Autohaus.de a fullblown launch was planned...
AIM Group | June 19, 2013 | Automotive
With the new TradeDriver tool by DealerTrack Technologies, automotive publishers and auto dealers have an online vehicle valuation tool to offer their shopper...
AIM Group | June 17, 2013 | Automotive
Kelley Blue Book, now part of AutoTrader Group, has renewed its vehicle history report agreement with Experian's AutoCheck. However, there is no word on whether...
AIM Group | June 13, 2013 | Automotive, Real Estate
While the parties involved aren't commenting, Crain's Chicago Business and The Wall Street Journal are both hearing from sources that sale of Tribune Company is...
AIM Group | June 13, 2013 | Automotive
In the U.S., vehicle inventory shortage has been an ongoing factor not only in raising the price of used cars and trucks, but also in boosting new car sales,...
AIM Group | June 12, 2013 | Automotive
According to the latest EMarketer report, and the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), the auto industry devoted only 5 percent of its advertising...
Sharon Hill | June 11, 2013 | Automotive
While it's been in beta in a few markets with a few dealers since last summer, Edmunds.com's Price Promise is now going national, offering online vehicle shoppers...
AIM Group | June 10, 2013 | Automotive
Online-traffic generation service Long Tail Ventures Inc. is the creator of VinClicks cost-per-click automotive ad platform and the incubator for auto listing...
