Executive Interview: Michelin North America’s Joanie Martin, Chief Administrative Officer
Tire Review Editor Patti (Renner) Hoying sat down with Joanie Martin of Michelin North America at the 2018 Movin’ On conference in Montreal to talk about the company’s goals, structural and distribution changes and her new role within the organization.
Big O Tires Growth and the Culture of ‘Yes’ | Annual Meeting Update
Big O Tires’ annual dealer meeting focused on the “Big O Yes,” a cultural shift in the organization and its approach to customers across the franchise.
Three Sumitomo Tires Added to SmartWay List
TBC Wholesale Group said that three of its Sumitomo brand radial truck tires have received U.S. EPA SmartWay verification. Added to the SmartWay Transport Partnership list of verified low-rolling resistance tires were the Sumitomo ST778SE steer radial, ST710SE trailer radial and ST938SE drive radial. "Three very good truck tires have been made even better with
Big O Tire, Parent Firms Sued by Franchisees
Some 20 current and former Big O Tire franchisees in California have sued Big O Tires and its parent companies. The suit, filed on Dec. 2, 2009, in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges various “breaches of franchise agreements, restraint of trade violations, interference with contractual rights, fraud in the inducement, negligent misrepresentation, violations of the
Tighter Squeeze: Low-Cost Options Add Pressure, But Private Branders Remain Strong
What do you do when all around you is chaos – a shrinking market, harsh price-based competition from overseas, lost domestic business and predictions of an early demise? U.S. private brands have seen this movie before, back when the first Japanese-produced tires hit these shores and again when South Korean tires made their way here.
Industry Report
‘A Transformational year’
Industry Report
Tire Kingdom Expands Reach With Mueller Buy
BFS Strike Threatened: Negotiations Go to the Wire; Nine Plants at Stake
Negotiations Go to the Wire; Nine Plants at Stake
Joining Forces: Goodyear and Michelin to Tackle the Run-Flat Market Together
Goodyear and Michelin to Tackle the Run-Flat Market Together
Writer’s Block
Much like the current temperature here in northeast Ohio, my brain has gone into a freeze. I’ve become dysfunctional, struggling to come up with some thought provoking subject matter for my column this month.