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Lou Ramirez and it's Fred Lynn Arts and we are Brewing Solutions on the CarGuy Coffee Podcast
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excited to be brewing solutions with you all talking about 2026's NADA with some of our
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favorite friends inside of Automotive. We see them right over there, see that right there?
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Our friends over at Purecars, we are pumped up to be brewing solutions with them
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and to see what it is that they got brewing for the industry this year. They always got something
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that's hot piping and just some of that good stuff. It's been nice the last few years we've been
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part of some of their big announcements, we've been able to interview the people making the
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announcements and talking about what's next. Last year they had some really big things, AI was in
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the forefront and they were bringing that out and they have gotten another year of that information
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put into that. I can't wait to see what they draw. I can't wait to see what's going on at their booth,
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I can't wait to talk about NADA but more importantly these two ladies are good friends of ours
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and I'm so excited to have them both on the screen with us. Between the two of them we've had some
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great conversations, we've masterminded some really great stuff and we've really collaborated to
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really I think and I know bring Automotive to the next level and I'm excited to see what they're
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doing to help bring Automotive next level for 26 so it's gonna be great. This is gonna be a great
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this is gonna be a great double-fisted action car gal copy episode for you with some of our
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favorite friends inside of the industry that are always buzzing and always just keeping it real.
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That's one thing that I do really appreciate about these ladies is how real they keep it
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and just how fun that they actually are. So let's keep the fun going everybody. Let's welcome to
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the CarGuy Cafe. Once again we are filming live over here right now inside of Bulldog Ford. You
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are seeing this on a recording everybody but that's where we are so you might see some moving and
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some shaking of some car deals happening because we are boots on the ground having some fun but
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speaking of being boots on the ground having some fun we will see you at NADA with our friends over
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a pure car so you're gonna see us with a microphone and a lot of energy talking to our friends starting
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off with first the one the only cake cola challenge. What's happening sister how are you?
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I'm good how are you guys? We're amazing and it's good to see you. We happy new year right?
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Happy new year. 26 is here and it's not started it's already halfway through the month. Wow we
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already just a couple not a little bit like a little bit longer but a couple weeks away from the
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big show so this is pretty big it's gone by pretty quick. It's gone by really quick I can't believe
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it's been a year since we were in since we were in snow lot. Yeah that's right I don't think we're
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gonna have to worry about snow this year so I think we're gonna be good if we did I think that
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long apart there's something going on right? Yeah that would be terrible if we got snowed in last
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oh my goodness that would be wild another unprecedented event definitely will be something to
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thank goodness everybody made the adjustment and kept it in Vegas and I just think we should
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probably stay closer to that neck of the woods for the NADA's but I can't believe Kate it has
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been already a year we still have people that are reeling from the adjustments how they had to
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respond to last year's NADA and this year it's ready right here in front of us we're talking
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about the new consider moving and what a year and automotive that we've had goodness it's been a busy
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one it's been for us crazy I think we it's been non-stop since last year's show we've had some
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new products coming out we've enhanced some of our products just lots going on we've continued
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to build on our OEM relationships our team has just been doing a fantastic job growing all of
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those OEM opportunities so not just at the dealer level but at tier one tier two tier three
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we've got a lot keeping our teams busy these days yeah you do and speaking of being non-stop
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you do have one individual who is a constant non-stop inside of this business she is so energetic
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and so in tune with so many of the things that are brewing inside of the industry we are so
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thankful to have her as a friend colleague and ear to the ground inside of the industry because
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she always knows her stuff so please make welcome miss non-stop herself the one the only Hannah
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Lifson welcome to the party hey guys how's it going it's amazing happy new year Hannah it's good to
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see you I know you as well we're excited we're super excited and we were just talking obviously
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you heard everything we're talking okay I'm sure you got something you want to throw in on that
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how has the year been for you oh wow I think I was seeing you guys at two to three week clip
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around the country so if anyone knows it's you all 2025 was a phenomenal year for peer cars as
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Kate mentioned our products have advanced our OEM relationships have strengthened the market
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is a level when you're at Snowland are you getting a little bit of feed?
