If you’ve attended a mere handful of automotive tradeshows and conferences over the past few years, you’ve likely heard at least a few industry experts sound the alarm bell regarding industry disruption. These pesky disruptive forces they most often touted were the Ubers, the Lyfts and the millennials of the modern world. You’ve been told
Dans le cadre de notre engagement à aider nos commerçants-partenaires à surmonter les difficiles et restrictives conditions avec lesquelles ils doivent conjuguer, et à les aider à en ressortir renforcés, nous continuons d’analyser les nouvelles attitudes et habitudes des consommateurs sur notre place d’affaires en ligne et à partager le résultat de nos analyses avec
Our recent consumer research study showed that dealership websites are one of the top three online sources used by car shoppers today. When they arrive to the dealer website, shoppers have already established the vehicle they want and are narrowing down which dealership they will be purchasing from. Due in part to physical distancing measures
Rédigé par: Matt Lawson, vice-président, Logiciels commerciaux et Gestion avec les constructeurs − Société TRADER Je commence cette lettre en exprimant ma plus profonde gratitude à l’endroit de tous les intervenants de première ligne qui se dévouent sans relâche pour assurer la santé et le bien-être de nos communautés, partout sur la planète. Les
Over the past few weeks we have analyzed how COVID-19 has resulted in changes to consumer shopping trends on AutoTrader.ca. Thus far, traffic and vehicle detail page (VDP) views have remained steady, as consumers continue to use the marketplace to shop for their next vehicle, although 57% say that their time to purchase is over
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
Originally published to Canadian Auto World In the wake of COVID-19, Canadians have been urged to stay home based on recommendations by the World Health Organization and the Public Health Agency of Canada. In response, many Canadian dealers have had to close their in-store sales department and limit their operations to service functions. Consequently, online
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
In order to build a sound business approach and strategy, given the current operational limitations posed by COVID-19, it’s crucial for automotive dealers to understand the present-day intentions of Canadian car buyers. As Canada’s leading digital automotive solutions provider, we commissioned the team at DIG Insights to survey 2,800 Canadians and focus in on those
