by The Alpha Dawg | Mar 3, 2015 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts, NADA
I am writing this month’s column a few short days after the conclusion of the best, biggest and most upbeat and optimistic National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) convention I have attended in 10 years — and several hours after the most incredible, competitive,...
by The Alpha Dawg | Feb 5, 2015 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts
I’ve been working on this article off and on most of the day, and rivers of sweat and tears are running down my face. No, it’s not from the hard work. It’s the hot sauce. A few minutes ago, Debbie brought me a bowl of her wonderful, homemade-from-scratch chicken...
by The Alpha Dawg | Jan 20, 2015 | Featured, Jim's Thoughts, NADA
Third party Vendors are waking up to their worst nightmare. The party is almost over and we’re turning the lights on. They are in denial reminiscent of ‘Newspaper Advertising’ a few decades ago. Newspaper was the juggernaut, dominant, over-bearing,...
by The Alpha Dawg | Dec 31, 2014 | Featured, Jim's Thoughts, Video, WardsAuto
For more than fifteen years we’ve watched AutoNation continually redefining their most recent redefinition. Although I generally hold CEO Mike Jackson in high regard, watching the country’s top dealership chain reversing and reinventing itself has been amusing,...
by The Alpha Dawg | Nov 14, 2014 | Featured, Jim's Thoughts, Video, WardsAuto
Why did the scorpion sting the frog that was helping it across the river even though the scorpion knew that would cause both of them to drown? Because the scorpion couldn’t help it; it was just his nature. Well, that sounds like Edmunds.com. It has stung dealers,...
by The Alpha Dawg | Nov 6, 2014 | Featured, News, TrueCar
(This article appears in Inc. written by Paul Keegan and mentions Jim as a dealer advocate speaking out against TrueCar.) A few years ago, Scott Painter had it made. He was wealthy, handsome, and smart, a TED and Davos guy who hung out with Elon Musk and Richard...
