Five Tire Trends for 2021
To finish out the year, let’s go through some of the trends that screamed out to the Tire Review team in 2021 and how they might affect your business in the new year.
12 Rubber Companies Commit to Human Rights, No Deforestation
As members of GPSNR, each company’s policies have components such as respecting human rights, increased production efficiency and more.
USTMA Launches National Tire Safety Week
USTMA also released key findings of a recent survey, in partnership with Discount Tire and Ipsos, showing drivers know the basics, but need more knowledge about tire safety, specifically pressure, tread and rotation.
Continental Commercial Specialty Tires Hires Market Manager
Andrew Davis will oversee all material handling, earthmoving and agriculture tire business.
The SUV & CUV Tire Megatrend
A shift to larger rim diameters in recent years, combined with a wide variety of consumer expectations for these versatile vehicles, results in a vehicle segment that’s a bit more complicated for the dealer.
Point S Sees Record-Breaking Growth in 2020
The co-op added 12 new members last year and expanded into five new states—Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York and Mississippi —to bring its total to 245 locations across 27 states in 2020.
The Argument for the Winter Tire Sale
Selling winter tires offers the dealer an opportunity to make another sale to an existing customer, and since winter tires are specifically designed to run in cold weather and snow, that’s also good for consumers in cold-weather states.
The New Ball Game of Tire Manufacturing Amid COVID-19 [Audio]
As manufacturers start to ramp up production, changes have been made in factories worldwide just to keep workers safe amid the coronavirus. So what’s that like? How have factories changed? In this episode of What’s Treading with Tire Review, we speak with Nokian Tyres, a rather new tire manufacturer on North American soil, to see
Updated: Tire Manufacturers’ Responses to COVID-19
Tire manufacturers explain how their businesses – production, operations and distribution – have been affected by the coronavirus.
Q&A: Point S Tire & Auto’s Walter Lybeck and Clint Young
Point S executives detail the co-op’s growth and its goals for years to come.
