Pep Boys Launches TreadSmart E-Commerce Effort
Pep Boys has launched TreadSmart, a new online system that allows customers to research tires, compare features and pricing, make an online purchase, and schedule service appointments. TreadSmart, according to the retailer, “asks tire buyers questions about their driving habits and then makes recommendations based on that information,” and then make purchase online and “schedule
Delticom CEO Talks e-Commerce, Fleet Business
Online tire business is the future, according to Delticom CEO Rainer Binder. With more people buying tires online than ever, it might not take a futurist or e-business whiz to make such a prediction, but in this recent interview with Tyres & Accessories, Binder shares more about Delticom’s approach and new European, fleet and global
CMA Launches E-Commerce Site
China Manufacturers Alliance launched a new e-commerce website as another tool for dealers to access products. The online ordering system provides ordering and pricing capabilities for container and warehouse-delivered products marketed and distributed by CMA. “This automation also allows our customers real-time, electronic access to orders, pricing, availability and product specifications,” said Aaron Murphy, vice
AutoZone Adds e-Catalog, e-Commerce with AfterSoft
AutoZone has streamlined the ordering process for its online customers by adding AfterSoft Network’s VAST point-of-sale software. VAST Enterprise POS is a Windows-based POS system for single and multi-location tire and automotive service centers in North America. Tire and Auto Service dealers using Aftersoft’s VAST Enterprise software can now identify and order AutoZone parts directly
Delticom Sees Robust E-Commerce Growth
In reporting its financial results for the first half of the 2010 financial year, Germany’s Delticom AG – the company behind mytyres.co.uk – observed a marked difference between the performance of its main e-commerce business and its comparatively small-scale wholesale operation. Delticom notes the continuation of the global economic recovery during the first half and
New E-Commerce Option for Tire Dealers
AutoWare Technologies has launched its new NextWheels Online e-commerce program at Jegs.com. Consumers can now buy custom wheels and tires directly through the NextWheels online program, after they have visually previewed exactly how the wheels and tires will look on their vehicle, the company said. The Jeg’s program can be found in the Wheels and
TyreSafe Warns Against Consumers’ e-Commerce Errors
The rise in online tyre shopping seems set to remain ongoing, but will this trend prompt another more worrying development in terms of consumers fitting appropriate tyres to their equipment?
ATD Program Marries Traditional Retailing and E-Commerce
American Tire Distributors is looking to give independent tire dealers a leg up in competing against online tire retailers.
Delticom Promotes e-Commerce Tyre Sales
Delticom has begun to promote in earnest its e-commerce platform in North America.
U.S. Tire Adds E-Commerce System for Dealers
Tire and auto part distributor U.S. Tire & Exhaust, based in Combined Locks, Wis., has added various business automation and e-commerce software from Aftersoft Network.