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a little bit just a little bit are you how are we sounding to you though we're sounding good
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you guys sound fine I'm giving myself a little bit of feedback I tell you the feedback doesn't
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sound bad on our end it's just a very slight but what I love is like your background what is that
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look what kind of art is that to your on your over your left shoulder oh gosh is this part gonna
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make the recording okay this is taking an absolute tangent right from the beginning
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this is my apartment I got a little love the arts I got some custom art made
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I'll send you guys some pictures later offline art is big and that's part of what you guys do
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at peer cars it's an art form which you all are doing you guys are bringing technology people
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all these things and you're collaborating with people but that all takes a little bit of art
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when it comes to that being finessable and also holding something rigid at the same time that's
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why I love about art art is free-flowing and it could be a lot of different things and I do love
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art NADA is a place where people get to show what kind of art they put out really it's like
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a big display of artwork everyone's things that they're doing out there and I'm excited to see
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what all the different vendors are doing but in particular I can't wait to sit down with you
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guys and do some interviews while we're there what's the part you're looking most forward to for NADA
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this year you can take that yeah absolutely I'm happy to go but I'm sure Kate has a different
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perspective as well first and foremost candidly I'm excited for attendance there were so many people
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last year that we weren't able to connect with due to unforeseen circumstances
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so I'm thrilled to see a jam-packed showroom floor I want to have everyone that wants to
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attend to be there so that would be my number one goal is to be able to have those connections to
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get those meetings to reconnect with the friends that we weren't able to last year but I also think
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for peer cars in particular I'm super excited about our entire product suite that we're going
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to be bringing to the floor a couple of sneak peeks maybe we guys can give you later as you
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mentioned we came to market with a few new things and you guys won't be disappointed keep your eyes
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on the press your eyes on the media over the next couple of weeks but as you mentioned NADA is like
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an art show peer cars is going to have a stellar gallery that was beautiful way to put that out
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I gotta tell you this is a true thing that you are gonna have you guys always have a beautiful
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gallery every time you go by there I love the booth the last two years have been every year
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it's been something different something new I love that you're going to be making announcements
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over the next couple weeks and are you going to be telling people times when to be at the booth
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for certain announcements and stuff like that I can't wait we'll make sure that we share that with
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you and our network folks so if you guys want to connect with them make sure you go follow
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peer cars on all social media go follow Hannah go follow Kate I promise you guys will get all
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the updates you need if you follow us right now we'll make sure you get the updates too so be
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looking forward to those but no that is big what about you Kate what are you looking forward most
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to yeah I think as Hannah said NADA is always it's like the big reunion for our industry right
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it's the one time a year everyone gets back together you see a lot of old friends former
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colleagues everyone stayed within the industry it's wonderful to see them no matter where people
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move on in their careers it's always cut it's always nice to regroup at NADA I think as Hannah
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mentioned we've got like a stacked lineup of activities happening in our booth as well so
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not only come see new products and new product features but we've got some guest appearances
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we've got partners from Google coming we've got partners from cognition we've got PCG coming in
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to do presentations we've got our little presentation theater slash media center where we'll have you
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and others coming by to help hype up the crowd do some interviews on the spot so we're excited
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about that as well Lauren Donaldson our CEO is going to be was selected for second year in a row
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as an NADA speaker she has a few sessions Wednesday and Friday she's going to be talking about AI
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and how that can help fixed operations marketing and fixed operate fixed operations in general
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profit center retention so we're excited to have her doing that and Jason Wiley our president CRO
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it was also selected to join the NADA exhibitor pitch competition so he's going to be on the
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big stage doing a two-minute pitch up against some of the top sales people in the industry
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so we're excited to cheer him on and see him hopefully move on to the finale and again our
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second year in a row being selected for that competition wow that's amazing that's all you
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got going on that's all you're doing right what I love is that the growth right even this year
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more opportunities for people to learn more about that I think that he's going to do a great job
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up there being able to present or represent the company and also pitch the company
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that is a key factor I think a lot of people love to see that you can just see what's new
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out there and what's special and when you have somebody who can really pitch well like him
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there's no doubt that it's going to go over very well and it's congratulations on being selected
