Bill Ihnken is out and Markus Hockenson is in as head of TBC Corp.’s retail tire stores.
Hockenson, now TBC senior vice president of company store operations, heads up Tire Kingdom, National Tire and Battery and Merchant’s Tire and Auto Centers.
Hockenson has more than 20 years’ experience managing retail operations in the United States and United Kingdom, TBC said, and was most recently senior vice president of store operations for Advance Auto Parts.
TBC said that Ihnken “elected to leave the company to pursue other interests.”