Get Some Wheel Salvation
Profit Handbook Get Some Wheel Salvation Picture this scenario: Sometime during the process of dismounting, servicing and mounting a tire, the customer’s expensive custom wheel gets seriously damaged. Or this scenario: The wheel comes in damaged, unbeknownst to the customer. Every tire dealer has lived at least one of these situations in the past. And
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Making the GradeMichelin to Start Grading and Rating Its Truck Tire Dealers
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Cooperative e-ventureSix Tire Giants Join Forces to Create Cost-Saving Internet Exchange
More Than Just Tires: Private Brand Execs Discuss SKUs, Marketing and Competition
More Than Just Tires Private Brand Execs Discuss SKUs, Marketing and Competition Dealers agree that private brands provide the combination of product quality and profit margins they need to remain vital and competitive in today’s market. But like the major brands, private branders face a number of key issues that cut to the core of
A Quiet End to a Distinguished Career
The last time I had the opportunity to speak with Pat Rooney was during the International Tire Expo last November. It was at a cocktail party in a room teeming with people, loud with animated conversation coming from every direction. He was standing alone. No entourage. No underlings. No posse. To me, that situation was
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Michelin signs eight more retreaders, now claims 38
The Big Hole in the Ground
They came from all over the country to discuss the industry, meet friends and look at a giant hole in the ground. But more importantly, they came in record numbers.
The Retreading Market: Plants More Productive, But Pressures Putting the Squeeze On
The Retreading Market Plants More Productive, But Pressures Putting the Squeeze On Retreading has been an integral part of the tire industry and American life for over 100 years. From the earliest days of steel-studded leather bands to the first true mold-cure retreading to the innovation of precure treads, and through the necessity brought on
Debt of Gratitude
Instead of the usual warm temperatures of the desert, it took TANA’s annual OTR conference to heat things up with its biggest and best conference to date. Congratulations!
The Consequences of Improper Nail Hole Repairing
The Consequences of Improper Nail Hole Repairing Tech InternationalThere are two common mistakes made in repairing nail hole injuries in commercial truck tires. The first mistake is only plugging the injury. The second is only applying a repair unit to the inside of the tire and not filling the injury.A proper nail hole repair is