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for that that's pretty amazing yeah definitely tight competition and we're really excited yeah
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it's a tight competition for attention at any of these events no matter how we do what we do
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and you all are very intentional about being able to make sure that you're not just placed properly
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but you have plenty going on and plenty to attract people back to being somebody that's
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prioritized on the calendar of these dealers of these dealer partners is paramount for this event
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because there is so much to digest and again your procurement of the pure fun is very much
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calculated you ladies are masters at this and part of it is being able to make sure that you
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have a couple of energizing car guys out there making things happen and getting the interviews
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going and bringing some energy but besides some of that crazy car guy and car gal energy that will
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bring to your booth during this time if somebody is to stop by the booth and maybe they're only
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able to walk away with one thing during the time that they spend going and consuming from everybody
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but getting the chance to assume from you what's the one thing you want inside of their swag bag
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or maybe to pour inside of their cup I think in regards to pouring inside of the cup when you
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get to any da your thousands like hundreds and hundreds of vendors they're going to be pitching
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you your product they're going to be telling you why they're the latest and the greatest if I can
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have them like walk away with one thing that they could remember about pure cars it's that we're not
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the vendor we're the partner our team takes on those dealer relationships really seriously
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and I'm hoping that we can convey that quickly across the showroom floor that once they sign up
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it's not just a piece of paper it's not just a contract but we're there to help them with
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their strategy we're there to be their long term we're there to be with them as the market adjusts
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and moves and I think that's where we've been historically but that would be like my one takeaway
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or your guys's term so one brew that I would want them to have now in regards to swag and what they
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could put in their bag we love swag Kate and I there's nothing more than we love a theme
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so definitely come by we're going to have some really fun giveaways we're going to have some
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really cool Vegas items if you will that alone will be worth the stop but of course we want to be
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looked at and be your newest trusted partner and advisor to make sure you and the dealership have
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a great 2026 definitely need some pure friends and I think that people are going to get that
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venture booth there's no doubt you all are very intentional when you bring intentionality intensity
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comes with that right and I love that you guys are going to definitely really good stuff happening
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constant action happening which activity pre-active people stop buying see it that's something that
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we pride ourselves in bringing that energy and activity somewhere which brings more activity
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whether we're in a dealership in a booth well whether we're on an airplane talking to people
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whatever we're doing we always want to attract activity we believe that once you see that
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opportunities happen and that's the biggest thing it's for you dealers out there who are curious
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about what booths to go to go to the ones that have activity again that is where you're going to
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find opportunity and you have opportunity to help your dealership grow that's why you're there
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well yeah don't get me wrong Vegas is a good time too so glad they're having fun even the booths
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they're going to have some good times at the booths what I'm saying is get there where there's
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some activity and I'm telling you right now they are lined up with activity for you to have
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an opportunity so I love that go into a lot of shows over the years I've been part of a lot of
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things I've seen a lot of funny stuff last year was crazy of course we talked about snowlet snow to
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send me it was a very small show compared to most NADAs because of that it was almost impossible for
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some people to make it or if they did they made it a day or two late in a lot of cases
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so that's a crazy memory but I'm sure one I got to ask you Kate over the years what's been one of
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the craziest or maybe a memorable moment of yours that you'll never forget that makes you want to
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come back over here oh my gosh there's I say I hate to age myself and date myself but yeah there's
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been a lot of NADAs in my past probably close to 20 so I've seen a lot of the venues seen a
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lot of the cities Vegas Vegas is always I think the biggest and the best so I think it's always
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fun to go back there I think we we get as a vendor you get the best turnout you get the best
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attendance there's always no shortage of places to entertain clients for dinners there was no
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shortage of parties and fun happening so I think I think all the Vegas shows are probably at the
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top of my list of ones that have been the best of the best however I did get to see Blake Shelton
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last year so that one was that that was pretty sweet getting it right up close to the with the
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Blake Shelton show so I will call that one as one of my top five but
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I think I think you know what I think just the Vegas shows always seem to
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draw in the crowds and I think we're looking forward to again as you said last year we had so many
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so many obstacles that attendees had to overcome so I think this year will be hopefully a slim
