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Thursday | Automotive News

For AutoNation's Jackson, Penske sets pace for retirement

Jackson told Automotive News last week that he intends to follow the example of his friend and competitor Roger Penske, the 76-year-old CEO of Penske Automotive Group who moonlights tirelessly at the race track on many weekends.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail, Penske, Penske Automotive Group

Tue May 14, 2013

GlobeNewswire

Avis Budget Group Expands Car Sales Program to New Jersey

Avis Budget Group, Inc. today announced that its Ultimate Test Drive car sales program is now available in New Jersey.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail, Avis Budget

Benzinga

Top 4 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Auto Dealerships Industry With The Highest ROE

Below are the top mid-cap auto dealerships stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail, Financial Markets, Avis Budget, Auctions, Copart

Sun May 12, 2013

Automotive News

Are FandI products next?

Dealers have long feared that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would find a way to wreak havoc in dealership F&I offices, even though it has no direct jurisdiction over dealerships except buy-here, pay-here stores.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail

Thu May 09, 2013

WSB-TV

Car dealer ties pickup sales to housing market resurgence

The largest car dealer in the nation is using pickup truck sales to gauge the resurgence in the metro area housing market.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail

Business Journal

AutoNation rebrands Orlando-area Courtesy dealerships

It's official: Orlando-area Courtesy automobile dealerships have taken on the name of their parent company, AutoNation.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail, Orlando, FL, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Forbes.com

Edward Lampert Top Holdings - Great Gains Despite One Bad Apple

Here's a look at the portfolio of investing Guru Edward Lampert , Number 68 on the Forbes list of 400 Richest Americans.

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Related Topix: Sears Holdings Corporation, Retail, Sears, 9, Auto Dealers, GAP, Apparel

BayStreet.ca

StockCall Early Morning Insight into KMX, AN, ORLY, and AAP

Equities continue their upward ascent as S&P 500 and The Dow Jones Index closed in the green zone for Wednesday's trading session.

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Related Topix: Retail, Auto Parts, Auto Dealers, CarMax Group, Financial Markets, OReilly Automotive

Wed May 08, 2013

Automotive News

Publics: Flat fees likely but no threat

Executives for several of the publicly traded new-car dealership groups say they're resigned to flat fees instead of dealer reserve as compensation for negotiating loans, thanks to pressure from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail, Lithia Motors, Asbury Automotive Group, Group 1 Automotive

Automotive News

AutoNation's Jackson: Oversight of add-ons is head-scratcher

The nation's biggest auto retailer is closely watching to see whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will go after finance and insurance products next.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail

Tue May 07, 2013

GuruFocus.com

Savant Edward Lampert, Top Six Holdings - Great Gains despite One Bad Apple

Here's a look at the portfolio of investing Guru Edward Lampert , Number 68 on the Forbes list of 400 Richest Americans.

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Related Topix: Sears Holdings Corporation, Retail, Sears, Auto Dealers, GAP, Apparel

Mon May 06, 2013

Business Journal

AutoNation plans Mercedes-Benz dealership in Tampa

Mercedes-Benz has awarded AutoNation Inc. a new franchise for the Tampa market. AutoNation expects the new store to open in 2014, a statement said.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail, Tampa, FL

Sun May 05, 2013

Automotive News

Public retail groups: 'We're fighting tooth and nail' for margins

Profit margins on new vehicles are slipping for the nation's largest dealership groups as manufacturers and retailers slug it out for market share.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail

Thu May 02, 2013

The Auto Channel

AutoNation Announces Total Retail New Vehicle Unit Sales of 22,515 in April 2013

Total retail new vehicle unit sales for AutoNation's operating segments were as follows: market.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail

The News-Press

Fort Myers Toyota dealership renamed

Whether dishing up a barbecue lunch or ducking under a car's hood to meet a technician, AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson said he wanted every employee at the Fort Myers Toyota dealership Wednesday to know they were on the same team.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail, Fort Myers, FL

Wed May 01, 2013

Business Journal

Huizenga, Bush, Braley leaving Swisher Hygiene board

Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Jorge Perez and H. Wayne Huizenga at the SFBJ's Business of the Year Awards on April 25.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail

Business Journal

Swisher Hygiene shares slip as 2012 losses are announced

Swisher Hygiene Chairman Wayne Huizenga chats before the company's last annual meeting in Fort Lauderdale.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail

Sun Apr 28, 2013

Automotive News

Dealers grouse that stair-step plans are causing more pain than last year

Stair-step programs, the incentive plans that drive many dealers crazy, are causing more grumbling than they were a year ago.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail, Publishing, Media, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Digital Journal, FOX News Network

Sat Apr 27, 2013

St. Petersburg Times

Who you gonna call? AutoNation is answer soon

On Wednesday, the familiar AutoWay brand that identifies more than a dozen car dealerships dotting this metro area will disappear.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail, Marketing, Autos

Fri Apr 26, 2013

Business Journal

Inside the Business of the Year Awards with PA rez, Huizenga - slideshow

Developer Jorge P ©rez, who has literally transformed the South Florida skyline, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the SFBJ's Business of the Year Awards on Thursday night.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Retail

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