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According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, Why the Internet Won't Kill the Car Dealer - But That Doesn't Mean that the Dealer's Life Is Getting Any Easier.


Business/Technology Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 8, 2000

(...For Many, Selling Out Looks Better and Better)

Internet-enabled automotive retailing is still in its infancy infancy, stage of human development lasting from birth to approximately two years of age. The hallmarks of infancy are physical growth, motor development, vocal development, and cognitive and social development. , but it has the potential to knock $1,000 off the price of the average car, according a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The only question is - who's who's  

1. Contraction of who is.

2. Contraction of who has.


who's who is or who has
who's
short for who is, who has.
 going to get the savings?

Mike Burwell Burwell may refer to:
  • Burwell, Cambridgeshire
  • Burwell, Lincolnshire
  • Burwell, Nebraska
  • USS Laub (DD-263, a destroyer renamed the HMS Burwell when she was transferred to the Royal Navy in World War II
 and Jeff Sands, automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide.  specialists in Transaction Services and PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities respectively, can discuss:
-- Why the entrenched car dealership network in the U.S. is under pressure on
all sides - and why independent dealers will survive.

-- Why the ultimate fate of dealers depends largely on their ability to use the
wealth of consumer information at their fingertips - and why many will fail the
test.


-- Where the acquisition money to reshape the dealership universe is

coming from - and why there is more M&A activity likely than many

in the industry expect.

Burwell and Sands can also speak to: -- Global consolidation issues in the automotive industry. -- Trends in automotive M&A. -- How change in the automotive industry will impact shareholder

returns.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwcglobal.com) is the world's largest professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products.  organization. Drawing on the knowledge and skills of more than 150,000 people in 150 countries, the organization helps clients solve complex business problems and measurably meas·ur·a·ble  
adj.
1. Possible to be measured: measurable depths.

2. Of distinguished importance; significant: a measurable figure in literature.
 enhance their ability to build value, manage risk and improve performance in an Internet-enabled world. PricewaterhouseCoopers refers to the member firms of the worldwide PricewaterhouseCoopers organization.

For more information or for a copy of PricewaterhouseCoopers' report, The Future of the Captive captive

said of naturally wild or feral animals kept in captivity for educational and scientific investigation with no attempt being made to domesticate them.
 Distribution System, please contact:

Joy Gramolini, PricewaterhouseCoopers

212-520-2848 or joy.gramolini@us.pwcglobal.com

Barbara Eng, Miller DeMartine Group

203-221-2790 or beng@mdgpr.com
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