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September 28, 2011

Getting down to business  

Is there anything that separates a Tire Dealer of the Year from the average dealer? Just what is it that makes him or her so special?

Tags: Bob Ulrich, Editorial, MTD TIre Dealer of the Year, Tire Dealer of the Year

<p>Nick Mitsos, CEO and president of Mountain View Tire and Service.</p>
September 19, 2011

Everybody say, 'WOW!'  

Customer service at the retail level means different things to different business owners. To some, it’s a hook, a way to get people into their stores. In the end, they might as well be crying “Wolf.”

Tags: MTD TIre Dealer of the Year, Nick Mitsos, Tire Dealer of the Year

September 13, 2010

Stay with Bandag or switch to Michelin?  

In 2009, John Snider made what he calls the hardest decision of his career: switching from long-time supplier Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS) to a new supplier, Michelin North America Inc.

Tags: Bandag, Commercial Tire Dealer, John Snider, Michelin, Retreading, Tire Dealer of the Year

John Snider, MTD's 2010 Tire Dealer of the Year.
September 13, 2010

Welcome to the club  

John Snider is Modern Tire Dealer’s 18th Tire Dealer of the Year. In recognition of this achievement, MTD will donate $1,000 and a percentage of congratulatory ad revenue in Snider’s name to the Greensboro, N.C., chapter of The Salvation Army.

Tags: John Snider, Tire Dealer of the Year

John Snider, MTD’s 2010 Tire Dealer of the Year.
September 13, 2010

Truck tire trendsetter  

When you preside over a $200 million a year enterprise with 40 locations in nine states, making big decisions is part and parcel of daily life.

Tags: Bandag, Commercial Tire Dealer, John Snider, Michelin, Retreading, Tire Dealer of the Year, Truck tires

September 8, 2009

Ziegler on Selling  

‘Sell value, not price,’ says Tire Dealer of the Year

Tags: Bill Zieler, Tire Dealer of the Year

September 8, 2009

MTD Tire Dealer of the Year profile  

Full name: William Charles Ziegler

Tags: Bill Ziegler, Tire Dealer of the Year, Ziegler Tire

Most of Ziegler Tire’s growth has come through acquisitions, says Bill. It’s taken a lot of work to bring some stores up to speed. “You have to be in it for the long-term. You can’t worry about the short-term results.”
September 8, 2009

Eyes on the Future - 2009 Tire Dealer of the Year, Bill Ziegler  

The American automobile industry was still in its infancy when Oliver Ziegler opened Ziegler Tire & Supply Co. in 1919. General Motors Corp. was only 11 years old. Henry Ford’s Model T was in the middle of its 19-year production run. Hundreds of automobile manufacturers — many of them now lost in the mists of time — were flooding the market with products, each trying to gain a foothold in this burgeoning new industry.

Tags: Bill Ziegler, Tire Dealer of the Year, Ziegler Tire

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