The International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA) is initiating a survey to track current trends and future intentions regarding the use of upstream remarketing. The survey will be conducted with remarketing managers and executives within institutional consignors (manufacturers, captive finance companies, bank/financial institutions, vehicle leasing companies, and commercial fleet and car rental companies). Emercent Solutions, a Chicago-based consulting firm, will be conducting the survey beginning the first week of November. The findings and conclusions will be presented at the Remarketing Roundtable Series in conjunction with the Conference of Automotive Remarketing (CAR) show being held Jan. 21-23, 2004 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. To receive further information about the survey contact Matt Marks of the IARA at matthew@iaraonline.org or Bob Gear of Emercent Solutions at bgear@emercent.com. About IARA The International Automotive Remarketers Alliance exists to assist, educate, and share knowledge about the remarketing industry, both with members and industry partners. The IARA seeks to standardize processes within the industry. The Alliance is a central forum for the sharing of ideas and best practices within the industry and serves as a mechanism by which industry remarketers can share information on regulatory and legislative issues affecting the market. For more information, visit www.IARAOnline.org. About CAR 2004 The Conference of Automotive Remarketing (CAR) -- the original vehicle remarketing conference, established in 1996, and the only truly independent remarketing industry conference -- comes to the Las Vegas strip Jan. 21-23, 2004. CAR has more than 500 attendees each year, including the top factory, fleet lease, rental car, and bank remarketers. For more information, call (310) 533-2561, fax (310) 533-2506, or visit www.carconference.com. About Emercent Solutions Emercent Solutions is a business and technology consulting firm specializing in working with captive financial companies and other automotive financial organizations. Emercent utilizes industry experience along with a combination of strategy, business process, and technology consulting to optimize client performance.