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dunk get them right into Vegas no problem and regardless of those obstacles we still thrive
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this year you all still thrive and still have successes that are are spilling into this year
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that could say that they began and that they were in seed form at the SNOLA event and we can never
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discount those opportunities we have it was unprecedented it was crazy but there definitely
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those takeaways that we all can learn from of course NADA can learn from but each and every
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one of us because at the end of the day we're the ones in the game and we still got to make the most
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of the day that we have in front of us we appreciate you all always leading the way and so much has
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been buzzing even from last year and the exposure that we got remember we still did a lot digitally
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you guys capitalizing on digital creation which is part of what we're doing now to keep you
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car guys in car gaps knowing what is brewing and what is available to you because we don't have to
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do it the way it's been done the advent of AI folks we're on a whole new playing field and I know
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that you guys are still buzzing from that and last year you made some pretty bold pretty big
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announcements and from there's still been so much that's been buzzing from that what are some of the
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biggest that have started to gear inside of the other questions just coming to you all for AI support
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what have you seen this last year as far as that department growing greatly within your camp
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yeah I think sorry Hannah I don't know I think yeah last year we announced Riley AI we talked about
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our ability to do AI conversations and help that lead handling for dealerships that was
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really a big show announcement for us now we've got a year of experience under our belt you're
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going to be able visitors this year are going to be able to come be able to actually interact with
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Riley talk have a conversation with our AI agent and really test it out for themselves so seeing
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is believing and we want our dealer partners to come in and feel comfortable try out try AI and
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get see how it can actually impact their dealership we've been really fortunate we've had two OEMs who
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are leading the way and actually created certified programs for AI which is something that was brand
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new in the market this year and pure cars was selected in both of those programs so far and we
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are about to pitch our third OEM I think later this week or next week yeah we're seeing the OEMs
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are actually getting involved they want to certify those AI providers so that's been it's
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been a great a great year growing this new business unit for us wow and it's just the beginning for
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you all and I love that too getting ready to get the third one and I'm sure every other one's going
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to fall into place because it is smart for the I believe for the manufacturers to understand that
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they need to get involved and then also buying it gives people confidence especially their dealers
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because a lot of times like what's not necessary they don't even our providers don't even care that
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we have it when you actually show that you do care and that you're actually certifying it they're
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like maybe it's something that we need to have and yes dealers need this if you don't have it you will
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be behind it's like why would you go to a gunfight with a knife but and that's basically what it's
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like now you really have to go in a little bit different with it it's silly not to have the
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modern weaponized stuff for you to be able to do more things out in the market so I love that I love
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that they're seeing that especially the manufacturers them seeing that and being part of that and then
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inviting great companies like Purecars to come out and be partnered with them best
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phenomenal so congratulations on all that thank you yeah last year I think there was a big appetite
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for like education around AI what does this mean what is this can you define it that was something
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that Purecars have been working on for a number of years and we were able to come to market this
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year I think there's a big appetite for actual implementation they've had the year to do their
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research they've had the year to roll up their sleeves and have their teams actually learn about
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it on an individual basis but now as Kate mentioned OEMs are even saying all right let's go ahead and
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turn some buttons let's pull a few levers and let's actually make this actionable for the entire
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industry so I think I'm pretty excited about where we were at in 2025 and how we're poised in position
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for 2026 yeah I think it's a great star alignment time and of course OEMs should take notice they
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are some of the greatest innovators of technology in the world and recognizing the advancements
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that we can make with the technology that's in the hands of just about every single employee
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and especially those that are on the forefront facing the customer how do we leverage it and then
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also just like anything else how do we eventually regulate it and make sure that it's still
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upholding to the standards that we have as a brand that's huge for you all inside of that's
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getting us all to a level where we're learning teaching we're doing all kinds of different
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things different than we've done it before at a crazy accelerated rate and sometimes when we
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accelerate those rates and the things that we're doing we also have to increase the quality of
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conversations that we have increase the quality of relationships that we build and you all are now
