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Auto Dealership Mystery Shopping Indicates Which Brands Rock
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July 2018
For the first time, Audi dealers top the Pied Piper Satisfaction Index. In the cellar is Tesla. A by-brand mystery-shopping study of how well auto dealerships deliver customer satisfaction indicates top scorers had something in common: They helped customers more. “‘Helpful’ is one word that determines how dealerships did,” says Fran O’Hagan, president and CEO of Pied Piper Management, a consultancy that sent secret shoppers to 3,466 dealerships ...
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Press Release: AUDI DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST BY 2018 PIED PIPER PROSPECT SATISFACTION INDEX(R) (PSI(R))
12th Annual U.S. Industry Benchmarking Study Measured Treatment of In-Person Car-Shoppers
July 2018
Monterey, California – July 9, 2018 – For the first time, Volkswagen Group’s Audi brand dealerships ranked highest in the newly released 2018 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® (PSI®) U.S. Auto Industry Benchmarking Study. The study measured treatment of car-shoppers who visited 3,466 dealerships throughout the country. Study rankings by brand were determined by the Pied Piper PSI process, which ties “mystery shopping” measurement and ...
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BRP'S CAN-AM UTV/SIDE-BY-SIDE DEALERS RANKED FIRST BY 2018 PIED PIPER PROSPECT SATISFACTION INDEX(R) (PSI(R))
Industry benchmarking study measured in-dealership treatment of U.S. UTV/Side-by-Side shoppers
May 2018
Monterey, California, USA – May 7, 2018 – BRP’s Can-Am dealerships were the top ranked brand in the newly released 2018 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® (PSI®) U.S. UTV Industry Benchmarking Study. The study measured treatment of Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) shoppers who visited a dealership, with rankings by brand determined by the Pied Piper PSI process, which ties “mystery shopping” measurement and scoring to industry sales success. ...
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Automotive News
Mercedes-Benz stores take first in online response study
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March 2018
Mercedes-Benz dealerships took the No. 1 slot in an online lead-responsiveness study, displacing two-time consecutive champ Porsche, Pied Piper Management Co. said Monday. The eighth annual Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index Internet Lead Effectiveness Benchmarking Study, conducted through secret shoppers between April 2017 and March, measures the response time and quality of 17,391 U.S. dealerships to customer queries received through the ...
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Dealership Study: Overactive Filters Block Some Legit Customer Leads
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March 2018
Bots don’t buy cars, but efforts to block them can unwittingly prevent real customer digital leads from reaching car dealerships. When Internet filters diligently battle bots and spammers, such collateral damage can occur. That’s an ancillary finding of the 2018 Internet mystery-shopping study by consultancy Pied Piper Management Co. Overall, it annually measures how dealerships by brand respond to customer inquiries received through dealer ...
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Press Release: MERCEDES-BENZ DEALERS TOP RANKED FOR RESPONSE TO WEBSITE INQUIRIES REPORTS PIED PIPER PSI(R)
Industry average performance improved, but 1 out of 4 customers still failed to receive a personal response within 24 hours
March 2018
Monterey, California – March 5, 2018 – Mercedes-Benz dealerships ranked highest in the 2018 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® Benchmarking Study, which measured how auto dealerships responded to customer inquiries received through dealership websites. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) brands Chrysler, Ram and Dodge were among the most improved compared to the previous year, along with Mercedes-Benz, Honda and Buick. Study rankings by ...
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Dealership Internet Effectiveness Has Long Way to Go
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March 2017
Before Porsche gets up and accepts an award for the auto brand with the most Internet-effective dealerships, here’s a qualifier: It could have done better. So could virtually all the brands on the Pied Piper’s annual Internet Lead Effectiveness Benchmarking Study, says Fran O’Hagan, the consultancy’s president and CEO. The company measures and indexes how dealerships by brand respond to mystery shopping inquiries received through a store’s ...
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Automotive News
Porsche stores repeat atop online response study
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March 2017
Porsche dealerships earned the top spot in Pied Piper's annual online lead-responsiveness study for the second year in a row, despite scoring three points lower than last year. The auto industry's overall performance for effective lead response has not improved in five years. Porsche dealerships earned the top spot in an online lead-responsiveness study for the second year in a row, despite scoring three points lower than last year, Pied Piper ...
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PORSCHE TOP RANKED; MERCEDES-BENZ MOST IMPROVED FOR RESPONSE TO CUSTOMER INTERNET INQUIRIES, REPORTS PIED PIPER PSI(R)
March 2017
Industry average performance declined for the second year 3 out of 10 customers failed to receive a personal response within 24 hours Monterey, California – March 6, 2017 – Porsche dealerships ranked highest in the 2017 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® Benchmarking Study, which measured how auto dealerships responded to customer inquiries received through a dealership website. Mercedes-Benz dealerships were the most improved brand ...
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Automotive World
Dealership Insights: ‘Helpful' sells cars, ‘Ambivalent' doesn't
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July 2016
Pied Piper Management Company has been looking into dealership performance over the past decade. Megan Lampinen speaks to its CEO about what makes a successful sales approach Competition on the US new car market is fierce, and treatment at the dealership level can make all the difference. For the past decade, the Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) US Auto Benchmarking Study has been taking a closer look every year at which brands are ...
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