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For AutoNation's Jackson, Penske sets pace for retirement
AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson 's employment contract with the country's largest dealership group is up in September. Jackson will turn 65 next February …
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Rebranding effort aids AutoNation's community giving
… and we would have to go through a valley of difficulties and persevere and come out the other side," AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson told me last week. He was in Atlanta to celebrate the changing of the company's local dealership signs from Team …
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Are FandI products next?
… marking up the interest rate consumers pay on loans arranged at the dealership. It is telling that AutoNation Inc. CEO Mike Jackson is watching closely to see whether the bureau goes after finance and insurance products next. About two-thirds of …
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Jackson: Penske sets my retirement pace
AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson 's employment contract with the country's largest dealership group is up in September. Jackson will turn 65 next February …
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AutoNation's Jackson: Oversight of add-ons is head-scratcher
… whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will go after finance and insurance products next. AutoNation Inc. CEO Mike Jackson says it's a head-scratcher that the bureau would target sales of add-on products such as extended-service contracts …
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Publics: Flat fees likely but no threat
… beat the previous all-time record of $1,307 set just one quarter earlier, in the fourth quarter of 2012. CEO Mike Jackson said AutoNation's current dealer reserve is about 1.25 percentage points, compared with flat fees that potentially …
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Public retail groups: 'We're fighting tooth and nail' for margins
… volume. Still, "We're dissatisfied with our front-end margins and have the ambition to improve them," said Mike Jackson , CEO of AutoNation Inc., the country's largest dealership group. "We're fighting tooth and nail not to go down …
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AutoNation's new-vehicle sales rose 10% in April
… behind the industry sales pace. Total U.S. new-vehicle sales rose 9 percent in April. On Facebook, AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson noted strong performance by domestic brands and solid results at the company's dealerships in Florida and California …
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A Triple Triumph in Detroit (4/30/13)
… first three months of the year since 1993. And that's when big suvs were selling like hot cakes. AutoNation boss Mike Jackson telling Bloomberg quote the Renaissance in Detroit is real. But it may be tough to hold on to their care. There are …
And that's when big suvs were selling like hot cakes. AutoNation boss Mike Jackson telling Bloomberg quote the Renaissance in Detroit is real. But it may be tough to hold on to their care. There are -
Detroit 3 gain Q1 market share for first time since 1993
… bigger sales gains than Toyota and Honda for this month. "The renaissance in Detroit is real," AutoNation Inc. CEO Mike Jackson said this month in a telephone interview. "They have fantastic new products, and they're in a very good position …
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AutoNation: Penetration rate, scale drive record FandI results
… out to an average of $882 in product sales and $441 per vehicle in dealer reserve. In answer to a question, CEO Mike Jackson said during the conference call that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed crackdown on dealer reserve …
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Dealership groups expected to post first-quarter gains
… Phoenix and a Toyota location in Dallas with combined annual revenues of $250 million. Last week, AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson said the company is actively discussing other deals. Group 1, the fourth-largest U.S. dealership group, bought …
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As retirement approaches, Publisher Peter Brown honors some of the best, and worst, automotive adventurers
… selling used cars are not for amateurs. Ultimately, Mike Jackson turned Huizenga's AutoNation into a conventional ..... Dilts, Fin O'Neill, Nick Scheele, Dave Power, Mike Jackson , Earl Hesterberg, Walter Huizenga, Roger Penske …
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AutoNation gobbles stores
… under five months. "You would have to go back to the early days of AutoNation" to top buying activity like that, CEO Mike Jackson told Automotive News after also announcing a 14 percent gain in net income for the first quarter. "We're out there …
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AutoNation Q1 earnings soar; acquisitions continue
… with annual revenues of $575 million. And AutoNation leaders continue to seek new acquisition opportunities. CEO Mike Jackson said the company is in active discussions on other possible deals. "It depends on what becomes available to the marketplace …
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Miller deal shows domestics' stores are hot
… was AutoNation's first purchase of a Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge-Ram store in at least a dozen years. AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson , on his Twitter page, called it "the biggest industry acquisition deal in the U.S. in a decade." That was followed …
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AutoNation's March sales rise 7 percent as economy grows
… U.S. new-vehicle sales rose 3 percent in March. "We had another excellent month for March," AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson said today on CNBC. He highlighted "good recovery in our housing states of Florida and California." The retailer …
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VW finance arm pushes to go paperless
… AutoNation Inc., the largest U.S. dealership group. "We were able to master every issue except title work," CEO Mike Jackson told Automotive News during an interview last year. "We can't. It's so Byzantine and bizarre that you can't …
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AutoNation boosts pay for Jackson, Maroone
… the largest U.S. dealership group, slightly increased pay packages for its top two executives in 2012. CEO Mike Jackson received total compensation of $6.6 million, up from $6.4 million in 2011. Jackson's salary of $1.2 million …
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2012 Top Dealership Groups
… executive units units units units units dealerships all departments* rank 1 AutoNation Inc.† 110 S.E. Sixth St. Mike Jackson 267,810 180,973 3,091 70,036 521,910 221 $15,668,800,000 1 (954) 769-7000; AutoNation.com Fort …
