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Will Digital Auto Retailing’s Current Popularity Wane? “Each customer is unique, and chooses their own path to buy a car,” says Steve Wittman of car dealership chain Sonic Automotive. TrueCar.com CEO Michael Darrow hopes auto retailing “doesn’t fall back on the adage that cars are too complicated to sell online.” That was a common claim when the Internet was picking up steam in the retail space. However, Darrow (pictured below, left) and others in the car business are pretty sure digital auto retailing is here to stay and won’t fade in consumer popularity.   It particula...

Niger Business Posted on: Automation is hardly a new threat to workers. Long before the arrival of COVID-19 disrupted businesses, many manufacturing executives were already changing how their companies assembled products, and other industries Continue Reading Automation is hardly a new threat to workers. Long before the arrival of COVID-19 disrupted businesses, many manufacturing executives were already changing how their companies assembled products, and other industries ...

Increased Pandemic Automation Fuels Workforce Anxiety The COVID-19 health crisis has undoubtedly pushed companies toward automated processes and robotic systems. As the vaccine is rolled out, some worry workers may be permanently displaced as health restrictions loosen by Olivia Rockeman, James Attwood and Joe Deaux, Bloomberg News / December 17, 2020 Refraction AI in Ann Arbor has developed an autonomous delivery robot. The first generation Rev1 sits at a red light in Kerrytown while on a mission Wednesday, Jan. 15, 20...

Unions Worry Uptick in Automated Jobs Will Go Beyond Pandemic To maintain productivity and safety, some jobs are installing robot coworkers. Labor unions worry that the robots will continue to occupy jobs after the pandemic ends while others say they will free up workers for other positions. Olivia Rockeman, James Attwood and Joe Deaux, Bloomberg News   |   December 17, 2020   |  Analysis (TNS) — For decades, the attitude of unions and their advocates to increased automation could be summed up in one word: no. They feared that every tim...

Synopsis The impact of technology on employment has been a topic of anxiety and study for generations with mixed results. Cars didn’t kill trains, television didn’t end radio. iStock Some argue that turning over repetitive jobs to robots will free up workers to take on new roles in what is now a booming industry -- elderly care. For decades, the attitude of unions and their advocates to increased automation could be summed up in one word: no. They feared that every time a machine was slipped into the workflow, a laborer lost a job. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a small but significant...