Kia dealers are the happiest in UK, but Jaguar franchise holders are most pessimistic. Dealer satisfaction regarding current profit returns have experienced a slight decrease, with an average score of 6.1, down by – 0.1 from the Summer 2023 edition (-1.6% change) of surveys by the National Franchised Dealers Association. Assessing the trends, from previous DAS surveys, current profit return … [Read more...]
Profits and confidence in dealerships
“Profit margins” and “consumer confidence” have been named as both the two biggest threats and the two biggest opportunities facing dealers, according to a new survey for the RAC Dealer Network. Almost half of respondents (48%) named reducing profit margins as the biggest threat to dealer business in the second half of 2018, followed by falling consumer confidence (26%) and Brexit … [Read more...]