Dealers
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The StaffMay 5, 2020
Phone selling F&I in the times of COVID-19 and beyond
Powersports Business contributor Rob Greenwald offers insight into selling finance and insurance products over the phone, during COVID-19 and beyond.…
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The StaffMay 5, 2020
Dealership enacts May 4 reopening
“We are opening our stores on Monday, May 4, with the following Phase 1 guidelines: 1. Limit of 25 percent…
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The StaffMay 4, 2020
Study reveals top OEM brands for dealership website responses
The 2020 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index for Internet Lead Effectiveness Study has been revealed. As you can see, the…
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The StaffApril 30, 2020
Dealership ends relationship with Harley-Davidson after 45 years
Doerflers’ Harley-Davidson in Hays, Kansas, has lost its Harley-Davidson franchise, according to owners Brian and Deanna Doerfler. Brian is quoted…
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The StaffApril 30, 2020
Dealer reopens after ‘It started to get pretty intense. You could see it in employees’ eyes.’
As many dealerships across the nation have shuttered their doors and adapted operations to delivery and curbside pickup since the…
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The StaffApril 30, 2020
Harley-Davidson not seeking input from dealers on new CEO: analyst
Chairman and acting CEO Jochem Zeitz presided over his first Harley-Davidson earnings call earlier this week as the company revealed…
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The StaffApril 30, 2020
2019 Dealer of the Year winners for U.S., Canada revealed
One OEM has turned to the pages of Powersports Business to reveal the brand’s 2019 Dealer of the Year and…
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The StaffApril 30, 2020
Parts department revenue declines for March revealed
With all five regions of the U.S. in the red, March proved to levy a hard hit on parts departments…
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The StaffApril 29, 2020
Polaris Q1 North America ORV retail sales decrease
“Polaris opened 2020 on an upswing, with retail demand significantly outpacing our expectations, but the abrupt impact of COVID-19 in…
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The StaffApril 29, 2020
Less than a year after taking ownership, dealership closes location permanently
Earlier this month, Wilkins Harley-Davidson of South Barre, Vermont, announced to its 9,000 Facebook followers that it would be permanently…
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The StaffApril 28, 2020
Errata: Lightspeed Service Dept. revenue report for March corrected
Our data partners over at Lightspeed have provided us with an update on their March 2020 Service Department Same Store…
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The StaffApril 28, 2020
NPA auction lanes update for April 20-26 (video)
National Powersport Auctions provides Powersports Business readers with an update from the auction lanes for April 20-26.
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The StaffApril 27, 2020
Operating since 1986, dealership is permanently closing this week
In operation since 1986, an April 21 announcement via Facebook reveals that another Harley-Davidson dealership is closing its doors. High…
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The StaffApril 27, 2020
Dealership had planned to open May 1, but is closing permanently
A dealership’s plan to sit out the month of April due to the coronavirus and return to business May 1…
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The StaffApril 27, 2020
Dealership announces it’s closing permanently this week
While there’s no sign of its closure being related to the coronavirus, a dealership has announced that this week will…
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The StaffApril 23, 2020
Dealer shares insight on operating during COVID-19 (video)
Want to know what life is like inside a dealership during COVID-19? Take a look at the lastest Video Chat…
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The StaffApril 23, 2020
Exclusive ATV study shows parts attachment trends
An exclusive report from CDK Global Recreation’s Lightspeed DMS dealerships provides insight from 165,000 new and pre-owned units that were…
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The StaffApril 22, 2020
Following March 20 closure, dealership open for parts, service
Due to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s mandate, Mosites Motorsports in North Versailles had closed its operations since March 20. On…
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The StaffApril 22, 2020
Dealership’s permanent closure due to coronavirus
After closing down its normal operations in keeping with state and federal government stay-at-home requests beginning in March, a Harley-Davidson…
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The StaffApril 22, 2020
Auction report finds attendance, bid activity on the rise (video)
Attendance and bid activity both increased last week on the auction lanes and are now inline with normal spring participation,…
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