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		<title>Driving the Future: How AF-X Empowers Dealerships to Thrive in a Digital-First Automotive Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="263" height="253" src="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Article_11.03.2025_2048x1331-263x253.jpg" class="attachment-newedge-small size-newedge-small wp-post-image" alt="AutoFacets Article" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Article_11.03.2025_2048x1331-263x253.jpg 263w, https://www.autofacets.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Article_11.03.2025_2048x1331-555x536.jpg 555w" sizes="(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px" /></p>The Norwegian automotive industry is undergoing a significant transformation driven by electrification, evolving customer behaviours, and shrinking profit margins. Traditional revenue streams, such as new car sales and aftersales services, are no longer as lucrative, putting immense pressure on dealerships. The shift to electric vehicles (EVs) further disrupts the service market, reducing maintenance and spare&nbsp;<br /><br /><a class="btn btn-style" href="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/driving-the-future-how-af-x-empowers-dealerships-to-thrive-in-a-digital-first-automotive-industry/">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Spider in The Automotive Web</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 06:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="263" height="253" src="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AF-After-sales-Magazine-Article-263x253.jpg" class="attachment-newedge-small size-newedge-small wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></p>AutoFacets-AMT partnership has led to the development of a one-of-its-kind platform that allows all mobility solutions to be transacted in one place. This Cloud-based platform that AutoFacets developed is pivotal in virtually assisting the Client to achieve its grand vision. This platform combines various fleet-related modalities’ needs in a single place without manual intervention. Learn&nbsp;<br /><br /><a class="btn btn-style" href="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/spider-in-the-automotive-web/">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why a Digital-first customer experience is imperative in 2021?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="263" height="253" src="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/25032021_Insight-263x253.jpg" class="attachment-newedge-small size-newedge-small wp-post-image" alt="Automotive IT Solutions" decoding="async" /></p>The global automotive industry has been the most disrupted sector in the last decade, especially after everything 2020 brought along. There have been some profound and prominent trends that have impacted the global automotive landscape. Be it electric cars, autonomous mobility, digital selling or shared mobility, the future of automobiles is headed in the right&nbsp;<br /><br /><a class="btn btn-style" href="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/why-a-digital-first-customer-experience-is-imperative-in-2021/">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Global Automotive Sales in 2021: The ever-changing landscape</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2021 07:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="263" height="253" src="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AF_SM_Post_13-03_Blog-1-263x253.jpg" class="attachment-newedge-small size-newedge-small wp-post-image" alt="Dealer Management" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></p>Gone are the days when OEMs used to decide the rules of the global automotive industry. Four of the most resolute and redefining automotive trends: connectivity, sharing economy, autonomous driving, and electrification are laying the foundation stone of the future of mobility. The automotive landscape is shapeshifting at an unprecedented rate, especially after everything that&nbsp;<br /><br /><a class="btn btn-style" href="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/global-automotive-sales-in-2021-the-ever-changing-landscape/">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Auto Dealers and their New Rules on Customer Relationships</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 06:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="263" height="253" src="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Autodealers-banner-263x253.jpg" class="attachment-newedge-small size-newedge-small wp-post-image" alt="Auto dealers App." decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></p>The Digital Exigent Digital transformation forces businesses to modify their business models and adapt to the new reality of the market. The best thing about this paradigm shift is, it is not driven by the businesses, this is driven by the customers. In this new wave of digital transformation, automakers have no choice but to&nbsp;<br /><br /><a class="btn btn-style" href="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/auto-dealers-and-their-new-rules-on-customer-relationships/">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Showroom to Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2020 13:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="263" height="253" src="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AF_Blog-Dealers-Shoroom-to-Workshop-3-263x253.jpg" class="attachment-newedge-small size-newedge-small wp-post-image" alt="Auto Dealers Solutions" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></p>Losing customers lifetime service potential has been a challenge for dealers. Most of a dealership’s sales customers tend to switch to other aftermarket service providers. What are the reasons behind this pattern in dealership customers? How can dealers hold their Showroom buyers further to their Workshops? We observed our dealer-customers and their end customers, and&nbsp;<br /><br /><a class="btn btn-style" href="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/showroom-to-workshop/">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Digital Customer Service through ZeroTouch Digital Service Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 11:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="263" height="253" src="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Contactless_Blog-263x253.jpg" class="attachment-newedge-small size-newedge-small wp-post-image" alt="Contact less Digital service" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></p>Tough times call for innovations. Well, in a time when almost every industry is being disrupted at a large scale, the world is witnessing some welcoming strategic implementations. In the automotive industry specifically, stakeholders are deploying never heard before innovative ideas to steer the business out of these critical times and ensure the much needed&nbsp;<br /><br /><a class="btn btn-style" href="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/digital-customer-service-through-zerotouch-digital-service-management/">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dealership Innovations That are Defining the New Normal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 05:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="263" height="253" src="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Top-Banner-without-Text-min-1024x341-1-263x253.png" class="attachment-newedge-small size-newedge-small wp-post-image" alt="Automotive Dealership Innovations" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></p>As the world adjusts to the new normal with face masks and sanitizers, the automotive industry is also adapting to the new dynamics and an eventual new customer journey of car purchasing. The automotive dealerships are leaving no stone unturned to convert the receding footfall of the dealerships into online traffic and deliver a similar&nbsp;<br /><br /><a class="btn btn-style" href="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/dealership-innovations-that-are-defining-the-new-normal/">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Automotive Dealerships Come Forward During Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2020 04:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="263" height="253" src="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Big-Transformation-02-263x253.jpg" class="attachment-newedge-small size-newedge-small wp-post-image" alt="Automotive Dealerships" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></p>As the world is facing a new challenge, the automotive industry is taking every precautionary measure to ensure everyone stays safe. Dealerships being the first point of contact for any OEM, are being directed to practice the required guidelines, right from increased sanitizing and cleaning to maintaining social distancing. Along with adhering to mandatory health&nbsp;<br /><br /><a class="btn btn-style" href="https://www.autofacets.com/insights/automotive-dealerships-come-forward-during-crisis/">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Plan of Digital Action Disrupts The Automotive Retailing Ecosystem</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2020 10:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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