Tire Retailers Tread Water as Strike Wears On
(Akron/Tire Review – Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette) Bryant Paul puts a tire on a rim at Discount Tire Co., 4411 Industrial Road.The retailer has kept enough Goodyear tires in stock because it anticipated the tire maker’s strike.
Big O Tires Names New Area Sales Manager
(Akron/Tire Review) Big O Tires has named former Sears Automotive Group manager Greg Pater as an area sales manager for New Mexico and parts of the southwest.
Pirelli Promotes Three Executives to VP Posts
(Akron/Tire Review) Pirelli Tire North America (PTNA) has promoted Steve Carpino to vice president, head of R&D and product development; John Hagan to vice president of OE; and Andrew Kearton to manufacturing vice president.
Big O Tires Names New Southwest Regional Business Manager
(Akron/Tire Review) Terry Miller has been named the new regional business manager for the Southwest region of Big O Tires Inc.
Fifth National Tire Safety Week Starts Today
(Akron/Tire Review) Today marks the first day of the fifth annual National Tire Safety Week (NTSW), co-sponsored by the RMA and TIA, and supported by hundreds of tire dealer locations across the U.S.
Goodyear Makes Changes in Retail Store Management
(Akron/Tire Review)) Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has made changes to the management of its company-owned retail stores.
Revealing Your Potential: The Complete Business Makeover
When was the last time you looked at your tire dealership – not as a business manager but as an objective observer? If it’s been a while, take a step back and really study your business. What do you see? Sagging sales? Unbalanced balance sheets? Peeling paint? If you’re suffering from any of those, it
Biz Smarts Have No Gender
Women the weaker sex? Bite your tongue. Whether you’re male or female, to be successful in the retail or wholesale tire industry, you need business smarts, the ability to overcome challenges, and, above all, brass knuckles. An interesting combination of softness, intelligence and fiery spunk, women tire dealers are roaring. Once an oddity in a
Big Bang Theory
Experts say that if a football field-sized meteor hit our little planet, the resulting cataclysm would pretty much end all life as we know it. Giant dust storm blots out the sun, temperatures fall, nothing grows®ƒyou know the story. Did you ever wonder what would happen if an equally large unheavenly body unexpectedly crashed to
NTSW is Good for Tire Safety – and Your Business
Need new customers? Want to expand your market base? Perhaps build on your reputation as "the tire expert" in your town? Or, do you simply want to gain some well-earned exposure for your dealership? Well, there’s a tailored-made opportunity just around the corner – National Tire Safety Week (NTSW), slated for Apr. 25 through May