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Inventory Management Key to Recovery for Canadian Dealers

Written By: Matt Lawson, Vice President of Dealer Software & OEM, TRADER Corporation   I would like to start on a personal note by sending my warmest wishes and deepest gratitude to all the front-line workers working tirelessly around the clock to ensure the safety and well-being of our communities around the world. The weeks

AutoTrader.ca Traffic & Engagement (week of April 6 2020)

We are continuing to analyze the trends on the AutoTrader.ca marketplace with our Director of Marketing Intelligence, Baris Akyurek. Here are our finding’s from the week of April 6th, 2020. “Last week, the amount of visits and unique visitors to the marketplace remained stable in comparison to the prior week. What’s most interesting to note

When Life Gives You Lemons: Sell Cars?

Whether partially or fully operational, a growing number of dealerships across Canada have turned to digital retailing as a key component of servicing customers and selling cars during the COVID-19 pandemic. While some have already made the shuffle, ahead of these unprecedented times, others will need to implement this all-new way of conducting business into

AutoTrader.ca Traffic & Engagement (week of March 30 2020)

Week by week we continue to analyze the trends on the AutoTrader.ca marketplace with our Director of Marketing Intelligence, Baris Akyurek. “In the past week, interestingly, we saw about a 6% increase in visits while unique visitors maintained consistent with the previous week. VDP’s increased by approximately 12%. A very slight decrease in leads indicate

Going Remote? These Are the Tools You Need.

Getting equipped with the right tools to make going remote easier for your dealership is paramount during this time. We have identified two distinct groups of consumers actively browsing on the AutoTrader.ca Marketplace; (i) those looking to purchase a vehicle now, and, (ii) those stuck in a research stage, likely to buy once the spread

AutoTrader.ca Traffic & Engagement (week of March 23 2020)

The situation regarding COVID-19 continues to evolve in Canada, with impacts on AutoTrader.ca traffic varying by day. However, our Director of Marketing Intelligence, Baris Akyurek, took a look at what trends we can observe. “The marketplace has proven very resilient in the face of COVID-19. This past week we saw around 3.5M sessions and 10.7M