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Retention

The $230 repair order gap, and three others like it

Four measured gaps in the service lane — photos on the RO, the trade valuation nobody offers, the $3,195 tipping point, and the lapsed customers no one owns.

Sam Bohon · August 11, 2026 · 3 min read
Product

Every dealership report tells you what happened. Pie tells you why.

Dealers don't lack reports. They lack a report that survives a disagreement — one number all four departments accept, with the reason behind the trend attached.

Tanya Gray · August 7, 2026 · 3 min read
Industry

Connect, don't replace: surviving the dealer tech shakeout

Dealers drop 30 to 40% of calls and mishandle 43% of leads — not for lack of software. The problem is twelve tools that don't share a customer record.

Claudio Fiacco · August 4, 2026 · 3 min read
Retention

54%: the service retention number worth putting on the wall

In 2023, 72% of owners with a nearly-new vehicle serviced where they bought it. By 2025 it was 54%. That 18-point drop is the most expensive trend in the business.

Tanya Gray · July 29, 2026 · 3 min read
Product

Pie adds VIN-level attribution across departments

Sales, service, parts and inventory reporting now share a single connected layer — with benchmarked KPIs and trend analysis tied back to the vehicle.

Claudio Fiacco · January 15, 2026 · 1 min read
Retention

Intent mining: reaching customers before they shop

How capturing behavioural signals lets your store engage at the forefront of the customer's consideration process, before a third-party lead provider does.

Claudio Fiacco · January 2, 2026 · 1 min read