Top Shop Winners
Official Contest RulesPast WinnersHow to be a Top Shop 2022 Winner: Telle Tire & Auto Centers Finalist: Best-One of Indy Finalist: Don Foshay’s Discount Tire & Alignment 2021 Winner: Burt Brothers Tire & Service Finalist: Plaza Tire Service, Inc. Finalist: Lex Brodie’s Tire, Brake & Service Co. Finalist: Telle Tire & Auto Centers 2020 Winner:
The Great Property Debate: Buying vs. Leasing
When Scott Rhodes’ father opened the family’s first tire store in 1963, he bought the real estate. Little did he know that the single purchase would eventually grow into a 59-location chain – 55 properties of which the family would also own rather than lease. With facility sizes between 4,000 and 10,000 square feet, that’s
Efficient by Design
A tire shop’s struggles to capture extra service sales aren’t always due to bad customer service or a disorganized business plan. Keeping your shop’s outdated layout because you’re afraid to gut your shop or simply because “it’s always been that way” could be creating a sales-service disconnect that’s hurting business. But what if you could rework
Golden Anniversary Brings New Flagship Store
Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Plaza Tire Service is celebrating its 50th anniversary by inaugurating big changes to its original retail location. The company announced that it will move its flagship store "to the opposite side of its block to accommodate a major commercial property development," and will build an all-new retail facility on adjacent land. According
Winners Named in Uniroyal Dealer Contest
Michelin North America’s Uniroyal brand announced the winners of its "Ticket to Travel" dealer contest. The nine winners were the dealers showing the best growth in sales of Uniroyal brand tires during July and August, and those winners had a choice of either a cash reward or a, international vacation getaway. The grand prize winners
All in the Family: Running a Successful Family Business
Today the most commonly accepted meaning is that blood-related familymembers are to be considered more important than non-family members. Withfew exceptions, that seems to be the mantra for tire dealers who havestarted or inherited a family-owned business. While the “blood” happensto be a common bond, most involved agree that running the business withfamily has more
Registration Open for Mitchell 1 Shop Management Workshop in Arizona
Mitchell 1 will hold this year’s second Shop Management Workshop Sept. 19-21 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Virginia Automotive Association Elects New Officers
The Virginia Automotive Association elected its new officers at its annual meeting April 14 at The Omni Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia.
Goodyear Awards 35th Highway Hero Recipient
A truck driver who administered first aid to a motorist who had been pierced through the neck by a broken steering wheel after crashing into a truck is the 35th recipient of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s Highway Hero Award.
Mitchell 1 Launches Facebook Sweepstakes
Mitchell 1 is offering one winner an all-expense paid trip to attend the shop management training workshop in Scottsdale, Ariz., through its “Shift Into High Gear” sweepstakes, running now through March 14, 2017 on Facebook.
