Make Loyal Customers: Rewards Bring Rewards
Put a customer-keeping cherry on top to keep your best, most loyal customers more loyal.
Tire Review Talks With Tim Easter
The Farmers Almanac is claiming to be 80% accurate. Yet the truth is, it’s only about half right or about the same as flipping a coin. Nevertheless, the Farmers Almanac has continued to sell over four million copies a year of its forecast. Imagine trying to sell off-the-road tires and claim they only perform to
Going Green, and Not Just Because They Sold Expensive Lemonade
The world has fully gone green, if only because people are being driven by a) the high price of fuel, and b) green is the red-hot social cause of this decade. So when it comes to cars, which U.S. cities do you think have the most eco-friendly car buyers? You wouldn’t have been far off
Ken-Tool Taps Action Marketing as Rep Firm
Salem, Ore.-based Action Marketing will now represent Ken-Tool in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. In making the announcement, sales and marketing vice president Rock Tyson said, "Action Marketing has, over the past 27 years, established a strong reputation for providing excellent relationships with the companies it represents and its distributors and jobbers in Oregon, Washington
28,000 Tires and Two Tons of Pasta Later
Wanna be THE tire supplier for Formula One? Think ya got what it takes to make and provide service to the world’s premier motorsport series (so sorry NASCAR)? Based on these stats Pirelli provided from its first year back on the circuit, you might want to reconsider your ambition: • Total race tires provided for
Live at SEMA: Four Giants Join Tire Industry Hall of Fame
Bill Fountain, John Gamauf, Onkar Kanwar and Ralph “Buddy” Snow were inducted into the Tire Industry Hall of Fame last night.
The State of New Car Dealers
Ever wonder what’s really going on behind those phony smiles and promises that "We’ll get this deal to work for you!"? So did I, as it was nice to have a friend pass along a copy of the 2010 National Automobile Dealers Association "State of the Industry Report." According to the 21-page report, new car,
Four Named to Tire Industry Hall of Fame
The Tire Industry Association announced the inductees of the 2011 Tire Industry Hall of Fame: Bill Fountain, founder of Fountain Tire; John Gamauf, president, Consumer Replacement Tires (retired) for Bridgestone North American Tire; Onkar Kanwar, chairman, Apollo Tyres, Ltd.; and Ralph "Buddy" Snow, vice president and counsel (retired) for Oliver Rubber. Bill Fountain is the
August 2011 Sales Intelligence
Covering Anchorage, Alaska; Casper, Wyo.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Kansas City, Mo.; New York, N.Y.; and Sacramento, Calif., retail tire markets during the period of July 25-29. Tire Review and InteliChek present up-to-date tire and service price information from U.S. metropolitan areas.For this monthly feature, InteliChek directly contacts a selection of independent tire dealers, mass merchants and
Continental-Shod SUV Sets Pan-American Record
The Continental-supported Challenge4 team led by Rainer Zietlow set a new record in the TDI-Panamericana Challenge, completing the 16,000-mile endurance journey in only 11 days, 17 hours and 22 minutes – all on one set of tires.Armed with Continental CrossContact LX20 with EcoPlus Technology tires, the 2011 Volkswagen Touareg TDI Clean Diesel SUV left Ushuaia,