Tag Archives: Retail

The automotive retail market remains “resilient” during unprecedented headwinds, with “positive signs that an upturn is on the horizon.” That’s the view from Cox Automotive Europe as it releases the sixth instalment of its quarterly insight roundup, AutoFocus. AutoFocus brings together the latest views on the market from Cox Automotive as well as Owen Edwards at Grant Thornton, Steve Young ...

April’s retail used car prices market is not as negative as some recent reports have claimed, says Cazana. Motor Trader recently reported that used car values experienced the heaviest monthly drop since December 2014 and the steepest fall in the month of May since live data was introduced in 2012. In response to reports of falling retail prices Cazana claims ...

McLaren Automotive will make New Forest its newest dealership. It will be the ninth retailer in the brand’s UK market, catering for customers in the South of England region including Hampshire, Sussex and Kent. It joins the existing UK network of facilities in Ascot, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Hatfield, London, Manchester and Leeds. The site will be operated by Harwoods, a ...

In recent years, we have seen operators such as Tesla, Hyundai, Jaguar Land Rover and SEAT all take up leases in retail centres like Bluewater and Westfield. Even more recently, Mitsubishi’s new retail store in Lakeside shopping centre, Thurrock, and the announcement of a further 11 sites in prime retail areas to follow, further confirms the trend. Historically, these prime ...

Mitsubishi Motors UK has opened its first retail store. The retail outlet is located in the intu Lakeside shopping centre in West Thurrock, Essex. Development of the installation has been managed by Mitsubishi and automotive retail specialists Rockar. The store has multiple vehicles on display, plus interactive digital displays and analogue content designed to encourage customer interaction with the brand ...

Customers all encounter moments during the car buying process that test their commitment to see the purchase through. It might be lack of parking on the forecourt or perhaps employees don’t offer customers a hot drink even though they’re enjoying one. We call these moments Tripping Points. Large or small, all tripping points matter. The stress they cause can make a ...

Pre-orders for Tesla’s Model 3 – its lowest cost vehicle to date – began last month in stores around the world. So far almost 400,000 pre-orders had been placed. While Tesla’s latest electric vehicle was unveiled to huge fanfare, the actual process of buying a car has changed little in the hundred or so years since the first Model T ...

Mercedes-Benz Retail, the factory owned dealer group, generated almost 500 leads from a pop-up shop in Birmingham over five weeks. The pop-up in the Bullring Shopping Centre, Birmingham, attracted 45,000 visitors with its display of Mercedes-Benz vehicles, including the new Mercedes-AMG GT. Operated by Mercedes-Benz Birmingham Central, Mercedes-Benz Solihull and Mercedes-Benz Tamworth between 25 May and 25 June, it generated 479 ...

As dealers gear up for another strong year in 2015 Motor Trader is settting out to identify the next generation of car retailing bosses in the car retailing sector. This Motor Trader Rising Starts 2015 initiative, launched in association with Northridge Finance, is a national search for the next generation of movers and shakers who are already raising the professionalism ...

Motor Trader has launched a new industry search aimed at acknowledging and rewarding the next generation of car retailing bosses in the car retailing sector. This Motor Trader Rising Starts 2015 initiative, launched in association with Northridge Finance, is a national search for the next generation of movers and shakers who are already raising the professionalism of our fast changing ...