Mercedes Benz

"It's easy for us to just go across the aisle to work on products, to work on solutions, but why don't we just get rid of the aisle?" Sandy Schwartz, president, Cox Automotive KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If a dealership's parking lot has 10 visitor spots, on some days, Cox Automotive takes six of them. That example may be an exaggeration, President Sandy Schwartz said, but the company wants to take up fewer spots in the future as it combines services under one cohesive Cox Automotive umbrella. This month, amid news that Cox would launch a mobility division, the company also said it would combine its retail and media teams into a Retail Solutions Group. The reorganization will shift operations internally but the outside world will see little change, Schwartz said. The need to get products to market faster propelled the move. Dealers already "look at us as one," Schwartz said. "It's easy for us to just go across the aisle to work on products, to work on s...