Downsized Car Dealer Reinvents Himself With a Tire Dealership
By Eric Brothers
August 10, 2011
For Ron Poulin, opening a new tire store started out as his survival business plan when General Motors decided to reduce the number of its auto dealer franchises – which included his. Poulin described GM closing his franchise as, "A horrible...
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Training is an Attitude
By Gary Goms
July 19, 2011
During the 1920s, the term "model year" gained currency in the automotive industry. Auto execs determined to increase sales by annually introducing new automobiles to a motoring public hungry for the prestige of owning the latest motor vehicl...
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Against All Odds: Accomplished Dealers Share Their Immigrant Roots
By Joanne Draus Klein
July 15, 2011
In an age of technological ease, socially accepted incompetence, and a media-inflated sense of personal entitlement, inspiration to do business can be hard to find....
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Okla. Dealer Expands from Within by Offering Added Merchandise
By Eric Brothers
June 13, 2011
For Jackie Cooper Tire and Service Centers of Oklahoma City, growth hasn't come from regularly opening new tire stores, but from expanding the product mix over the years to include mobile sound systems, car alarms, remote start and window tinting. ...
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Score Points With Customers by Creating a Child-Friendly Waiting Area
By Jody Devere
June 13, 2011
Waiting rooms are for waiting. That's something we adults are accustomed to doing. At the doctor's office, at the DMV, and yes...at the tire and auto service store.
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Is TPMS a Headache or Opportunity?
By Dave Crawford
February 14, 2011
A decade after the TREAD Act and almost four years into mandatory TPMS on all passenger vehicles in the U.S., one can fairly ask: Is TPMS still a headache for the industry, or has it become a profit opportunity for smart tire dealers?
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Business Myths: Why They're Wrong and What to do About Them
By Mark Rodgers
January 18, 2011
What if we are wrong? What if our most deeply held beliefs about managing tire dealerships are at best misguided and at worst a complete waste of time and money?
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2007 Top Shop Winner: Gatto's Tires & Auto Service
By Jim Smith
December 17, 2010
Convention just doesn’t seem to fit in. Not always, and not with statements like, “We just do our own thing.” Or, “...
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2007 Top Shop Finalist: Chapel Hill Tire Car Care Center
By Denise Koeth
December 17, 2010
As
the oldest family-owned tire and auto repair facility in Chapel Hill,
Carrboro and Chatham County, North Carolina, Chapel Hill Tire Car Ca...
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2007 Top Shop Finalist: Community Tire
By Steve LaFerre
December 17, 2010
Attention To Detail Makes Customers Feel Right At Home At Community Tire
Howard Fleischmann isn’t the least bit shy about...
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2007 Top Shop Finalist: Redwood General Tire
By Steve LaFerre
December 17, 2010
The late Bill Walsh, long-time coach of the San Francisco 49ers, was one of Alpio Barbara's friends. So is former 49ers quarterback Joe Montana,...
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2008 Top Shop Winner: Atlantic Tire & Service
By Jim Smith
December 17, 2010
Ask any employee about the secret to Atlantic Tire & Service’s success and their answer is quick and simple. “It’s all...
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2008 Top Shop Finalist: Lex Brodie's Tire, Wheel & Brake
By Steve LaFerre
December 17, 2010
"My job and the job of each of our 94 full-time employees is to relieve the stress of the day for each of our customes,” says Scott ...
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2008 Top Shop Finalist: Pneus R. Guay
By Denise Koeth
December 17, 2010
Growing up, siblings Errol, Rene, Candyde, Richard and Claude Guay never had any doubt in their minds about what they would do when they finish...
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2008 Top Shop Finalist: Direct Tire & Auto Service
By Denise Koeth
December 17, 2010
In these days of bargain hunting and hurrying to find a quick fix at the cheapest possible price, it’s refreshing to know that people li...
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2010 Top Shop Finalist: Community Tire & Auto Service
By Denise Koeth
October 19, 2010
If there’s any shop that deserves the distinction of being the first two-time Tire Review Top Shop Award Finalist, it’s Community...
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2010 Top Shop Finalist: Robertson Tire Co.
By Eric Brothers
October 19, 2010
As a third-generation, family-owned tire and service dealer based in Tulsa, Okla., Robertson Tire Co. is one of the most recognizable ret...
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2010 Top Shop Finalist: Waukegan Tire & Supply Co.
By Eric Brothers
October 19, 2010
Waukegan Tire & Supply Co. Inc. has learned to adapt. The company did not just accept change because there was no other choice; it embraced...
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North America's Top Shop: Tires, Tires, Tires
By Jim Smith
October 19, 2010
If
it all ended tomorrow, Dan and Dale Nothdurft would be just fine. More
than OK. But if Tires, Tires, Tires ended tomorrow, the entire
Sio...
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Know New Training and Products That Will Keep Your Shop Profitable
By Scott Blair
October 18, 2010
Recently, you’ve heard me say, “nothing is easy.” That’s my new slogan. It doesn’t matter how simple an acti...
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