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Kate Spatafora

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Kate Spatafora is the Associate Publisher for MG Business Media.

Articlesby Kate SpataforaMay 28, 2021

2021 Industry Trends: F&I in the Hotseat

Agents, dealers, and product providers need to stay ahead of their competition when it comes to F&I products. Whether it be which product is at the top of consumers’ shopping lists, how digital retailing is currently affecting the buying process, or trends in the way products are sold, our executives left no stone unturned.

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Articlesby Kate SpataforaMay 28, 2021

2021 Industry Trends: Economic and Political Impacts

The automotive industry is heavily influenced by a multitude of factors that fall outside the control of agents, dealers, and F&I product providers and administrators. Following a year that can only be classified as a rollercoaster for the economy, we are now also left predicting what effect a new president will have on the country as a whole and the world of automotive, specifically.

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Newsby Kate SpataforaFebruary 25, 2021

An Interview with Digital Air Strike’s Jason Barrie

In today’s dealership environment, strong data is the play. But keep in mind, it’s not just technology, it’s about the dealership experience.

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Articlesby Kate SpataforaDecember 9, 2020

An Interview with Lloyd Trushel

AE sat down with Trushel recently to get some insight into his experiences in the world of automotive and uncover the secrets behind a successful career in F&I.

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Articlesby Kate SpataforaAugust 12, 2020

Agents In Action: Overcoming the Pandemic

Four experts offer their advice, predictions and experiences from the font lines, to assist automotive agents and those they do business with, in the battle to overcome the aftermath of COVID-19.

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Articlesby Kate SpataforaJanuary 30, 2020

2020 Trends, Pt. I: The Industry

Thought leaders from the agent and product provider segments debate the past, present, and near future of the F&I products industry and the many components that drive it.

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Articlesby Kate SpataforaOctober 31, 2019

Winners Pave the Way to the DCAs

Executives representing Dealers’ Choice Awards-winning F&I product, training, and financial services providers reveal the trade secrets that won them national recognition from auto dealers.

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Articlesby Kate SpataforaOctober 30, 2019

The Next Generation of Dealer Websites

DealerSocket’s Eric Giroux believes dealers — and the agents who serve them — will benefit from faster site and page load times for customers researching vehicles and F&I products.

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Articlesby Kate SpataforaSeptember 5, 2019

Digital F&I Can Inform, Educate, and Compel Customers

Janet Crabtree of Reahard & Associates Inc. believes moving parts of F&I online — particularly in the form of consumer-facing product videos, can help create a foundation of trust that benefits the instore presentation.

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Articlesby Kate SpataforaJuly 7, 2019

Digital Q&A: Not If, Not When, But How

AutoFi’s Devon Ader says dealers and agents have stopped asking whether it’s time to get into digital retail and F&I and started trying to figure out how.

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