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Dodge banks on Fast and Furious 6 tie-in to rev up Dart sales
… the Dart has consistently trailed other models in the compact segment, according to search traffic on Edmunds.com, an online shopping guide. Chrysler hopes to boost consideration levels and get the Dart on more shopping lists with the Fast and Furious promotion …
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AutoNation unit launches Shop-By-Payment service
… marketing technology service of Automobile Consumer Services, Inc. (ACS). ACS is a leader in developing innovative online shopping technology with the initial launch of LeaseCompare.com in 2000. LeaseCompare.com continues to be one of the top destinations …
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AutoNation unit launches Shop-By-Payment service
… marketing technology service of Automobile Consumer Services, Inc. (ACS). ACS is a leader in developing innovative online shopping technology with the initial launch of LeaseCompare.com in 2000. LeaseCompare.com continues to be one of the top destinations …
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Snap-Happy
… photos of each used vehicle that the dealerships list with online shopping sites. Today's car buyers shop predominantly online and ..... Our job is to not get eliminated," Little said of the online shopping experience. East Bay BMW uses the photos as one way to …
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Incisent Labs' Pat Ryan on Gen Y Shopping Habits
… than the way I think people have historically the idea that behind Arnold turns out to not represent the way these people shop online . And some of the important takeaways about how to shop. Really involved listings and understanding these spent a lot of …
that behind Arnold turns out to not represent the way these people shop online . And some of the important takeaways about how to shop. Really involved listings and understanding these -- spent a lot of -- -
Americans, especially young, continue to drive less, report says
… applications have allowed mass transit riders to do things that would otherwise be distracting and unsafe while driving, such as online shopping , gaming and social networking. Targeting the young Aware that young people are focused on technology, automakers are …
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Automakers grow adept at targeting ads to Internet surfers
… from competitors. By monitoring the online shopping habits of millions of consumers ..... concentrate ads in ZIP codes where online shopping traffic is heaviest, and in areas ..... data can identify consumers whose online shopping behavior indicates interest in a vehicle …
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Study: Think python, not buying funnel
… of Incisent Labs and dealer inventory tools MAX and FirstLook. Instead, younger vehicle shoppers on average start their shopping online with three or four car models in mind, then add two vehicles to the mix as they comparison shop, the study shows. Those …
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Virtues of '13 Civic: Low spiffs, high sales
… the Civic. The Chevrolet Cruze got more Internet interest than Civic did in March. The '13 Civic is not getting as much online shopping activity as the '12 Civic redesign when it was launched in April 2011. But the '12 model plummeted a few months later …
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Honda, Detroit 3 set pace as March sales advance 3%
… helped March sales at Subaru rise 13 percent to 36,701 units - a monthly record for the company. Edmunds.com, an online shopping site, today raised its full-year sales forecast to 15.5 million, citing healthier household finances, pent-up demand …
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Study: Car shoppers' loyalty rises
… dealers and factory Web sites emerged as consumers' most trusted sources. While 94 percent of U.S. car shoppers now start shopping online , they can click off a site quickly if they don't like the experience, Boruszok said. Seventy-three percent of respondents …
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Dealers and credit unions: Strife or synergy?
… new- and used-vehicle loans in 2012. More dealers also have signed up for Credit Union Direct Lending's AutoSMART online shopping site, CUDL says. Those facts suggest relationships with dealers can't be all bad. But sometimes it still sounds like …
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Study: Fickle shoppers need salespeople
Even though online shopping gives shoppers more information and clout, salespeople still play a key role in closing deals, given the propensity of shoppers …
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Google poised for major retail push
… significant force in online auto shopping, a crucial part of auto retailing. More than 90 percent of car buyers begin their shopping online , and two of every three visitors to a typical dealership's Web site arrive from a Google search page. Now Google wants …
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Mercedes tops BMW to extend U.S. luxury lead
… go on sale in September at $29,900. The spot, with model Kate Upton, singer Usher and actor Willem Dafoe, boosted online shopping activity for the brand and the C-class, Cannon said. "CLA really is kind of a halo car from underneath that I think …
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Lincoln sputters even with Super Bowl ad blitz
… numbers in the thousands from all this pent-up demand that they say will be unleashed." After Lincoln's Super Bowl ads, online shopping activity for the brand increased, said Michelle Krebs, an analyst for auto researcher Edmunds.com. "We actually saw …
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GM pilot program shows that shoppers resist buying without seeing and trying
… customers, General Motors is experimenting with easy-to-use online shopping . Consumers can cut time at dealerships, for instance ..... Berger Chevrolet in Grand Rapids, Mich. "People who are shopping online for towels or Apple gear expect to be able to buy online …
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Fiesta's buzz builders
… Bowl. The automaker asked Twitter users to submit ideas for a road trip-themed Lincoln MKZ spot in the Super Bowl. The commercial caused a bounce in online shopping for Lincoln and the MKZ, though the spot was panned by some critics.
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Chrysler closes digital divide
In an era in which 90 percent of vehicle buyers do some shopping online , Chrysler Group in July had just one in four of its dealerships consistently advertising on Google and other search engines …
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Diverted leads distress dealer
… immediately. As shopping sites such as Cars.com, AutoTrader.com and others try to make financing and insurance a part of the online shopping experience, the process is creating tensions with dealers concerned that third-party vendors might intercept profitable …
