Retail

Tekion has some great operating features, but its launch into the market was premature and facilitated by a few automakers wrongly buying concept over actual function.

The Tekion package was installed in our store about 12 months ago. This was our fourth dealership management system in 30 years of operation. Tekion’s implementation team performed flawlessly.

Raymond Chevrolet and Raymond Kia, both in Antioch, Ill., believe cash bonuses and cake for exemplary employee behavior have helped keep the stores' average dealership turnover percentage lower than the industry average.

Dealers featured this week include John and Tom Zimbrick, dealer principal and owner of Zimbrick European, a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Madison, Wis.; Jeff Wood, dealer principal of Tom Wood Group; Stapp Interstate Toyota in Frederick, Colo.; Tom Wilkins, owner of Wilkins Mazda in Elmhurst, Ill.; Robert Woodall III, dealer principal...

Two auto retailers ranked among Automotive News' top 150 dealership groups completed second-quarter acquisitions, while a regional group and a pair of partners also expanded in deals this year.

Retail sales of new passenger vehicles surged 41 percent in the first three weeks of May as the market continued to rebound from the same pandemic-hit period last year, according to the China Automobile Dealers Association.