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teamed up with the v20 group and we're excited about everything that's buzzing and moving and
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shaking with that and this year we're going to be doing a little MCing for the joint efforts
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of all the teams that are coming together for v20 so we're pumped up about that and we got plenty
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to say but what do you ladies have to say from the pure cars vantage point about some of the
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awesome shakeup that you're having now getting into the mix with the v20 teams yeah i can take
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this one to start kate this one's near and dear to my heart i am thrilled to be a part of the v20
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group alongside pure cars when this opportunity came wrong it was a no-brainer for us we raised
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our hand we said anything that dave sponikey and david came do sign us up it turns into gold so
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we're thrilled to be able to collaborate at this event in particular in a couple of different
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capacities first and foremost of course with you guys and 23 other sponsors will be at beer park
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which is just right across the street from the belagio on that wednesday night at 5 30 looks like
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the guest list last i saw was like 1500 people so it's going to be quite the party of parties
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you're gonna want to be there if you guys don't have a ticket yet i highly recommend you try to
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secure one it is invite only so thank vip of last yes in addition to the party we also are doing a
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joint booth on the showroom floor we're in the west hall it's going to be right when you walk in
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it's booth 2001 so definitely come and check it out we're going to have a variety of activities
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going on there we're going to be doing educational seminars we're going to be doing speed dating
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we're going to have demo stations and booths for all of us to collaborate and pitch demos together
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as well as just showcase our products the v20 tagline is stronger together that's really we're
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putting like our money where our mouth is at the spend in particular so if we have joint
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partnerships if you guys want if you're even interested on the vendor side about what the v20
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group is i'd highly recommend you come and stop by it's going to be jam packed not only with
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education but really with fun this entire group has been nothing but a good time let alone some of
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the best veterans within the industry we are we definitely we have a seat on that we love it
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we love v20 we love everything that they're trying to do and what they are doing and where they're
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learning it's been a few years now a couple years and the way that they've transformed it in the
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now that there's multiple of them it's something that we need it has been so i think it's we depend
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on ourselves and what we know internally instead of looking externally out there and being able to
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have partners in a sense i love that stronger together better together all those things are true
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those statements have been around for a long time and people if you guys don't realize that you're
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missing great opportunity to help your business and your clients grow so go check out the v20
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booth come by come to our party you need to invite go buy the booth somebody could hook you up if
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you're interested we have tickets i got some hook up sure that everybody out there who wants to be
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there please just let us know we want you to be there there's only so many tickets though i know
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it sounds like a big number it's a big place and we're gonna have a good time so do not miss this
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party it's the parties to kick off all parties right there so i can't wait so with all that it's
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a whole lot of moving and shaking right you have a you have one team that has to do so much you have
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additional booths additionally so you have meetings to take you have interviews to do
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all of that fun stuff going on kate how does your team balance this out and try to keep
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a pure in it because at the end everybody still seems like they're just windblown what just happened
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is it over it's over what did we do what accomplished how do you guys keep your focus
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and your team just on task inside of that is that they have to be i and pure garden we're
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really fortunate that we've got a team of nada pros we've got many of us have done this for
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a few years now we just we get in our rhythm and our planning goes into action many months in advance
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probably six eight months in advance of the show we're already working on nada so it's a big process
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for us but we all really enjoy it roll up our sleeves we dig in and we bring the teams together
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there's so much goes on behind the scenes and i can't say enough about canna and the rest of the
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team that pulls this all together every year for us it's it's a fantastic initiative and we just
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yeah we look forward to bringing the teams together we look forward to bringing our own
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teams together right we've got reps all over the country it's wonderful to bring them together and
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everyone join around this one big event or we call it our super bowl every single year this is
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our big show so it's wonderful that we can bring this together and execute but hey we've had a year
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of events i think canna and i were talking recently i think we did we did almost 40 events this year
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so we had people we had cure cards reps so much literally touching every corner of the country
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at some point during the course of the year events are our jam we are all you guys are pros
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pure pros at that right i love it and that's what's really nice about the team we've been we've seen
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your team and they're there always ready like they're they're always there to have conversations
