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How to Choose the Right Inventory Management Solution for Your Dealership

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How to Choose the Right Inventory Management Solution for Your Dealership

The best inventory management solution isn’t necessarily the one with the most features. It’s the one that helps your team: Dealerships have access to more inventory data than ever before. The most effective inventory management solutions help dealers translate market conditions into actionable decisions, from acquisition and pricing to inventory exit strategies. When you’re evaluating […]

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How Dealer Groups Can Make Smarter Inventory Decisions Across Rooftops

Summary: As dealer groups grow, inventory decisions become more complex. Discover how a group-wide approach to inventory management can help leaders identify opportunities, understand market dynamics, and make better-informed decisions across rooftops. Managing more rooftops creates more inventory opportunities, but it can also make it harder to identify issues and act consistently across stores. With […]

How high-performing dealers increase trade capture rates

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Don’t Let Potential Inventory Drive Off the Lot: How High-Performing Dealers Increase Trade Capture Rates

The next vehicle your dealership needs to add to its inventory may already be sitting in your service lane or parked in front of your showroom. While wholesale prices rise and margins on acquired inventory shrink, dealers are finding success by focusing on a source that’s close at hand: their own customers. In a recent […]

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Building a Competitive Advantage Through Inventory Merchandising

Most vehicle shoppers form their first impression online. Before they ever contact your dealership, they’re comparing vehicles, evaluating value, and deciding which inventory deserves a closer look. Strong merchandising helps shoppers find the information they need and move forward with confidence. Here are four practical ways to strengthen your inventory merchandising and create a better […]

Mohawk Honda

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Connect Every Inventory Decision to Market Demand

Mohawk Auto Group uses vAuto solutions throughout the inventory lifecycle to guide acquisition, pricing, reconditioning, and service-lane opportunities, helping their teams make more informed decisions in a rapidly changing market. Watch the Video > Summary: The best inventory decisions start with real market knowledge. What belongs in inventory? Which vehicles deserve a closer look in […]

Automated Pricing for Dealers: What You Need to Know

Every dealer wrestles with the same two pricing questions: Is someone actively managing pricing on every vehicle, and are those pricing decisions protecting my investment? These questions have driven the rise of automated and AI-driven pricing tools designed to eliminate stale inventory pricing while preventing dealers from giving up gross margin too quickly. In this […]

Q2 2026 Dealer Insights: Inventory, Pricing & Profitability Trends | vAuto Quick Takes

Vehicle Inventory & Affordability Trends for Q2 2026 | vAuto Quick Takes Podcast

In this Q2 2026 episode of vAuto Quick Takes, host Lance Helgeson sits down with Bethany Johnson, Director of Strategic Planning for vAuto, to unpack the quarter’s biggest dealership trends. Topics include: Tune in for actionable strategies on inventory management, equity mining, and service-to-sales conversion to keep your dealership ahead of Q2 2026 market shifts.

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How a Dealer Group Lifts its Trade Appraisal/Capture Rate

In this vAuto podcast, Ken Fisher, West Coast director of inventory optimization for the Holman Automotive Group, shares how he/his team are working to achieve a new KPI: Capture 50 trade-ins for every 100 vehicles they sell. The effort’s helped Ken/team go beyond traditional Look to Book metrics and rely less on auction-purchased vehicles. Find […]

New AI-Driven Innovations: A Workflow Playbook for Connected Dealership Operations

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New AI-Driven Innovations: A Workflow Playbook for Connected Dealership Operations

Move from insight to action with a preview of vAuto dealership solutions.

How vAuto’s AI is Better: It Starts with Data

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How vAuto’s AI is Better: It Starts with Data

Derek Hansen, SVP, Dealer, Lender, and Inventory Management Solutions at Cox Automotive, explains why trusted inputs matter before AI can deliver trusted outputs.