Articles by Emily Schultz

How to Declutter the Customer Experience: Text Messaging

Tim Berman describes what practices to avoid and to consider.

By Emily Schultz posted on August 30, 2022 | Posted in Best Practices, Dealership Marketing

Technology can help your dealership declutter the customer experience, and the latest tool to do it is through text messaging, says Tim Berman, innovator manager at Constellation Software.

OPE and Tractor Dealers Report Declining Sales

By Emily Schultz posted on July 13, 2022 | Posted in Data & Forecasts

Source: Constellation Dealership Software

The second quarter of 2022 brought in lows for outdoor power equipment (OPE) and tractor sales, according to Constellation Dealership Software companies Ideal, c-systems and Charter.

OPE and Tractor Dealers Report Sales Down in April

By Emily Schultz posted on June 16, 2022 | Posted in Data & Forecasts

Source: Constellation Dealership Software

Collecting data from over 1,300 tractor dealers and over 2,000 OPE dealers, the Constellation data warehouse reports data from dealers over the past 3 years. It shares data from sales in all departments, service repairs and wholegoods sales.

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