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Canoo Aims To Reinvent Electric Vehicles And Subscriptions

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A COVID slump slowed the roll of major automakers and dealers this past spring, with the pandemic causing a 30 percent drop in auto sales to date. That’s giving extra momentum to the car-leasing trend that’s been displacing ownership for years. Many people think 2020 is the wrong time to buy a car anyway. It's not a true brand.

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Vintage Toys Aid In Happiness Recovery

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Hornby , the legendary British maker of model cars and trains, is seeing renewed interest in one of the oldest mechanical amusements still in production: the model train set. Yet we have not only weathered this shattering storm, our sales have increased by 33 percent in the first half of 2020, moving Hornby back into profitability.".

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NEW REPORT: California Takes An Unattended Twist on Vehicle Registration

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Rather, automated technology is being combined with human expertise to drive new revenue opportunities and boost sales and efficiency in the space. Ford, for one, recently partnered with Alibaba on a concept to sell the car company’s vehicles in massive vending machines.

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Car Commerce Tracker: Self-Driving Tech Companies Weigh In On California Policy

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Another big week in the developing connected car space. One expanded partnership between a payment company and a vehicle manufacturer, along with a recent connected-car device company acquisition, looks to set the stage for further developments and greater interconnectivity. sales operations.

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What Apple Fans Are Expecting From Today’s iPhone Event

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As is usually the case, there has been some fun speculation on that point, with the annual rumors about an Apple Car making the rounds. Apple’s phone sales have been in decline, and the iPhone’s status as a veritable ATM for the company has diminished some in the last several years.

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Frightful Five: The Early Bird Gets The Cheap Bird

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Will consumers trust Facebook to verify their identity at real-world points of sale? Alexa has come to the great white north: The Echo Dot and Echo Plus went on sale in Canada on Wednesday (Nov. That’s on top of the recent expansion that increased the number of used cars for sale on the marketplace.

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Kohl’s Sizzles, ICOs Fizzle And Juicero’s Cold-Pressed Sales Run Dry

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Recommerce market : Buying pre-owned items ain’t just for cars. The recommerce market, which is focused on returned and (gently) used items, has been big business, where in China those sales are worth $60 billion. Can you spell coopetition?

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