Builders of Dreams: The Three Qualities of Visionary Tire Dealers
Welcome to the Dream Shop issue. Over the past few years, the June issues of Tire Review have addressed the physical design of tire stores.
Apollo Opens Plant Near Budapest
As part of its commitment to global expansion, Apollo Tyres Ltd. celebrated the opening of its new manufacturing facility in Hungary on April 7. Located 44 miles outside of Budapest, the location is intended to support an increasing number of OE customers for the growing tiremaker.
Coaching Up Your Talent: How Building a Strong Team is Essential to Success
My dad, John Kuhar, was a beloved manager who spent almost 40 years working for the same tire and rubber company. Even at age 85, he remains one of my strongest mentors and guides. I will always remember how early in my career, when I was faced with the uncharted territory of building a team and hiring people for the first time, his advice was simple: “Hire someone with the talent to someday surpass you, then train them to do just that.”
Going Vintage and Outfitting Classic Cars with Modern Tires
Summer is here. On any given weekend, you’ll find the proud owners of classic cars touring the countryside, parked at competitions, or showing off at cruise-in events. Thanks to the increasing numbers of classic car enthusiasts including Baby Boomers, this niche tire segment is growing.
The Strong, Silent Type: Yokohama’s New Geolandar M/T
Yokohama Tire Corp. is introducing a new mud-terrain product to its Geolandar line of light truck tires- the Geolandar M/T G003.
How to Craft and Use Case Studies to Share Customer Stories in Your Marketing
As more information and ideas become available on how to improve marketing and grow your business, a blurring of strategies is also taking place. Techniques once exclusively considered business-to-consumer (B2C) or business-to-business (B2B) are blending, as are shifts in consumer expectations and buying habits. With that, let’s explore a traditional B2B marketing tool that might be easily adapted for use by B2C tire dealers: the case study.
The Busy Trap: Breaking the Cycle of Not Enough Time
I don’t really have time to write this column. And you’re probably too busy to read it.
Tire Pros to Define Standards for Uniformity Across Member Locations
Change is underway within the Tire Pros organization with a call for uniformity and consistency across the franchise network of 740-plus independently owned tire stores.
Bridgestone Invests $17.3 Million to Renovate Akron Data Center
With the quick snip of ceremonial scissors at a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony April 18, Bridgestone Americas celebrated the completion of its $17.3 million renovation to the company’s Akron Data Center.
Apollo Opens New Plant Near Budapest, Sets Sights on U.S.
As part of its commitment to global expansion, Apollo Tyres Ltd. celebrated the opening of its new manufacturing facility in Hungary and eyes the U.S. as its next stop.
The Crisis of Trust
For tire dealers, your business – and your livelihood – is based on trust. And though trust is essential to success, it can be a fragile thing.
Driving a ‘Connected Business Model’
In what has been compared to an “industry family reunion,” approximately 1,300 Goodyear dealers and distributors from across North America gathered in late January at the Gaylord Resort in Orlando for the Goodyear Customer Conference.
