THE EDIFICE BLOG

Black Friday and What it Means for Dealers

Hale Soucie

November 3, 2018

Black Friday. Typically regarded as the first day of the Christmas shopping season, stores offer special prices and deals that result in a mad dash of frenzied shoppers the day after Thanksgiving. Some people dread the crowds and traffic, but almost a third of Americans in 2017 braved the mob to shop for Christmas gifts for loved ones or find sweet deals.

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Convenience: A Strategy for Higher Profits Part 2

Hale Soucie

June 15, 2018

Picking up on our discussion of convenience as a pricing strategy let’s examine the results of the convenience audit we provided and address one of the major issues it most likely revealed. If you did not complete the audit or read part one, you can find those here: Most likely your audit revealed long wait times to get into the F&I office, as this is a common complaint among customers.

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