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Your weekly dose of auto industry news and conversation with top executives, specifically tailored for the used-car side of the business.
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Chip Perry, founding president and CEO of Autotrader and former CEO of TrueCar, has a new role: chairman of sellmyride, a startup seeking to help dealers source inventory from private sellers. Perry and sellmyride founder and president Dom Pope join the show to talk about the origin story of the company, how they connected, vehicle acquisition and much more.
In the grand finale of our podcast episodes from Canada's Used Car Week in June, conference chair and Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits is joined by Brad Hart and Peter Snoyer on a panel celebrating the 20th anniversary of the conference and reflecting on the past two decades in the Canadian used-car industry. They delve into the biggest market movers and changes that have shaped the last 20 years of the Canadian market and explore what's coming next.
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Merritt Critcher, Director of Product Management with CDK speaks with Bill Zadeits about the newest trends and potential for AI and big data to meet and exceed the inventory management needs of dealers. Highlighting speed and consistency, Merrit outlines the tremendous opportunity these technologies can have for dealers.
Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights, said consumers are looking for ways to secure more favorable vehicle financing terms, especially with interest rates leveling out and perhaps a cut coming next week from the Federal Reserve.
The base for Zabritski’s assertion came via Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q2 2025, which highlighted the volume of auto refinancing increased nearly 70% from a year ago.
Zabritski expanded the trends happening inside of auto refinancing during another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
In this panel discussion from Canada's Used Car Week in June, Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits talks with leaders from auto finance institutions about the most important metrics, trends and macroeconomic factors in the Canadian used-car landscape. They discuss topics like vehicle affordability, tariff impacts, leasing data, fintech and more.
Continuing our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from Canada's Used Car Week in June, Jameel Ghata of PAVE leads a discussion featuring leaders from across Canada’s automotive ecosystem — Jack Sulymka (PAVE), Mark Would (BMW Group Canada), Bryan McIntyre (EBlock Canada), and Lisa Prestidge (Element Fleet Management) — exploring why transparency, accuracy, and consistency in inspections are critical for building trust and maximizing value for both buyers and sellers.
Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from Canada's Used Car Week in June is a panel discussion with honorees from the Women & Automotive Profiles in Leadership program, titled "Calm Counsel Amid Stormy Times."
Next up on our series of podcasts from Canada's Used Car Week Live Stage in June, Autocorp.ai founder and CEO Andrew Lemoine leads a panel discussion that seeks to answer this question: "Credit is tight. Negative equity is the new normal. Now what?"
James Virgoe, who is senior vice president and managing partner of GWC Warranty at APCO Holdings, made another appearance for a sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
This time, Virgoe went through a series of recommendations to help dealers evaluate F&I product vendors and spot the difference between a good vendor and a great one.
Mandy Deveau is marketing manager at DriveHRIS, where she leads dealer communication and engagement. In June, she joined Canada's Used Car Week Live Stage, presented by SYCN Auto Logistics, to talk about “How Women in Automotive Can Lead with Confidence.”
Vivian Liu is the CEO of Making Auto Easy, a platform designed to help dealers turn the manual meet-and-greet into a more efficient digital experience. In June, she joined the Canada's Used Car Week Live Stage, presented by SYCN Auto Logistics, to talk about “Training the iPad Generation to Sell Cars.”
Experian North America chief innovation officer Kathleen Peters made her first appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
Peters recapped highlights of Experian’s 2025 U.S. Identity and Fraud Report and why service providers remain focused on curbing fraud that continues to get more complex.
Two leading executives at Allied Solutions identified the most-concerning signs about the current state of auto financing.
Mark Bugalski, who is Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer, and Doug Falvey, who is Executive Vice President, Risk Management Operations, then offered valuable insight and strategy recommendations so lenders can find the right balance of risk management and growth.
In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits welcomes Elizabeth Stegall, Senior Director of Client Retention with Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and ICO and Cody Gentry, AVP of Dealer Success with Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book.
The executives breakdown high level and high interest findings for dealers from the latest Cox Automotive Whitepaper - Measuring Your Marketing That's Working.
Next up on our series from the Canada's Used Car Week Live Stage, presented by SYCN Auto Logistics, is a conversation with Erin Richmond, CEO of sMedia, and Rhys Albrecht, head of customer success at sMedia. They talk with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about solving pain points in the automotive digital marketing space, why cutting marketing spend is not always the wisest move for dealers, managing ad spend effectively, reaching car shoppers and much more.
Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president and auto and mortgage business leader at TransUnion, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. This time, the focus of the conversation is opportunities for auto refinancing.
TransUnion indicated approximately 18 million are considered “in-the-money” for refinancing.
Jenny Rappaport has some things to say, and if you’re a car dealer, it would be wise to listen.
The CEO of F&I and training provider EFG Companies has returned to the Auto Remarketing podcast, and in a wide-ranging conversation with Auto Remarketing associate editor Andrew Friedlander she discusses affordability issues, the importance of the back end on dealership profits, ways dealers can best use artificial intelligence to drive value and ROI, how dealers can avoid taking unnecessary risks in these unpredictable times, and a lot more.
Next up on our series of episodes from Canada's Used Car Week Live Stage, presented by SYCN Auto Logistics, are Crissy Burton, sales manager at Bob Rohrman Indy Hyundai, and Tianna Mick, chief marketing officer at Dealer Synergy.
Burton and Mick talked with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about “The Blueprint for High-Volume Sales: How to Build a Loyal Customer Pipeline,” building a personal brand and following, authenticity and much more.
The dealership space is a bit of an untapped resource in commercial real estate. But property and real estate matters are crucial areas for dealers to watch. That's where Ned Hennessey and the team at Surmount come into play.
Surmount is a full-service commercial real estate platform and said it's the only one focused exclusively on auto dealers. Hennessey and his team run the real estate capital markets and advisory programs for several of the top franchised & independent dealers across the country. He joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss what dealers should be mindful of in property leases, the potential benefits and considerations for sale-leasebacks and what macro trends auto retail should be watching.
Next up on our Live Stage from Canada's Used Car Week is a conversation with Coralee Zueff, author of "Five Star Service Advisor," about empowering women in automotive and engaging the next generation of auto industry professionals.
Zueff talks about her journey in automotive after getting into the industry by accident, engaging students about the opportunities in the business, the changing nature of automotive, her writing process and much more.
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