Pulling for Results: Entering Trailer Tire Market May Bring in Tidy Profits, Connections
Entering Trailer Tire Market May Bring in Tidy Profits, Connections With steady growth and little competition, entering the trailer tire market is something worth considering. While the demand isn’t nearly as great as it is for passenger or light truck tires – or even some other specialty tires – being one of a few dealers
Getting Every Last Drop: Vendors Offer More Than Just Product – But You Have to Take the Time to Benefit
You have five “urgent” phone calls that “must be returned immediately,” an HR crisis that can’t wait, and a customer who demands “you” take care of them. Your insurance carrier thinks you should update your coverage and the bank just called because there is a “problem” with your account. Let’s not forget the fire inspector
Slowing Economy – All the More Reason to Advertise
Are you finding that many of yourbest prospects are already working with your competitors? When you pursue a newmarket or opportunity, is someone else capturing the prize? Maybe it’s time tore-evaluate your positioning. Your market position is the placeyou occupy in the mind of your prospective customers. It is how they think of you compared
Spin on Spinners: New York, Iowa Want to Put the Halt on Spinner Wheels
New York, Iowa Want to Put the Halt on Spinner Wheels
Chaos Theory?: Managing Inventory in Today’s Tire Industry
Inventory management today is more important – and more complicated and challenging – than it has ever been in the history of the tire industry, according to Daniel Brown, senior vice president of procurement at American Tire Distributors. “Today’s consumer expects a multi-brand offering at the point of sale,” Brown wrote in a recent article
The Power of Dealers
Joan Floyd putters around the house these days, doing a little of this and some of that. Her family is all gone now. She didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye. There aren’t any phone calls to make or envelopes to stamp or events to plan. In between the this-and-that, she hopes to find
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RMA Asks NHTSA For Internet OptionLooking to increase the number of tires being registered, the RMA has asked NHTSA for formal permission to allow tire buyers to register to tires via tiremaker Web sites. Allowing "additional, easier choices" would enhance NHTSA’s ability to notify owners in the event of a safety problem with their tires.
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Famed Calif. Dealer May Disappear
Can You Get There Alone?: The Pros and Cons of Programs, Groups & Franchises
Can You Get There Alone? The Pros and Cons of Programs, Groups & Franchises Tire One. Auto Edge. American Car Care Centers. Best One. Tire Factory. Mr. Tire. Tirecraft. Kal Tire. Tire Shop. Excel Tire. Tire Pros. President Tire. T3. King Bear. OK Tire. Big O. Michelin’s Alliance Program. Bridgestone/Firestone’s Affiliated Dealer and Tire Starz
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Continued Poor Results Cause Goodyear to Change Management