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Local Gm Dealers Worry; 2 Chrysler Shops Moving
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; May 15, 2009; ; 700+ Words ...notifying an estimated 1,100 dealers today that it intends...But it wasn't from GM. "No news is good news...locations that carry new GM vehicles. Neither he nor any of nine other GM dealers in Lancaster County...likewise was in the dark. But he was optimistic...
GM ADVERTISING CUTBACKS CREATE MEDIA RIPPLE
Automotive News; Jul 27, 1998; ; 700+ Words ...TV networks and local stations stand to...TV executives said GM's spending cuts...selling time booked by GM to other advertisers...very little from GM dealer associations," said...Media Reporting said. GM began cutting ad spending...is not completely dark. GM kicked off ...
GM ADVERTISING CUTBACKS CREATE MEDIA RIPPLE.
Automotive News; Jul 27, 1998; ; 700+ Words ...TV networks and local stations stand to...TV executives said GM's spending cuts...selling time booked by GM to other advertisers...very little from GM dealer associations," said...Media Reporting said. GM began cutting ad spending...is not completely dark. GM kicked off ...
GM dealers expect word on plans to cut 1,100 shops
AP Online; May 15, 2009; ; 700+ Words ...they were in the dark about how they would...more than 2,600 dealers by 2010. The remaining...Saturn and Hummer dealers, along with 400...dealerships. The GM dealer cuts are likely to...While many Chrysler dealers also sell other brands...a large number of GM dealers ...
GM Strike Threatens Local Ad Sales. (General Motors Inc. strike affecting cable advertising)
Multichannel News; Jul 20, 1998; ; 700+ Words ...a major threat to local cable ad sales, according...executives cited the GM strike as the one dark cloud on the otherwise...reduced spending by GM dealerships might...advertising spending" by GM dealers. On the other...felt that non-GM dealers will seize the ...
A helpless feeling: GM dealers await their fate.(NEWS)(General Motors Corp.)
Automotive News; May 11, 2009; ; 700+ Words ...which is funding GM operations with tax...the deadline. Many GM dealers feel helpless as...helpless For May, dealer Woody Woodring's local marketing association...area "decided to go dark buy no advertising...a better idea of GM's fate and their...
Local dealers at risk of closing in crowded field.(Front)
The Virginian Pilot; Dec 12, 2008; 700+ Words ...familiar with the local market acknowledge...We will lose dealer head count...region's largest dealer group, with 16...Virginia Automobile Dealers Association...dealership networks. GM projected it would...have too many dealers and therefore...and profitable dealer network," ...
BEST MARKETS GET GM AD CASH.
Automotive News; May 10, 1999; ; 700+ Words ...Requests to interview GM people, made over...denied. Still, some dealers have been groping...ultimately will mean to local advertising. As president...Butensky has discussed GM's new regional ad...us by the (former GM) dealer groups." At least...have left them in the dark ...
GM USES REGIONAL SHARE TO SET SPENDING: REORGANIZATION HAS CARMAKER RATING AREAS ON THREE LEVELS.
Advertising Age; May 10, 1999; ; 700+ Words ...market share. The dealer groups spent...advertising annually. GM declined to make...about 85% of GM dealers have signed up...will mean for local advertising...the [former GM] dealer groups." At...left them in the dark about ad plans...
MEDIA BEGINNING TO FEEL GM'S PAIN: LEAD U.S. AD SPENDER'S STRIKE WOES COULD COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS.
Advertising Age; Jul 27, 1998; ; 700+ Words ...TV networks and local stations stand...Last week, GM and two auto workers...executives said GM's spending cuts...little from GM dealer associations...But several dealers and regional dealer groups have stepped...customers away from GM dealerships...t completely ...
GM terminates contract with Anoka's Main Motors; After nearly a century in the auto business, the Carlson family had weathered wars and economic storms. But last week's impersonal letter from General Motors presents a challenge unlike any other. "We're going to continue operating," vows co-owner...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); Jun 17, 2009; ; 700+ Words ...Cities General Motors dealers. Yet Main Motors' GM dealership contract...angered and stunned by GM's decision, vow...relationship with GM officially ends Oct...to try to reverse local sales trends that...s gone?" The dark clouds seemed a million...
Trap-Resistant Trunk Kits Now Available at GM and Saturn Dealerships.
PR Newswire; Mar 29, 1999; 700+ Words ...can be ordered as a dealer-installed option on most new GM cars and all new Saturns...last summer motivated GM to make available...group executive of GM North America Vehicle...distributed at GM dealers, Saturn retailers...National SAFE KIDS local coalitions." Working...may ...
GM: Trap-resistant trunk kits now available at GM and Saturn dealerships.
M2 Presswire; Jun 9, 1999; 700+ Words ...let them know that dealer installed kits are...group executive of GM's North America...In the past week, GM purchased advertising...available through GM and Saturn dealers. "In just a few...may use to open a dark, locked trunk may...should contact their local GM or ...
The resurrection of Saturn: what it learned here should help GM as it tries to revive its other divisions.(Insight)
Automotive Design & Production; Mar 1, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...1990s began Saturn's dark days. It was forced...wanted to buy it. GM went to great lengths...it. By the time GM replaced the S-Series...What no one inside GM seemed to appreciate...phenomenally loyal to their local dealer. This customer support...beginning in 2000, Saturn ...
Car sales slow: strapped for cash, many dealers pitching used vehicles.
San Diego Business Journal; May 4, 2009; ; 700+ Words ...certainly be felt by local municipalities...What's more, GM also told dealers...close their doors. GM spokeswoman Susan...spokesman for the New Car Dealers Association of San...sustained the number (of GM dealerships) we...manufacturer and the dealer." Chrysler, too...through ...
For Car Dealers, the Hardest Sell Is on the Hill; Trying to Save His Business, Jack Fitzgerald Is Face of an Emerging Political Force
The Washington Post; Jun 4, 2009; ; 700+ Words ...machine, meeting with local and national politicians...consoled fellow dealers and tried to run...of a small army of dealers who descended on...sympathetically of the dealers' plight, though...forthcoming. The dealer complaints have resonated...court in New York. GM said about 500 ...
MSOs Optimistic About '99 Sales.
Multichannel News; Mar 22, 1999; ; 700+ Words ...500 million in dealers' ad funds. Pat...percent increase in local ad sales, or 5...The only potential dark cloud on the sales horizon is GM's takeover of...worried about the GM situation," Pancratz...worried about the GM strike," which...
Iacocca, dealers lobbied to save Chrysler.(The Franchise System)
Automotive News; Sep 25, 2006; ; 700+ Words ...the company's dealers. "They descended...for president. Dealers to Congress...All politics is local, as (former...got the leading dealer in each district...Janesville, which had GM; and Milwaukee...power. Michigan dealer McInerney remembers...Speaking dealers' language ...
Movin' On Up
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); Jan 9, 2008; ; 700+ Words ...sluggish 2007 and dark predictions for Detroit automakers in 2008, local car retailers had...there is a Ford or GM recall it's on the...Whether you are GM, Ford or Chrysler...t even consider GM or Ford," said Patrick...boosting sales for some dealers. "I think that Ford...generation ...
Sluggish demand pressures Ford, GM sales as new lineup boosts Chrysler.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; Jul 2, 2004; 700+ Words ...June proved to be a dark month for General...the Detroit-based GM and down 7.8 percent...5 percent, the local Chrysler Group division...National Automobile Dealers Association. He said...months lie ahead. At GM, which has four new...the month." Only GM's Cadillac and Saab...August," ...
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