WardsAuto Dealer 5
WardsAuto Dealer 5
 

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Hey there. Welcome to the WardsAuto Dealer 5 for Wednesday Feb. 10. We've put together items from WardsAuto.com and across the Internet. So let's go:

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Starting at 16 in Minnesota Car Lot, Paul Walser Now Leads NADA

Incoming NADA Chairman Paul Walser talks with Wards about handling COVID, improving dealer diversity, recasting incentives, NADA’s virtual Conference & Expo Feb. 9-11 and the auto industry’s need to view the world through consumers’ eyes.

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Car Dealers Called ‘Bulletproof Band of Brothers and Sisters’

“No playbook was ever written for 2020,” says Rhett Ricart, outgoing NADA chairman. “No one could have envisioned the strongest disrupter ever: COVID.”

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‘Thoughtfulness’ a Job Requirement for NADA Chairman

“You have to realize you are representing 17,000 dealers, and your view on a particular topic is not necessarily NADA’s,” says Wes Lutz, the trade group’s 2018 chairman.

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2021 Presidents’ Day Predictions and the Pandemic

February is an opportune time for car dealerships because Presidents’ Day is the only shopping holiday between December and May, and five months is a long time to be without a holiday-inspired incentive.

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Leveraging Data to Personalize the Customer Experience

Matching data and expertise to personalize car shopping, alongside the technology, helps dealerships make digital marketing and online retail simple and profitable.

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That’s our WardsAuto Dealer 5 for today. We’ll be back soon with more high fives.

And to reach the editor for whatever reason (i.e. comments, complaints, questions, directions), contact Tom Murphy at [email protected]

OK, finally... Forward this alert to dealership colleagues. The more in-the-know people at your place, the better it is. Over and out.

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