Following his time in the military, Harris moved to Ashland, Ohio, where he began a career as an automotive dealer.

Ipswich Green was formed by an automotive dealer to provide like minded businesses a way of engaging the community regarding carbon emissions.

Autobytel offers automotive dealers tools to manage their business.

Among the signs of a less robust economy was a nine-tenths of 1 percent decline last month in sales by automotive dealers.

The early automotive dealer did, however, later race cars in Santa Monica, California.

Department stores and automotive dealers recorded the biggest gains.

Apart from the automotive dealers, the gain reflected a 2.1 percent surge for stores selling furniture and other equipment for the home.

Among durable goods, automotive dealers suffered a 1.1 percent sales decline last month after a 1.5 percent decline in November.

Employment in retail trade climbed 69,000, entirely in bars and restaurants, automotive dealers and food stores.

The increase for automotive dealers was three-tenths of 1 percent.