2012 Shinko Smoke Bomb Tires

August 12, 2011

Shinko Smoke Bomb Tires show burnout colors at WPS launch.

July 11, 2011 – Tracking customers also important after the sale

July 22, 2011

These articles recap some of the opportunities uncovered by our GSA Powersports Consultants during actual consulting visits. These are followed by recommended actions that address these opportunities. Our goal is to provide you with ideas to help improve your dealership. Part 2: Our GSA Consultants... Read more »

July 11, 2011 – The ‘New e-Normal’ and the rosy outlook it brings

July 22, 2011

There is a line in the world of e-retail that some of us simply hesitate to cross. Not that we don’t see value or the trend toward more online consumer spending, but it’s that techie part of the e-commerce world with which so many of us simply feel uncomfortable. We’re becoming adept with our smartphones,... Read more »

July 11, 2011 – Could F&I noncompliance cost you millions of dollars?

July 22, 2011

The potential fines astounded him. Stacked neatly in their banker boxes, the customer credit applications lined a back hallway of a dealership. But Peter Jones didn’t see the display as effective use of space. Instead, Jones saw the incredulous pattern for what it really was — a federal compliance... Read more »

June 13, 2011 – Non-current inventory takes up costly floor space

June 15, 2011

These articles recap some of the opportunities uncovered by our GSA Powersports Consultants during actual consulting visits. These are followed by recommended actions that address these opportunities. Our goal is to provide ideas to help improve your dealership. Part 1: Our GSA Consultants report on... Read more »

June 13, 2011 – Fighting fraud from within your dealership

June 15, 2011

Your greatest risk for loss from fraud is a senior manager operating without proper controls. Employees working in accounting and purchasing are your next-greatest threat. Persons working in IT, HR and R&D are least likely to perpetrate a fraud against your company. These are the findings of a survey... Read more »

June 13, 2011 – ProfitX an expense? ‘No way — it’s money in the bank’

June 15, 2011

Gaby Gregoire admittedly was unfamiliar with many of the speakers prior to attending Powersports Business’ Profit Xcelerator in Las Vegas for the first time. “Some of them I didn’t know anything at all about before I went there,” he said. “It was my first time there. But all of the seminars... Read more »