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Paige Hodder
Reporter covering retail for Automotive News
paige.hodder@crain.com
Paige Hodder is a reporter covering automotive retail, with a focus on the finance and insurance business and Group 1 Automotive Inc. She is an alumnus of the University of Michigan.

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