It may seem like an empty buzzword, but 68% of your industry peers are using social media to connect with customers, suppliers and competitors. Can you afford to ignore it?

At the 2009 SEMA Show, 57% of American buyers in attendance had been in business 11 years or longer—a five percent increase from 2008.

Modern Tire Dealer magazine is now accepting nominations for its prestigious 2010 Tire Dealer of the Year award.

Benefits of council and committee membership include access to specialized professional networks, and members are invited to connect on MySEMA, Facebook and LinkedIn.

News and updates from SEMA's councils and committees.

President Obama signed into law a $40 million investment in a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) program that should spur $1.4 billion in small business loans.

California legislation (A.B. 1740) to eliminate the requirement that specially constructed vehicle registrations be limited to only the first 500 vehicles per year was not approved by the Transportation Committee on March 22. However, a modified version of the bill will be reconsidered by the committee on April 5, 2010.

Clemson University's automotive research and engineering students plan to build a working electric vehicle—but they need your help.

If businesspeople can learn to understand the basic drivers of human behavior, leverage them and use them to their advantage, it will give them more weapons in an increasingly competitive market.