K&M Top Shop: Integrity Drives Smetz’s Tire & Service Center
Smetz’s Tire & Service Center is truly in the business of taking care of the customer. Their slogan “Where integrity meets the road,” isn’t just something they say. The staff at Smetz’s Tire & Service Center live this out in each and every interaction with customers–and with each other. That’s why Smetz’s Tire & Service
What is Your Tire Technician Training Focus in 2022?
The Tire Review Crew recently visited the annual K&M Tire Dealer Conference, this year in Kansas City, and while we were there, it was our goal to get a pulse on the industry by tracking down tire dealers and asking them our most burning questions. This week, that question is: What is your technician training
The Right Tire for Any Job
Professional tire dealers know that there’s a right tire for any job. When your day consists of one job after another, you need one tire does just that, like the new Mastercraft Courser Trail tire. The Mastercraft Courser Trail is an all-terrain truck and SUV tire designed to work as hard as your customer’s vehicle
‘Big Inventory’ Boosts J Rod’s Tire & Service
In the small town of Sharon Springs, Kansas, sits a community tire shop that started out of a garage of a home in 2015. That shop — which is a 2022 K&M Tire Top Shop Finalist this year – is J-Rod’s Tire Service LLC, run and owned by husband-and-wife duo Jarrod and Lindsay Hartman. Jarrod
For Kantner’s Tire Service, Adaptability Equals Success
At Kantner’s Tire Service, efficient and honest service comes just as easily as treating staff and customers like family. That’s because the Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania-based tire dealership is, in fact, a third-generation, family-owned business that has stayed true to its roots for more than four decades. The single-location dealership, owned by the Roberts family, has provided
K&M Tire Gives Dealers Tools for Pursuing Excellence
After two years of virtual meetings and events, K&M Tire hosted its 2022 Dealer Conference & Trade Show in person from Feb. 17-19 at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel at the Convention Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Hundreds of dealers and their families trekked to K.C. not only for quality time together with K&M but
Four Trucking Trends – What They Mean for Tire Dealers
Studying commercial truck tire trends is a talent that Gary Schroeder, Cooper Tire executive director of global truck & bus tires, is perhaps best known for, and dagnabbit, he did it again during his “Trends in the Commercial Tire Industry” seminar at this year’s K&M Tire Dealer Conference & Trade Show in Kansas City, Kansas.
Smetz’s Tire & Service Center Named K&M Tire Top Shop Winner
Smetz’s Tire & Service Center, a third-generation tire dealer from Ashland, Ohio, was named this year’s 2022 K&M Tire Mr. Tire/Big 3 Tire Top Shop Winner. K&M honored this year’s winner at its 2022 Dealer Conference and Trade Show from Feb. 17-19 in Kansas City at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel at the Convention Center.
Gallery: 2022 K&M Tire Show & Dealer Conference
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, K&M Tire dealers gathered in person for the distributor’s annual Dealer Conference from Feb. 17-19 at the Overland Park Convention Center outside Kansas City, Kansas. During the two-day show, hundreds of dealers reacquainted and enjoyed educational sessions, mingling with each other and a packed trade show
Selling Off-Road Tires: Lessons from the U.S. Border Patrol
Tire manufacturers are increasingly prioritizing higher-value tire lines, many of which are often in higher-diameter tire sizes.
Refocus Your Business Through Subtraction
Dealers must put a lid on those things that didn’t work in 2020 as a means to refocus their energy and pave the way for continuous improvement and success in 2021.
Capitalizing on Virtual Communication with K&M Tire [Audio]
We’re almost a year into the pandemic, and as a result, industry events like trade shows have been forced to go virtual. For many, there’s also been a change in the way they’re communicating with vendors and customers and serving their needs. One company in the industry that has experienced this is K&M Tire. As
