Author: Todd Phillips

Amazing Collisions

Collision is generally a negative term — something people try desperately to avoid. But for many of the 25,000 people from around the globe who visited Toronto in May to attend the Collision conference — one of North America’s largest …

Bright lights in Sin City

April 30, 2019

Second largest crowd in show history for Digital Signage Expo 2019. Canadian auto dealer was on hand to find out what new developments will impact dealerships. Billed as the world’s largest trade show and conference for digital displays, interactive technology …

Show Biz Stars

April 30, 2019

Canadian auto dealer went behind the scenes to witness the next generation of leaders from the Automotive Business School of Canada preparing to bring North America’s largest outdoor, student-run auto show to life. For more than 30 years, thousands of …

ACE delivers value for dealers

April 30, 2019

The second Automotive Conference and Expo — now known simply as ACE — brings Canada’s dealers, suppliers and industry experts together to learn, to do business, and to have a little fun too ACE, the two-day conference and trade show …

Positive vibe at CADA Summit 2019

April 9, 2019

Dealers attending the 7th annual CADA Summit walked away with a sense of measured confidence at the prospects for the year ahead, and for the longer term outlook for their businesses. Now billed as “Canada’s Automotive Summit,” this year’s version …

Navdeep Bains tours auto show

April 9, 2019

Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, visited the Canadian International AutoShow and talked with Canadian auto dealer On the opening day of the Canadian International AutoShow, Canada’s point person for the auto industry toured the show …

Adapt and thrive

For the Canadian auto dealer team, the first part of the year is always a frenzied blur of events, conferences and auto shows. This year it started with NADA in January, the CADA Summit and various auto shows in Toronto, …

Dealers weighing website options

February 27, 2019

In February, when Cox Automotive Canada and Trader officially ended their partnership providing websites and related services to Canadian dealerships, the competitive landscape changed overnight. Canadian dealerships who were previously using a Dealer.com website platform sold by Trader now have …