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This UK car dealers market research report on the retailing of new and used cars in the UK also investigates the provision of finance and insurance packages associated with such purchases and the provision of aftercare and servicing facilities The report also discusses the current market trends and…

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This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing new automobiles and light trucks, such as sport utility vehicles, and passenger and cargo vans, or retailing these new vehicles in combination with activities, such as repair services, retailing used cars, and selling replacement parts and accessories. This report covers the scope, size, disposition and growth of the industry including the key sensitivities and success factors. Also included are five year industry forecasts, growth rates and an analysis of the industry key players and their market shares.

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The Auto Dealers Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the auto dealers industry.

It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies.

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Covering over 175 industries and updated every 90 days, the First Research Industry Profiles do the “heavy lifting” for you – saving your sales team valuable research time, enhancing client communications and giving you the competitive edge to win more business.

Easy-to-use and up-to-date, the Industry Profiles provide you with the industry research necessary to stay on top of constant changes in select industries.

The First Research profiles help target your products and services directly to prospects. The Industry Profiles provide the information and understanding you need to engage new prospects during the sales process, deepen customer relationships and strengthen your own bottom line.

Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter:

The US retail auto industry includes 50,000 car and truck dealers with combined annual sales of about $770 billion. Among the largest dealers are AutoNation, Sonic Automotive, United Auto Group, and Group 1 Automotive. The top 100 dealer groups account for less than 15 percent of industry sales in this highly fragmented industry. The industry includes 25,000 new car dealers with sales of $700 billion and about 25,000 used car dealers with sales of $70 billion.

A typical dealership has $30 million in annual revenue; about 500 dealers have annual revenue over $100 million. The large majority of dealers are privately owned and operate a single dealership, but some of the largest dealers are public companies and own hundreds of dealerships.

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Demand for cars is heavily influenced by consumer income and interest rates, because most cars are bought on credit. A dealerships profitability depends largely on the volume of cars and services sold, because most costs are fixed. Large dealerships have advantages in a wider selection of cars and larger advertising budget. Annual revenue per employee ranges from $300,000 at small dealers to $600,000 at large dealers.

PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY

A typical car de

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Car retailing through traditional new-car dealerships remains an archaic process, which places the needs of the manufacturers and distributors before those of the customer. So, have the current developments in distribution and retailing helped to reduce customer alienation? We believe they have to a degree, and this new report provides a commentary upon those recent developments, their effects, and ways in which the vehicle retailing industry might be expected to change in the not too distant future.

Changes are brought about by competition in the marketplace, the development of consumerism, prices to the consumer, e-enabled consumers, and the intervention of block exemption. These forces appear to suggest that a substantially modified retailing model is required to deal with all these pressures for change, in a positive and consumer-friendly way.

In the face of these changes, retailers are adopting a number of new approaches. These vary from attempting to create friendly environments where palm trees, coffee shops and Lego bricks meet customers; to offering multi franchises under one roof; or allowing access to virtual dealerships, where cars may be purchased at considerably lower prices.

It is suggested that when the full impact of block exemption revisions are felt, further developments will occur. New alternative fuels, political pressure and the continuing commoditisation of the car will also drive change in retailing.

The scenario just-auto is expecting to occur is an increased rate of attrition and evolution of current franchised networks, albeit with some operational merging with previously un-franchised specialists so that sales points may be less frequent, while service points may actually increase in numbers and locations. New market entrants will be rare due to the intense competition derived from the free market philosophy being forced into car retailing, or even with a total absence of outlets, new entrants would be discouraged by the basic inab

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This is the 4th edition of our ever-popular global car sales report, which continues to grow year on year and now has over 150 pages and more data and analysis than ever.

It contains the following data:

- Incremental annual (point) sales volume growth over 2003 base, by major region 2004 and

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The Car Retailing in Australia report is an in depth study containing statistics, trends, forecasts and competitor information. This class consists of units mainly engaged in retailing new or used cars.

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This report discusses the current and future prospects of the CPO industry. This study has been conducted in two parts. The first part consisted of primary research, conducted by telephone, among a randomly selected sample of 1,943 adult American consumers. The second part consisted of in-depth,

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Spurred on by the lowest interest rates experienced since the mid 60s, the consumer credit market is booming. Customers have a ‘borrow-to-buy’

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This report covers the market for automobiles in China, including sedan cars, hatchback cars, minivans, SUVs & taxis, commercial vehicles (trucks and buses), motorcycles and auto parts, accessories & bodies.

China has emerged rapidly as a consumer market, thanks to the socialist economic

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