ESA TLN | A backlog of lease returns is looming that will eventually wash ashore at dealerships to the tune of over one million transactions. ESA’s Adam Armbruster with another Thought Leadership Now update.

ESA TLN | How will automotive sales respond in the wake of the coronavirus crisis? ESA’s Adam Armbruster provides a few insightful projections.

ESA Car Keys | 4Q auto sales declined 2.3% year-over-year, and the US market finished the 2019 year at 17.1M units, down 0.7%. This marks five consecutive years of 17M+ units sold. Consumers spent more overall on automotive purchases.

ESA Car Keys | General Motors, in an attempt to boost disappointing sales of the Chevrolet Camaro, is offering a $3,000 discount exclusively to owners and lessees of the competing Ford Mustang.

ESA Car Keys | Here’s why the initial concerns about the automotive market were overstated, with September numbers reported and three quarters in the books for 2019.

The economy’s biggest pillar — the American shopper — stood steadfast through a summer of mounting economic challenges characterized by soft global growth and trade uncertainty.

Amazon’s attempt to prevent review fraud appears to be foiled, as there has been a surge of fraudulent reviews on the site recently. Within the last few months, many products have landed dozens of five-star reviews within hours or days of being initially merchandised.

Yes, bedding has a high close rate. But the buying gap is still too high for a vital health product like mattresses. Retailers need to make the better sleep connection when consumers are shopping for a mattress.

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March finished below expectations, finishing a downward-trending first quarter of three consecutive monthly year-over-year declines in the US auto market