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Automotive Year in Review
As Fixed Ops 5 celebrates its first anniversary, we lookback on the last year in the automotive industry.

Best Practices for Achieving Goals
Setting goals is only part of the equation: successfully achieving them requires taking action, asking questions, and getting your team members on board.
Creating a Culture of Unity in Service & F&I
Getting the service and F&I teams focused on the same end goals and helping them work together will lead to a better customer experience and a more profitable future.
The Disconnect Between F&I and Service
It's important that your F&I department doesn't function on its own island; this is for the good of the F&I department and for the store.
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Customer Retention - An Introduction
A successful sales climate can be the best time to focus on building customer loyalty and retention at your dealership.

Staying Current Part IV - F&I Product Impacts
As EVs become more ubiquitous, it’s not just dealers who will have to adapt: product providers will also have to reevaluate some aspects of their strategy in the age of electrification.
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Staying Current Part I - A Series on Electric Vehicles
In this series, we explore the current EV landscape, predictions for and challenges facing its future, and how electrification will impact the larger automotive industry.

Profit Sharing – Know Your Options
The most common participation program types are Retro programs, Dealer-Owned Service Companies and Reinsurance. Choosing the best structure for your business is vital to ensure that you’re getting...

Millennials Creating Powerful Shifts
Millennial buyers aren’t killing the Powersports industry – they’re simply changing it. Are your F&I offerings keeping up?

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Today’s market has changed the Powersports industry. Are your F&I offerings keeping up?

Train Profit Right
Why proper F&I training is crucial to help you drive change, profit and opportunity.

What’s Trendy in F&I?
Read up on the next big things in the aftermarket product sector.

The Rise of Used
Demand for new vehicles may be running on fumes, but used vehicles are expected to have another strong sales year. What’s driving buyers to pre-owned vehicles, and how can dealers capitalize on...

GAP and Depreciation Protection – Better Together
Customers dealing with a total loss don’t just have big balances on the vehicle they’re buying; many of them have rolled debt from their last vehicle into their new loan balance. Fortunately, there...

The Benefits of Leasing
After a few years of record sales and rising prices, new vehicle sales are expected to drop in 2019. As dealers and consumers struggle to find opportunities in the new vehicle market, leasing...