Effect of Hurricane Harvey Not Unnoticed at Marketplace Master Dealership Series

The devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey will linger for years, but immediate need is the replacement of vehicles damaged or destroyed by the hurricane and flooding. This important topic will be discussed during the Marketplace Master Dealership Series Sept. 6-8, at the Dallas Hyatt Regency.

Blackfoot, United States – August 31, 2017 /PressCable/ —

Past natural disasters from flood events have impacted the automotive retail and salvage industries with often unpredictable results, and leaving many consumers with the prospects of buying flood damaged vehicles at the hands of unscrupulous criminals.

Marketplace Master Dealership Series and Expo https://www.MarketplaceMaster.auto co-founders Beto Paredes and Michael Jackson have seen these effects during their long experience in the U.S. retail automotive industry, and said they will focus a segment of their three-day convention, Sept. 6-8 at the Dallas Hyatt Regency to educating attendees on what the unprecedented flooding in southeastern Texas will mean to retailers, salvage auctions, consumers, and the new and used vehicle markets going forward.

“While the size and scope of the continuing effects of Hurricane Harvey are unprecedented in this region, there are other natural disasters we can use to understand what may happen in the marketplace in the weeks and months ahead,” said Beto Paredes, who is also founder of two automotive marketing and website companies with more than 4,000 dealer clients.

He said that Hurricane Sandy in 2012 in the northeastern U.S., and Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Mississippi coast and Louisiana and eventually resulted in the failure of levies in New Orleans causing devastating flooding, taught us many lessons about the effects of such natural disasters on the retail automotive industry.

“In the years since Katrina, much has been done with improving titling to avoid criminal flood damaged branding removal,” Paredes said. “Given where we are now with the high levels of off-lease vehicle returning to marketing and downward pricing pressure this is causing in the marketplace, it will be interesting to know what will happen as so many vehicles will be needed to replace those lost in Texas.”

Jackson, also the founder and chairman of the board of Auto Search Technologies, an international website design and search engine optimization company, said he has been charged with reaching out to the more than two dozen nationally recognized speakers who will offer training at the MarketplaceMaster.auto event, to get their insights into what they foresee as a result of Hurricane Harvey.

Many of the flood-branded vehicles are sold at salvage auctions and get shipped overseas. Many of these are sent to countries where title brands are lost when the vehicles are imported and re-titled.

Paredes said that discussions about title branding will be included in the Association of Auto Sales Professionals (AASP) certification sessions during the Dealership Series. The AASP has agreed to offer both is Sales Manager and Sales Associate certifications to those who attend the specially designated seminars and workshops during the Sept. 6-8 event at Dallas Hyatt Regency.

AASP Sales Manager and Sales Associate Certifications will be based on attendance at 10 Marketplace Master workshops and keynote speeches spanning 13 hours over the course of the three-day event. All 13 hours of training will be required for the AASP Sales Management Certification and 9 hours will be required for the AASP Sales Certification. Attendance will be taken at all workshops and seminars. Maintaining the certification will require continuing education both online and other events held across the country.

About Marketplace Master Dealership Series

The Marketplace Master Dealership Series Conference and EXPO is the most dealer-focused, education-centered Conference and EXPO in the nation. The goal of conference is to bring expert advice, sales training, and marketing best practices that will help educate and help better the automotive industry nationwide. For full details about the Marketplace Master Dealership Series Conference and Exposition visit https://www.MarketplaceMaster.auto

About Association of Auto Sales Professional

The Association of Auto Sales Professionals offers certifications for management and sales personnel throughout the retail automotive industry. Certification requirements include 12-14 hours for management professionals and 8-10 hours for sales professionals. The Certification Programs elevate the standards of the profession, which enhances individual and sales team performance. For more information about this program visit https://www.marketplacemaster.auto/certification

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