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make some relationships networking sharing information and really building that brand
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because pure cars is a brand but the people are part of that brand too which you all do is you
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demonstrate how your people represent pure cars to the purest level as possible and i
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absolutely love that yeah we always tend to gravitate towards a pure car people and we're at
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these things i don't know what it is but it's because we're pure we're pure so we absolutely
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love that there's a lot of things that people are going to go at any da they're gonna they're
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gonna come to your booth they're gonna have a good time what's the one thing that you think that you
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want your people who come to your booth to remember about pure cars the most i think for me i'll let
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hand answer as well but i think for me pure cars has been around for 18 years and i want people to
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know that we're not the same company that we were 18 years ago 15 years ago even three years ago
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we have evolved we are so much more than the digit company that we are known to be and i think
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a lot of people know that but i would hope that everyone coming by our booth this year
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can easily understand that that they know that it's about data it's about audience creation
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it's about leveraging AI as part of that process to make the advertising that much better we have
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so much technology and so much data that we are able to help dealers with and help them really
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refine their entire marketing based on data audience creation AI things that are not necessarily
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obvious to the end user there is so much that goes on behind the scenes when it comes to real
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successful advertising and so pure cars now offers that full suite of solutions and i really
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want people to come by and really understand how how that can improve their advertising and just
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get them a better ROI and stop wasting any of their marketing those precious marketing dollars
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i love you said precious marketing dollars because they are what do you think about that hannah
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i couldn't agree more with kate i think we've had this stronghold as being the digital advertising
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leader in the space which i still selfishly think we are but we are so much more than that
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as kate touched on we have a few other arenas in which we play in and that we've been focused on
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for a number of years behind the scenes and have able to go to market with i think something
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fundamentally that you touched on again is the people pure cars is not just about the products
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it's about the level of service in which we can offer our customer service team takes the word
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service very seriously a lot of them have dealership backgrounds or they've been in the
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industry for a number of years and they understand how much every single dollar counts and what that
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means for the dealership so having that strategy partner if you will again i think that's just
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something that's really big we're also only in the automotive vertical so we live and breathe for
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the dealership or the manufacturer we service in the tier one two and three space in case everybody
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didn't know that but so we're well abreast of how to have those conversations how to navigate
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those contracts how to utilize our technology and all of those different aspects where every
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other company you say the same we live for our dealers we die by our dealers but we're again
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it's we're a people business just like the dealerships are and you guys really you bring that small
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town feel that you're definitely that big brother that big sister that big partner that
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dealers need that have that full spectrum of understanding while still making them feel
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homely and that they have somebody that isn't on the other side of a veil from them but just somebody
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that is is now refined and perfected marketing and automotive and being that this is your main
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vein and this is what you're great at it is who of anybody to say maybe i really don't know much
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about pure cars but whatever i did know there's a lot more to know and schedule that time put it
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in the planner everybody make sure that you make some time to say hello to us but to say hello to
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those incredible people that are coming and unifying at nada and having the fun of not just
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being with their teammates but being able to connect to new people like you in the industry
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we do know that yes cultivating and keeping these relationships that we've already built
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are so great but getting the new conversation started getting the new problem solved this is
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part of what gives us that fire that we have inside of this business what is it that gets you
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all so excited about just meeting the new people that we get to meet at these different events
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throw that over to you kate wow i think you know what there's only different types of people
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that come to nada right you've got the newcomers to the industry they just started working in
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automotive they are green it's so exciting to be able to share with them everything that we
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love about the industry right and let them know that like they're on a great career path and there's
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so much opportunity so love meeting new people that are coming into the industry love meeting and
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working with seasoned veterans the ones who have been in the dealerships for 20 30 years but maybe
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aren't up to speed on all of the latest technology and so us as trusted vendor partners it's our job
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to teach educate train and really open their eyes to all of these new possibilities so i think i
