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UK automotive retailers are under more margin pressure than at any point in recent memory. New car margins averaging 5-7%, rising operational costs, and customers who arrive at the showroom better informed than ever before have created a commercial environment where the efficiency of the sales process matters as much as the product being sold. For too many dealers, that process is still held together by a patchwork of disconnected systems that costs time, money, and customers.
Keyloop is addressing this directly with the launch of Sales Hub, a new end-to-end sales management solution unveiled at Fusion Live London on 2 June 2026. Built specifically for franchised retailers and vehicle manufacturers, Sales Hub brings every stage of the omnichannel sales journey into a single, connected workflow: from lead capture and customer profiling, through deal building, part-exchange management, and finance applications, to digital document sign-off and post-sale follow-up.
The problem it solves is one most dealership sales managers will recognise immediately. The average retailer currently navigates 8-10 separate systems to close a single deal, with salespeople manually re-entering customer data across platforms, chasing stock availability from a separate system, and switching to a lender portal to generate finance proposals. Every handoff introduces delay. Every delay risks losing a buyer who expected speed.
Adrian Nash, Chief Product Officer at Keyloop, said: “We’ve listened to retailers across the UK to truly understand their pain points throughout the sales process and built a solution that addresses the real challenges faced by dealership staff on a daily basis: fragmented systems, limited customer visibility, and time-consuming lead management. Sales Hub is a true end-to-end system, with AI built in from the outset to future-proof sales processes and maximise conversions as customer expectations continue to evolve.”
AI is central to how Sales Hub works rather than an add-on. Propensity scoring surfaces the highest-intent leads first. Next-best-action recommendations guide salespeople through each deal in real time. An AI writing tool supports on-brand customer communications, and automated follow-up handles routine outreach so sales teams can focus on active buyers. Across all of this sits a 360-degree customer view, meaning every interaction, quote, and conversation is logged to a single timeline that any team member can pick up in context.
Retailers adopting integrated solutions of this kind are proven to increase sales per employee by at least 25% (McKinsey). Sales Hub also integrates natively with Keyloop’s DMS, Acquisition Hub, and Vehicle Hub, meaning a price change made in one place updates across the entire platform instantly.
Sales Hub is now available to UK retailers, with a full roll-out scheduled through the second half of 2026. Keyloop is currently running an early adopters programme for dealers wanting first access and dedicated onboarding support.
To register your interest or find out more, visit https://keyloop.com/sales-hub
About Keyloop:
Keyloop is a leading provider of automotive retail solutions, with more than 40 years of industry expertise and over 14 billion digital interactions captured to date. Its cutting-edge solutions cater for every stage of the automotive retail ecosystem, connecting retailers, OEMs, financiers, and fleet suppliers with their consumers via innovative Experience-First software.
Spanning demand, supply, operations and ownership, Fusion is Keyloop’s dynamic Automotive Retail Platform, optimising the automotive retail lifecycle for customers and consumers alike. It increases both vehicle and customer lifetime value through seamless automation and personalisation, while its technology serves more than 20,000 retailers, more than 80 OEMs, 80% of the top 10 UK leasing companies, and 60% of brands within Europe’s financier space. For more information, please visit: www.keyloop.com