AEG's consulting and research services provide those in the automotive industry with enhanced understandings of the marketplace, and opportunities to improve performance. Our analyses are widely used in boardrooms, legislative hearings, courtrooms, and arbitration hearings.
Automotive Dealership Advisory Services
- Wrongful Termination Assesments and Arbitration
We provide assessments of factory-provided performance reports, sales metrics, market area assignments, and other performance metrics. We carefully identify factors that the factory commonly overlooks in their analysis, and quantify the impact those factors have on performance scores. Our findings are carefully document, supported by custom exhibits and data tables, and presented in a professional report suitable for use in legal proceedings. Click
here to view our Auto Dealer Arbitration Guide.
- Lost Profits and Damages Calculations for Dealer Terminations
Over 30 states, and the United States, have laws requiring franchisors to demonstrate cause for certain terminations, appointments, or realignments of dealer networks. AEG has experience in evaluating the market conditions, sales trends, product allocations, geography, and financial statements of dealerships, and has rendered opinions on the justification for factory levied termination decisions under various state statutes. Please see our Franchise page, or our Expert Testimony page, for more information.
- Valuation Studies
In addition to specific knowledge of the industry, AEG has experts in the valuation of retail franchisees, and has assisted a number of dealer-principals in the purchase, sale, or profits analysis of individual operations.
- Market and Sales Performance Analysis
We help automotive dealerships, service centers, and retail outlets maximize their potential based on their location in the market. We analyze sales performance, market penetration, sales-distance relationships, and market competition to help dealers achieve optimal sales performance within their market area, and to identify opportunities for growth. For a more basic and low cost option, we also offer
Market Snapshots Reports.
- Retail and Distribution Network Analyses
Dealerships, service centers, and other networks of automotive retailers can benefit from our services as we carefully determine market potential based on our expertise in retail economics and the automotive industry. We analyze sales performance, market penetration, sales-distance relationships, and market competition to help you achieve optimal sales performance within your current network of locations, and to identify opportunities to realign or resize the network fit to service the market.
- Expert Testimony and Litigation Support
AEG experts have provided expert testimony and expert reports for manufacturers, dealers, and tier I suppliers in a variety of state, local, and federal venues, including arbitration hearings and court proceedings. Please see our Expert Testimony page for more information.
We have worked with dealerships and their associations across the United States, including those for General Motors, Toyota, Honda, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Chrysler, BMW, Lincoln-Mercury dealers, and Harley Davidson.
Other Automotive Industry Services
- Industry Studies and Benchmarking
Our industry analyses or benchmarking studies help those in the automotive industry better understand their market position, strategic options, and hidden weaknesses. We can determine industry employment, occupational trends, average wages, growth and contraction trends, and strengths and weaknesses. We can also estimate economic and fiscal impacts for the industry as a whole, and for unique sectors within the industry.
- Policy Studies
AEG has worked with original equipment manufacturers and their associations on policy issues that affect the manufacturing and the sales side of the industry, including CAFÉ, environmental justice, taxes, and other factors. Please see our Public Policy page for more information.
Expertise Reflected in Published Work
A number of Anderson Economic Group experts have authored or co-authored published works on topics of relevance to the automotive industry, including articles in publications such as The Wall Street Journal and The Detroit News, as well as journals such as Business Economics, and working papers published by Anderson Economic Group. In addition, chapters in the book Business Economics & Finance (CRC Press) and portions of the chapter in the book Developments in Litigation Economics (Elsevier) describing valuation, damages, retail sales analysis, and other topics of interest to the automotive industry.
We have worked with dealerships and their associations across the United States, including those for General Motors, Toyota, Honda, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Chrysler, BMW, Lincoln-Mercury dealers, and Harley Davidson.