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really enjoy that we've got that full spectrum and automotive to me has always been on the
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forefront of technology always advancements we're not like other industries it's we are very unique
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we're very fast paced and i think just all of bringing that all together is what what makes
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those conversations at nada really exciting endless conference thank you this is all boom
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at once and it's all it's going to be so much fun i do love all the different types of people who
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show up to submit everything from the green to the seasoned veteran that just needs a little bit
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information on what technology is today we have friends that that are 30 40 years in the business
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and have no idea what's really happening they're still processing hold like and they wonder why
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they're trickling down and we're trying to tell them you need to go these events you need to go to
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the pier cars you need to learn more about what's happening today it's not even to buy anything just
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to understand it when you go get it and you understand you'll tend to want these things more
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and you'll understand like the biggest reason why a lot of old dealers and don't no offense y'all
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i'm just telling you guys this is the truth and you know it is is that what you don't understand
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and don't know you just tend to put to the side and just keep doing what you're doing yeah you're
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going to sell some cars you're going to do that but you're never going to get to the level that
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your heart wants your team is going to miss out on opportunities in the community that they
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should have because all you have to do is tweak it a little bit add a little something to it they
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could just a little bit more updated and then you'll grow but if you go get educated go learn
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about it you'll be comfortable which means you'll take your time and you'll go find the right company
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to help you and what i'm going to say is start with pure cars booth what is your booth number by
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the way what is where can they come see you at NADA 3551 west hall 3551 west hall make sure you
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go see them on that because that is where it's going to be that's where all the fun is going to
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be around i'm going to tell you there's going to be a lot of great booths around them too so be ready
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to go have some fun kick it off right there and then move around from there i'm telling you it'll
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be the best NADA of your life absolutely we can't wait for that any last words any last bits of
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encouragement that you want to give people that are going to get the chance to see this and hear
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this listen understand that NADA is coming and we have to make the best of it and being with pure
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cars is definitely something they should prioritize give us one last why kate one last why we're going
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to have plenty of stuff on hand you can pre-book meetings we want to dedicate a quiet reserve time
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to anyone who wants to come by and visit with us so pre-book a meeting we would love to be able to
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welcome you and have dedicated time for you keep an eye on all of our socials we are constantly
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almost daily updating information about NADA whether it be products that we're showcasing or
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activities and events that are happening so keep an eye on socials pre-book meetings we would love
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to welcome everyone hannah yeah absolutely i'd say if you guys haven't seen our own private
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speaking schedule calendar yet and you wanted to get that one-on-one time with maybe it's google
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maybe it's psg maybe it's cognition this is your chance to do they're going to be there to do q&a
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we know sometimes it's hard to get that face-to-face time that on one time with those companies or
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executives at those companies so definitely come and utilize it we'd love to hear i think we would
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know that you'd love to hear what they're gonna say so come and check it out and we're really
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excited to be there and at a bare minimum we're gonna have fun so if you're just in the mood for
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a good laugh or if you're just in the mood put your feet up somewhere and you want to be with
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some friends the pier cars booth is definitely where we'll all be located and you're right and
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the v20 booth make sure that you kick out to make it to the parties let's see party baby let's
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have some fun but let's continue to advance i believe that this is going to be a historic year
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2026 for automotive is going to see some incredible growth and all the momentum is starting
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right now each and every one of you have the opportunity to add to it
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right now so let's make the most of the moments that we have let's keep our eyes focused on
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achieving great things and even great people and going to new greater heights inside of this year
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and let nada be the opportunity for us to go ahead and light it up we're excited to be hanging out
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with you and to be with you at one more event this year hopefully we get more events in this year
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than we did last year that's going to be hard to beat hannah but we're going to try to make that
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happen we're excited to give it a try but until we do let's continue to do what we got to do
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with solutionaries and keep flying let's forgive focus fly and keep growing all the time we will
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see you all at nada let's fly everybody on three one two three forgive focus fly and keep growing
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keep growing let's keep doing solutions everybody i am lou ramirez and i'm frelin arts and you've
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been brewing solutions on the cardiac coffee podcast with the pure far ladies the one the only
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is k kola chep and the one the only hannah limson we'll see you soon everybody keep brewing keep