Same-store boat dealer sales increased in September, growing 5.6 percent year-over-year. Sales were up in most categories, according to the latest report from CDK Global Recreation, which is based on data from users of the company’s Lightspeed software. It was the eighth month in a row of improved sales, although significantly improved from August’s 0.5 percent increase. After dropping in ...
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CDK Global and MRAA partner to provide monthly dealer profitibility reports for members
MINNEAPOLIS —The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas, in collaboration with CDK Global Recreation, is making key retail sales data available at dealers’ fingertips through CDK Recreation’s Lightspeed dealer management software. CDK Recreation uses data from Lightspeed to supply MRAA with monthly reports containing year-over-year data indicative of industry performance on a monthly basis. The Lightspeed dealer reports are available ...
Read More »Boat dealer same-store sales surge in June
After two months of slowing growth, same-store dealer sales grew more than 8 percent in June. Sales were up in all categories, according to the latest report from CDK Global Recreation, which is based on data from users of the company’s Lightspeed software. Overall sales were up 8.1 percent year-over-year for the month, following 1 percent growth in May and ...
Read More »Lightspeed: Parts revenue down for the first time in 14 months
Boat dealer parts revenue ended its 13-month streak of year-over-year increases in May. Sales were up 1.0 percent over the month of May 2014, according to a report by CDK Global Recreation that uses data from dealers who use CDK’s Lightspeed software. Unit sales and service sales were up while parts sales were down in the report. The parts department ...
Read More »Lightspeed: April continues same-store sales growth
Boat dealer sales grew for the third month in a row in April. Sales were up 2.8 percent for the month over April 2014, CDK Global Recreation reported. Sales were up in all three categories in the report, which is based on data from dealers that use CDK’s Lightspeed software. Unit sales improved 4.3 percent for the month from April ...
Read More »CDK: Robust boat dealer sales growth in March
After a lackluster start to the year, boat dealers saw impressive growth in same-store sales in March. Sales were up 9.3 percent for the month over March 2014, CDK Global Recreation reported. Sales were up in all four categories in the report, which is based on data from dealers that use CDK’s Lightspeed software. That followed a flat month in ...
Read More »CDK Global Recreation names new regional sales manager
CDK Global Recreation, a division of CDK Global, Inc., welcomes David Martin as a new Lightspeed Regional Sales Manager in the Northeast region for CDK Global Recreation. David has 25 years in sales management in the powersports, marine and auto industries in the New York area. Before joining CDK he was a Dealer Principle at Oakdale Cycle & Marine New ...
Read More »Same-store dealer sales dip in January
For the first time in a year, boat dealers saw same-store sales decline year-over-year. Overall same-store sales dropped 1.5 percent in January 2015 from January 2014, according to a report from CDK Global Recreation today. It was the second year in a row that the report, based on data from user’s of CDK’s Lightspeed DMS, showed a January decline. In fact, ...
Read More »Same-store dealer sales surge in December
Marine dealers capped off 2014 with their best month of the year for sales growth. With a 31.2 percent gain in unit sales leading the way, marine dealers had robust year-over-year same-store sales increases in December, according to a report from CDK Global Recreation today. The December report, based on data from user’s of CDK’s Lightspeed DMS, showed a 24.7 ...
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