Advancing in N.A. Market Takes Products, Cooperation, Technology
As with most great adventures, the first steps are usually the hardest to take. CMA and Double Coin began marketing TBR products in North America in 1992, with container-delivered, price-driven programs. Dealers were able to use the products as profit building items to offer end-users cost alternatives. Distributors could use the products as profitable lines
Master Social Media to Support Your Brand
Will tire dealers become irrelevant if they don’t master social media? The imperative for dealers to develop a social media program becomes more evident every day. Hundreds of nationally known companies are supporting their brands and selling additional products and services through the strategic use of social media programs. When recently asked about change, Gen.
Language Lessons and Civic Turmoil
Chalk this up as things you didn’t know. Well, at least I didn’t know. In the midst of the nail-biting tensions between the two Koreas, it has been suggested that South Korea needs to distance itself from its confrontational and irrational sister to the north by changing its name. Michael Breen, author, foreign correspondent and
SDA Increases Florida Footprint
Miami’s South Dade Automotive has opened its third warehouse in Florida. The company’s new 49,000-square-foot warehouse is located in Pompano. The American Car Care Centers member distributor carries Goodyear, Continental, Dunlop, General, Yokohama, Falken, Hankook, Pirelli, Mastercraft, Achilles, Kelly, Sunny, Nankang and Kumho products, in addition to Remington and Jinyu truck tires.
Michelin’s F1 Return Dependent on Competition
Michelin’s return as a tire supplier to Formula One is partly dependent on competition from rival companies, a spokesman told Racing Engineering. Bridgestone’s F1 contract will run out at the end of the season, leaving the category without a confirmed tire provider for 2011. Michelin has expressed interest in returning, but a deal appears to
Michelin Could Return to F1 Next Year
Michelin is reportedly close to returning to Formula One, albeit not as a standard tire supplier. Although the news remains unconfirmed, Autosport reported that the French tire manufacturer is in “advanced negotiations with FIA about the terms of a return for the first time since it quit at the end of 2006.” A formal announcement
F1 Pressing Hard to Keep Bridgestone
FIA and its Formula 1 racing are reportedly putting the full-court press on to convince Bridgestone Corp. to remain as the series’ race tire supplier. Since Bridgestone announced last year that the 2010 F1 season would be its last as the tire supplier, the series has struggled to find a replacement. Rumors had wither Kumho
Let’s Grade the Options
Bridgestone has said that 2010 will be its last season of F1 racing. No more tires, no more dollars. And while most of the motorsport world’s F1 attention has been focused on whether Renault will remain in (yes it will) and if Michael Schumacher will suit up again (apparently he will), no one is addressing
Taking Stock: Be Ready with Performance Upgrade Options for 2010
Many times over the years, the automotive aftermarket has been given a platform that has largely contributed to a $35+ billion industry. This year, that car was the 2010 Camaro. Baer Brakes has introduced their Baer Claw Extreme (one piece rotors) and Extreme-Plus (two piece rotors) brake systems in the 14-inch 6S and massive 15-inch
Commentary: Bigger is Dumber
In a recent speech to the Professional Contractors Group (PCG), legendary tire retail mogul Sir Tom Farmer warned would-be entrepreneurs against having simplistic, size-orientated goals for their businesses. The Kwik-Fit founder may have sold a 700-branch strong tire retail chain to Ford for £1 billion in 2001, but for him size isn’t everything. He might