The company is on target to earn 90 cents per share this year. Rather than a national nameplate, AutoNation is creating regional brands. Customers like it. Employees like it. But implementing it is difficult.
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You obsolete a whole skill set. Despite the myriad of complications, there are reasons for optimism. And with the nuts and bolts of the business tightened, Jackson is moving headlong into Internet-based commerce. To enlarge its Internet footprint, AutoNation acquired online car-buying service AutoVantage. AutoNation has 900 staffers who do nothing but take care of e-business.