Gallery: 2022 K&M Tire Show & Dealer Conference
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, K&M Tire dealers gathered in person for the distributor’s annual Dealer Conference from Feb. 17-19 at the Overland Park Convention Center outside Kansas City, Kansas. During the two-day show, hundreds of dealers reacquainted and enjoyed educational sessions, mingling with each other and a packed trade show
What Free Services Do Tire Dealers Offer?
Babcox Data surveyed close to 400 retail tire dealerships. Take a look at what we found.
Where Dealers Get Their Service Parts
While some parts sources have remained steady over the years, others experienced a shift in the ever changing market.
Who Owns Tire Dealerships?
Nearly half of all tire dealers who responded to our survey identified their business as having a single owner.
How Consumers Research Tires Before Buying
Before making a big investment like buying a new set of tires, many consumers will seek out advice and expertise to assist in the decision making process.
RMA Offers Tire Recall Search Tool
The Rubber Manufacturers Association has launched a new online tool that will make it easier for consumers to search tire recalls. “Consumer safety is the top priority of RMA member companies,” said Anne Forristall Luke, RMA president and CEO. “Last year, RMA led the effort to pass federal legislation to require the nation’s highway safety
Crafting Tire Registration: Bring Your Ideas to the Table
Now that the president has signed the massive five-year, $325 million surface transportation reauthorization bill, work can begin on fixing more of our badly broken roads and bridges. And tire registration system. Everything needs a starting point, and I suggest this process would best be served if all of the parties – in particular the
Battles Loom for Auto Care Service Aftermarket
Tire dealers stand out among the auto care industry service outlets as one of the only segments to grow in total retail outlet population over the past eight years. Since 2006, the tire dealers have grown in number of outlets by 1.1% to 19,958 locations in 2014, while the rest of the service sector has
Safety Must Drive Tire Registration Conversation
You’ll see on page 8 of this issue that Tia Disagrees with my take that our industry’s two associations aren’t really speaking with each other. I will say only that, respectfully, we will agree to disagree. That lack of relationship – not just being “in agreement” – does matter, for a lot of reasons. Real
TIA Suggests Tire Registration, Recall Solution
During a telephone press conference yesterday, the Tire Industry Association, together with the Safety Institute and Families for Safer Recalls, asked Congress and the NHTSA to support reform that requires uniform electronic scan-ability of tires to increase recall success. Scan-ability could be in the form of RFID or other technology, the groups said. Language in
