Auto Remarketing Podcast

Rebecca Jenkins, senior director of business development with AccuTrade, addressed one of the pressing questions discussed most during this year’s Auto Intel Summit + National Remarketing Conference presented by SmartAuction in Cary, N.C. How are electric vehicles impacting the used-car market? Listen to this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast to hear Jenkins’ keynote presentation given durin...

Mark Burkholder, president of the Auto Dealer Services Group for Peachtree Planning is an expert financial planner whose specialties include succession planning and estate planning. But at the recent 2024 BHPH United Summit, he spoke about something different – “golden handcuffs”, a strategy dealers can use to entice key employees to stay in the business. On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Po...

On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Super Dispatch founder and CEO Bek Abdullayev takes us behind the scenes of the company's next generation marketplace. Abdullayev shares more about how the approach to solve the challenges in the logistics vertical of fraud and trust issues, the rise of artificial intelligence and the need for central platforms and technology integrations as the tea...

What will the electric market look like in 2030 and, more importantly, how will we get there? That was the theme of this debate — a true clash of titans — between Steve Greenfield of Automotive Ventures and Scott Case of Recurrent during this year’s Auto Intel Summit + National Remarketing Conference presented by SmartAuction in Cary, N.C. Moderated by Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby, Greenfield...

During a panel discussion at this year’s Auto Intel Summit + National Remarketing Conference presented by SmartAuction in Cary, N.C., a quartet of experts explained how evolving technology is making massive amounts of data more understandable and usable for auto financing. Led by Cherokee Media Group’s Nick Zulovich, the panel included: —Kevin Filan of Open Lending —Jessica Gonzalez of InformedIQ...

Credit Acceptance chief marketing and product officer Andrew Rostami made his first appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast, sharing numerous perspectives about the non-prime and subprime portions of the auto-finance market. Rostami also highlighted the keys for success for Credit Acceptance and the entire industry for the remainder of the year and beyond.

James Virgoe of APCO Holdings and GWC Warranty is back for another special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Virgoe recapped some of the most pressing challenges independent dealers are facing nowadays, including inventory management and catering to modern customers when they get to F&I options. He also offered some recommendations to help operators “weather the storm.”

For most of us, a forgotten unpaid bill is just a hassle. For Robyn Burkinshaw, it sparked an epiphany that led her to create technology that allows customers to make payments by text, an innovation that has made her company, BlytzPay, a popular choice among buy here-pay here dealers. During the 2024 BHPH United Summit, Burkinshaw joined the Auto Remarketing Podcast to talk payment technology, whe...

Attorney Mike Howk got into the repossession business by accident. More than three decades later, he not only is still there, he is a nationally recognized expert in repossession law as risk manager and director of education for the Recovery Specialist Insurance Group. As such, he was a speaker at the 2024 BHPH United Summit, during which he joined Auto Remarketing associate editor Andrew Friedlan...

Hudson Cook partner Patty Covington acknowledged the difficult balance dealerships must make with their advertising campaigns. They must create something that catches the attention of potential buyers while remaining compliant with state and federal regulations. To help dealers of all sizes, Covington appeared on this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast to share some suggestions.

Amit Chandarana is the chief commercial officer at Signal Technologies, which specializes in the Canada-to-U.S. used-vehicle import market. He sat down with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby at ASOTU Con outside Baltimore last month for a conversation about the vehicle import-export market, the conference's Pitch Tank competition, advice for startups and entrepreneurs, what his new rol...

Brent Carmichael has been a 20 Group moderator, instructor and dealership consultant with NCM Associates for almost two decades, and is now practically synonymous with 20 Groups. So much so that in being introduced before one of his two sessions at the 2024 BHPH United Summit in Las Vegas this spring, he was described as an “industry legend.” During that event, Carmichael sat down with Auto Remark...

When buy here-pay here dealers Luke Godwin and Jeff Watson attend an auto industry conference, everyone knows who they are. As hosts of The Independent Dealer Podcast, they have built a loyal following by sharing insights from their businesses and picking the brains of industry experts. During the 2024 BHPH United Summit in Las Vegas, Godwin and Watson managed to find time between leading two sess...

Kevin Roberts, director of industry insights and analytics at CarGurus, joined the show from the Auto Intel Summit + National Remarketing Conference for a conversation about the data metrics that dealers should watch to maximize profitability and how he prepares for conferences as a solo speaker, moderator and panelist. Plus, he shares what a typical day looks like for an automotive analyst before...

Brodie Cobb, CEO of The Presidio Group, joins Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby for a discussion about why dealer groups and auto industry incumbents have become busy investors in early-stage tech companies, the varying strategies of strategic vs. financial investors, what areas of automotive are seeing increased M&A, plus much more.

As an extension of our conferences and live events, Cherokee Media Group is launching a new print and podcast series called "Consignor Conversations," where we interview leading remarketing executives from commercial consignors. We begin the series with an interview of Stephanie Compton, vice president of asset remarketing at Exeter Finance and CMG's 2023 National Remarketing Executive of the Year...

Talking about blockchain gets Brad Smith excited about its significant potential in automotive and elsewhere in financial services. The vice president of product management at Experian explained his reasons during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded at this year’s Auto Intel Summit+National Remarketing Conference in Cary, N.C.

PayNearMe executive vice president and chief marketing officer Anne Hay went through some of the highlights of the latest company study on repayments and consumer preferences for online and other alternative methods. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hay also addressed a question she said she gets regularly about whether traditional cash payments will ever go away.

Allied Solutions sales specialist John Elias spent time during this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast explaining one of the most complex parts of auto finance. When a triggering event occurs, dealerships, finance companies and product providers all must navigate through a potential maze of processes to get consumers their refunds. Elias takes listeners through potential pitfalls an...

In this episode Ray Scarpelli, of Ray Chevrolet and Ray Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram in Fox Lake, Ill., shares how his family got into the car business. He’s a third-generation dealer — his father and grandfather are still involved in the stores. He talks about his career in the car business and how he uses his trophy-winning fantasy football chops to appear on podcasts to promote the family busine...

Conecta Marketing Group founder and CEO Andres Huertas discussed two important topics for dealerships and finance companies following his appearance as one of the expert speakers at this year’s Auto Intel Summit+National Remarketing Conference. Along with recommendations to boost communications between stores and credit providers, Huertas also explained how dealers and lenders can avoid misunderst...

It’s been a busy year since Jeff Martin became chief executive officer of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Martin takes us through what’s happened during that span as well as what attendees can expect from the annual NIADA Convention, which is scheduled for June 17-20 in Las Vegas.

National Automotive Finance Association executive director Jennifer Martin had a lot of positive developments to share. The organization is using technology to grow and serve its membership while also preparing for a series of events, including the 28th Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference, which is set for June 5-7 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Montway Auto Transport Executive Vice President of Business Development, Mike Trudeau, highlighted how dealerships are continuing to evolve and why their logistics needs are changing, too. In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Trudeau described this changing landscape and how the company is deploying services like the Montway Automation Portal to serve clients.

Auto industry attorney Steve Levine, owner and chief legal and compliance officer of Ignite Consulting Partners, is not a scary guy. But he told a chilling tale in his session at the 2024 BHPH United Summit in Las Vegas, frightening the dealers in attendance with the gory details of the Federal Trade Commission's proposed CARS Rule. The rule, currently on hold pending a court challenge, would requ...