Michelin North America Inc. reports BFGoodrich Tires has introduced the g-Force Sport COMP-2, the newest tire in the BFGoodrich ultra-high performance tire lineup.

Tags: BFG, BFGoodrich, Michelin, tire introduction, UHP tires

Yokohama Tire Corp. announced today it will increase prices by up to 8% on all of its consumer tires sold in the U.S., which include passenger, performance and light truck tires. The increase will go into effect March 1, with some in-line adjustments announced at a later date.

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President Barack Obama has proposed to congress a $48 billion legislative package to aid small-business growth.

Tags: Automotive Service Association, President Barack Obama, Small Business

Wisconsin Assembly Bill 483, a non-lead wheel weight rule, was introduced on Jan. 24, 2012.

Tags: Gregory Parker, Non-Lead Wheel Weights, Wheel Balancing, Wisconsin Assembly Bill 483

Gabriel (Ride Control LLC) now has more than 140 Gabriel premium ReadyMount SKUs available.

Tags: Gabriel ReadyMount Struts, Lisa Bahash, Shocks and Struts, Undercar Service

Coming off a record year financially, Yokohama Tire Corp. shook things up a little in 2011. First it promoted Dan King to senior vice president of sales and marketing.

Tags: Dan King, Going green, Light truck tires, orange oil technology, Passenger Tires, Salem, Va., Yasushi Tanaka, Yokohama, Yokohama Tire Corp.

On 2007-10 Volkswagen Eos vehicles, the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) utilizes air pressure sensors in the wheels. The sensors transmit radio data signals to the Central Locking and Antitheft System antennas.

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Last month, I challenged you as an owner or manager of an independent tire dealership to deal with the hardest part of the people-side of your business: implementing real change in your team’s behavior. How do you coach each employee to perform at a higher level where they tap into new insights and maximize talents — and then generate higher results?

Tags: Doug Trenary, SalesMind

The broadly held definition of the difference between small business ownership and entrepreneurism boils down to a single word: “growth.” Increasing sales is not, by itself, growth.

Tags: Business Insight, Dealership Growth, Global Tire Expo, Roger McManus

What began as a chance meeting at Autopromotec in 2008 has become a partnership between ITDG and point S.

Tags: Independent Tire Dealers Group, ITDG, point S