Celebrating Saad: AkzoNobel’s Saad Ouaddahou named district sales leader, automotive and specialty coatings, Eastern Canada

Toronto, Ontario — AkzoNobel has named Saad Ouaddahou its Eastern Canada District Sales leader, effective immediately. In this new role, Ouaddahou will run AkzoNobel’s Eastern Canada Sales operation, reporting to Fred Daoust, country manager, of automotive and specialty coatings, Canada. The press release continued that Ouaddahou first started with AkzoNobel as a business services consultant […]

Luxury Lapses: Canadians shifting car shopping focus away from aspirational luxury to practicality and affordability, says new AutoTrader data

Toronto, Ontario — New data from AutoTrader reveals a shift in consumer auto preferences away from luxury models and toward more practical and affordable options. Specifically, according to AutoTrader’s study, at the same time the company’s marketplace reached record heights in the year, “luxury brands saw their lowest representation in both searches and sales since […]