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In the coming weeks and months, Dealer Members will be meeting NJ CAR’s newest employee, Rachel Swartz. Rachel will be serving as a Dealer Liaison for all Coalition programs and will be working closely with Gail Caputi, visiting dealers to review current industry trends, NJ CAR programs and...

The House of Representatives recently passed an amendment that would prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from spending any funds to enforce the Bureau’s flawed 2013 auto finance guidance. The amendment, which passed by a vote of 260-162, was added to the fiscal year 2017 Financial Services...

Document scanning can save a dealership time, space and money. Proper storage of information can also help ensure dealers are compliant with all of their State and federal record-keeping responsibilities, and can easily produce critical documents for manufacturer queries or audits. NJ CAR hosted a FREE Webinar on...

After seven consecutive years of sales growth, a newly released report from AlixPartners, a New York City-based consulting firm, forecasts U.S. light vehicle sales of 17.5 million in 2017—down slightly from this year’s 17.8 million forecast. The report also looks ahead and expects U.S. sales to bottom out...

On June 20, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that finally puts to rest questions about the overtime status of “service advisors” employed by retail automotive dealerships. The decision reverses a lower court ruling that service advisors are entitled to overtime pay, and rejects a 2011 Department...

The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee approved a bill (S15) that would gradually raise the State’s minimum wage from $8.38 to $15 per hour by 2021. The full Assembly passed an identical bill in May.Opponents of the increase say that small businesses would see their payrolls sky-rocket and...