Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance Focuses on Changing Industry at Forum
The Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance focused on the changing aftermarket at its annual Sales & Marketing Forum Sept. 17-19, at the Plaza Marriott in San Antonio. More than 60 marketing leaders representing more than 35 Alliance shareholders from the U.S., Canada and Mexico attended the event. The main session featured presentations on the Alliance’s “Service
Visiting Nokian’s ‘White Hell’ to See the Latest Winter Beaters
The reason Akron became the Rubber Capital of the World was not its unique ability or those of its inhabitants or even the earnestness and inventiveness of the locals. It was, in fact, all about location, location, location. Akron sat along a major east-west shipping corridor with railroads and the Erie Canal servicing the area,
Bosselman Boss Shops opens 37th Location
Nebraska-based Bosselman Boss Truck Shops opened its 37th location, this one at I-40 and N.C. 209 in Waynesville, N.C. The new Boss Shop will be located adjacent to the Pilot Travel Plaza and will be a Uni-Maxx Truck Care network location, an on-highway truck service network of independent Goodyear dealers set up and administered by
Chuck Bosselman Elected to NATSO Hall of Fame
Chuck Bosselman, chairman of the Bosselman Companies, will receive the NATSO Hall of Fame award at the NATSO Show 2012 in Las Vegas in February.
What I Did on My Field Trip to Jersey
When I was a kid, there was nothing more exciting than school field trips. Getting out of that musty old school building was liberating. It almost felt illegal, like a jailbreak. And when you go to a Catholic grade school, those field trips – regardless the destination or boredom factor attached – gave you that
Goodyear’s Uni-Maxx Truck Care Site Aids Fleets
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has launched www.unimaxxtruckcare.com, a website designed to provide commercial fleets and owner-operators with information about the tiremaker’s recently launched on-highway truck service network, which encompasses more than 70 locations. “The Uni-Maxx Truck Care network is dedicated to providing consistent products and services to all of our customers,” said Clint Schrock,
Virginia Dealer Opens Remodeled Falls Church Store
Virginia Tire & Auto recently reopened its revamped store in Falls Church, Va. Formerly known as Loehmann’s Plaza Shell, the store was completely remodeled and is now managed by Paul Richard.“Members of the community should appreciate the offerings at this location – a new building with a modern showroom, and service bays with the most
Michelin Adds to App Offering
Michelin North America has expanded its truck tire mobile phone apps to now include Apple iPhone and Android-based smartphones. The new apps join the existing Blackberry application introduced in August, as well as the existing Michelin OnCall emergency road service and online dealer and service locator. “With the introduction of these iPhone and Android apps,
13 More Take on MaddenCo Software
Software marketer MaddenCo has added 13 tire dealers and truck stops to its stable of customers. Taking on MaddenCo’s Internet-based ASP Tire Dealer System were dealers Best One Tire & Service of Lima, Ohio; B&I Tire Co. of Springfield, Mo.; Wood County Bandag of Bowling Green, Ohio; Toby Ramos Tire Service of El Cajon, Calif.;
MaddenCo Adds Seven For ASP System
(Akron/Tire Review) MaddenCo has signed up four more tire dealers and three truck stops to use its Internet-based ASP Tire Dealer System.