ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A used car lot in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood is accused of deceiving buyers. The Consumer Protection Division of the Alaska Department of Law has filed a civil complaint against Anchorage Auto Mart, LLC, a family-run business that repairs and resells vehicles purchased at auction. © Provided […]
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Global Road Freight Transportation Services Market 2020 Applications, Market Size According to a Specific Product, Sales and Revenue by Region 2025
The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Aug 17, 2020 (CDN Newswire via Comtex) — The recent report added to the storehouse of MarketsandResearch.biz namely Global Road Freight Transportation Services Market 2020 by Manufacturers, Countries, Type and Application, Forecast to 2025 shows valuable insights […]
Exotic Car Trader Sees Classic Car Sales Skyrocket as a Result of Covid-19
Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Classic car sales are skyrocketing as the effects of COVID-19 on the industry are dwindling. Since launching a brand-new Seller Dashboard, classic car enthusiasts can now list their cars online with the option to dispatch a photographer to capture their “for sale” images. With this new […]
Car sales rise and car-share companies boom as pandemic upends transportation
© Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images Like many people in recent months, AnnaLiisa Ariosa-Benston of Brooklyn has seen her primary sources of income transform in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. An arts event producer, she now is picking up odd jobs in renovation and […]
CORRECTED-FOCUS-Pandemic revs up race for U.S. online car sales
(Corrects name of Vroom CEO in paragraph 12 to Hennessy) By Nick Carey DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug 3 (Reuters) – After years of being part of a future that never quite arrived, the coronavirus pandemic has put U.S. online car sellers on the map. Now comes a race to spend […]
US weapon sales boss talks China, arms exports and his agency’s future
WASHINGTON — After years of working various jobs related to security cooperation, Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper took over the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency in August 2017. It was an appointment that coincided with a major push by the Trump administration to increase weapon sales as an economic driver. Three […]
FOCUS-Pandemic revs up race for U.S. online car sales
By Nick Carey DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug 3 (Reuters) – After years of being part of a future that never quite arrived, the coronavirus pandemic has put U.S. online car sellers on the map. Now comes a race to spend vast sums on digital commerce platforms specifically designed to handle […]
Pandemic revs up race for U.S. online car sales
By Nick Carey DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – After years of being part of a future that never quite arrived, the coronavirus pandemic has put U.S. online car sellers on the map. Now comes a race to spend vast sums on digital commerce platforms specifically designed to handle auto sales. […]
how to stay safe as UK cycle sales soar
Photograph: DWD-photo/Alamy The coronavirus crisis has resulted in Britons buying bikes in huge numbers, but in tandem with increased sales has come an epidemic of theft. Insurers are warning that claims have leapt by 46% in the past seven weeks compared with last year. In April, at the height of […]
Online sales will help with virus resurgence
DETROIT (AP) — The past five years have been rough for Hyundai in the U.S. as it scrambled to catch up with a massive shift in consumer preferences from cars to trucks and SUVs. The South Korean auto company ran through multiple leaders as it added utility vehicles to a […]
Why Investors Should Keep an Eye on Changing Sales Strategies
In the first half of 2020, most car manufacturers are seeing decreased sales. General Motors (NYSE:GM) recorded a 7% decrease in total vehicle sales in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2020 compared to the year-ago quarter, with sales falling 34% year over year in the second quarter. Ford […]
Bike sales surge not enough to boost Halfords as lockdown puts cars off road
PR supplied Halfords has reported a surge in bike sales after Brits took to two wheels during lockdown to avoid public transport – but it was not enough to boost overall revenues with cars off the road. The car parts to cycling gear retailer said it had performed better than […]
Black-owned businesses see sales surge amid racism reckoning
BOSTON (AP) — When Mahdi Hashemian was looking for a bicycle for his 7-year-old daughter Zeynab last week, the Cambridge, Massachusetts, resident decided to skip his local cycle shops in favor of a Black-owned one a few miles away in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. At Spokehouse, a bike shop with “Black […]
21 best Fourth of July sales and deals
Fireworks, barbeques and epic sales: It’s a recipe for an ideal Fourth of July. While we may be missing out on gatherings and parades due to coronavirus this Independence Day, you can still count on retailers and brands slashing prices on products across the board, from summer clothing to furniture. […]
Sales of canoes, kayaks, other outdoor gear rebound during the coronavirus pandemic
MILWAUKEE – On a Thursday morning in mid-March, Darren Bush was poised to open Canoecopia, the largest event of its kind in the world. Bush, the owner of Rutabaga Paddlesports in Monona, Wis., was nervous about the emerging threat of COVID-19, but safer-at-home had not yet been implemented. Vendors from […]
Wineries turn to online sales to avoid getting crushed by the COVID-19 pandemic
Susan Tipton began making wine after she and her husband settled on an 18-acre property in Acampo, California, in 2003. Inspired by a trip to the Southern Rhône region of France where she first tasted Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines, Tipton planted rows of Grenache Blanc in the sandy soil there. Soon, what […]
Car dealerships are reopening but the pivot to online sales has begun
Shutterstock Car dealerships are among the next establishments to reopen in England from June 1. It’s welcome news to an industry that suffered an enormous drop in sales following the nationwide lockdown that started on March 30. New car registrations in Britain were down 97% in April 2020 compared to […]
COVID-19 is changing how we buy cars with online sales, home delivery and more transparent pricing
At some point, we’ve all felt like a chump in a car dealership showroom, waiting for the salesperson to emerge from a shrouded back office where they presumably spent the last 20 minutes pushing a hard-nosed manager to chip another $100 off the price of that car you’re haggling over. After hours at the dealership, it feels like […]