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Monday Signal Brief: Week of July 13, 2026
A DARPI-led read for the whole floor. Our retail index shows used pulling below wholesale and demand softening, the economic dials point to a soft second half, and buyers are stretched on the monthly while driving the oldest fleet on record. What it means for sales, F&I, and service.
Monday Signal Brief: Week of July 6, 2026
Affordability is showing up as a demand problem before a price problem. DARPI has retail asking prices holding while volume softens for a second straight week.
Right to Repair Is Coming. Here Is What It Actually Means for Your Service Lane.
The REPAIR Act passed committee 48-1. The telematics fight is unresolved. Massachusetts already won in court. Here is the full picture and what it means for your fixed ops revenue.
Monday Signal Brief: Week of June 30, 2026
Payment wall at $813. Tariff floor defined. Hybrid prices at all-time highs. SAAR year-end call: 15.85M. Plus 3 open recalls your service lane should run this week.
Nobody Trusts Yelp. Nobody Can Quite Ignore It Either.
Franchise dealers have been right to distrust Yelp for two decades. What they have not reckoned with is what the platform has become in its decline, and where that leaves their rating on a Sunday morning when a customer is trying to find their lot.
Monday Signal Brief — June 23, 2026
The Fed isn't cutting. Credit stress is moving earlier. CarMax's finance arm just became the largest Tier 2 lender. Recalls, inventory, and one jobs number worth a callback. All of it in plain language.
Monday Morning Signal Brief — June 16, 2026
Used EV prices are moving. Everyone is blaming gas. The data says something else. Plus May SAAR, our Q3 model projection, and 1M Jeeps with a park-outside warning.
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