All in the Family: After a Record Year, Hankook Meets New Challenges Head-On
After a Record Year, Hankook Meets New Challenges Head-On
Getting Geeky: TPMS Issues, Vehicle Systems Keep Dealers on Their Toes
We’re at 100% TPMS compliance now. Are we having fun yet? To keep customers in your shop, plan on investing in diagnostic scanners and software, not to mention a serious investment in personnel who have an aptitude for technology. Just this week, I had a friend who owns a local tire store call me regarding
Powerful Stuff: Recent Teen Accident Shines Light on Teen Driving Class Column
Recent Teen Accident Shines Light on Teen Driving Class Column Your editorial (First Off, November 2007) was very powerful and struck a chord with me since a 17-year-old girl (without a drivers license) was killed in a horrific accident here the other day. She was speeding with a car full of kids and the rest
A New Era: TPMS Compliance Calls For New Products
The tire industry is now well into a new era. It may not rival the radial age, but the epoch already is memorable and some say forgettable. It’s the TPMS era. While most participants know that the groundwork was laid several years ago, the reality is that the TREAD Act’s final deadline for the “start”
SWOT: Honest, Four-Square Analysis Helps You Make Profitable Decisions
Honest, Four-Square Analysis Helps You Make Profitable Decisions There are two old business adages that have been proved time and time again: • Change or perish. • It’s hard to hit a moving target. If you read the stories in last month’s issue of Tire Review about the winner and finalists of our first Top
Small Business, Big Ideas: Smaller Companies Offer Products to Fill a Niche in Your Business
Smaller Companies Offer Products to Fill a Niche in Your Business David triumphs again! That could be the slogan for many small companies who are pursuing the same consumer dollar that large companies are vying for. Except they are doing it on a tiny budget and throwing every available resource they have to capture the
Babcox Launches Revised T2 Web Site
(Akron/Tire Review) Babcox Publications has redesigned the Tomorrow’s Technician (T2) Web site – wwwtomorrowstechnician.com – providing users improved navigation, an in-depth training center section, community-based postings and other exciting features for both students and instructors.
Broadway Tyres Lifts Lid on New Dealer Training
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Several months after unveiling its new corporate identity, Broadway Tyres is making steady progress on the roll out of its rebranding.
He’s Mr. Tire, And He Won’t Roll Over
(Akron/Tire Review – The Other Paper/Columbus, OH) Mr. Tire doesn’t want you to buy tires from Mr. Tire.
Kwik-Fit Launches New-Look Website and Text Services
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Kwik-Fit, Britain’s number one fleet and retail fast-fit specialist, has launched new-look fleet and retail Web sites and a locate-a-centre text service.