Business Planning Guide for Tire Dealers: Consumer Finance in the Retail Realm
If a customer doesn’t have the cash to cover their purchase, they typically have three useful payment options to give them flexibility.
Business Finance Guide for Tire Dealers: Succession Planning
Selecting your business successor is a fundamental objective of planning an exit strategy, but it requires a careful assessment of what you want from the sale of your business and who can give it to you.
The Power of KPIs: Meaningful Ways to Measure Your Tire Shop’s Performance
Key performance indicators are critical numbers used in your automotive repair business and across our industry to tell the business owner about the health of their business. Learn how to calculate them for your business and how you can use the to help you better succeed in business.
Dunn Tire Steps Up to Help Veterans with Boots for Heroes Program
As America pauses to honor all military veterans this Veteran’s Day, Dunn Tire, a western New York tire dealer, is giving customers a chance to support the area’s many military heroes this November through the Boots for Heroes program.
Prometeon Tyre Group To Invest About $115 M in Turkey to Increase Production
Prometeon Tyre Group, the licensed manufacturer of Pirelli-branded truck, bus, agricultural and OTR tires, will invest almost $115 million in its plant in Turkey to increase production by 75% by 2020.
Yokohama Rubber Revises Fiscal Projections Downward
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced that it has taken a charge for asset impairment in the third quarter of fiscal year 2018 and that it has revised the full-year fiscal projections that it announced on Feb. 19 this year.
ATD Celebrates Grand Opening of Poconos Mixing Warehouse
Forging an important link to its national tire distribution supply chain, American Tire Distributors (ATD) celebrated the grand opening of its Poconos Mixing Warehouse Nov. 7, positioned near Interstate 80 in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania.
Take a Virtual Tour of Double Coin’s Automated Tire Plant in Thailand
Double Coin and CMA unveiled a video giving viewers a 360° virtual tour of its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Thailand.
Yelp For Tire Shops: Monetizing What Makes Many a Manager Mad
Believe it or not, Yelp’s claim that their ads work and can bring auto shops more customers actually holds true. So, if you love to make money more than you love to hate Yelp, keep reading.
Wilcox Supply Inc. Changes Name of Online Store to Tire Supply Network
Wilcox Supply Inc. has rebranded and changed the name of its online store from Discount Tire Supply to Tire Supply Network.
Maxam Tire International President Martin West Retires
Maxam Tire International Ltd. announced that its president has retired and its North American president will now take the helm of its global operations.
Mitsubishi Takes 20% Stake in Toyo Tire & Rubber Co.
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. entered into a capital and business alliance agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation to issue new shares of Toyo Tire through a third-party allotment, which gives the carmaker a 20% stake in Toyo’s business.
