Les Schwab Tire Centers plans to expand into Denver, Colo., and central California this year. The 434-store dealership will open five stores in each market.

Tags: Dick Borgman, Les Schwab, Les Schwab Tire Centers, Tire Dealer of the Year

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The memorial service for Phil Wick, the longtime Les Schwab Tire Centers executive who died recently, will be held Sunday, Aug. 29, in Bend, Ore. It will begin at 2 p.m. at the Riverhouse Convention Center.

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With 775 retail stores throughout the United States, Discount Tire Co. Inc. tops this year's 2010 MTD 100, the industry's most comprehensive list of independent tire dealer chains.

Tags: Discount Tire Co., Les Schwab Tire Centers, Monro Muffler Brake, MTD 100, Somerset Tire Service, Tire Kingdom

Les Schwab Tire Centers, one of the largest retread manufacturers in the United States, is consolidating its Redding, Calif., retread operation into its Prineville, Ore., retread plant.

Tags: Les Schwab Tire Centers, Medium truck tires, Retreads

The July 2009 issue of Modern Tire Dealer magazine includes exclusive interviews with top executives from some of the "top five" independent tire store chains that made the 2009 Modern Tire Dealer 100. Throughout the month of July, www.moderntiredealer.com will bring you full-length versions of those CEO interviews.

Tags: Executive interviews, Les Schwab Tire Centers, Modern Tire Dealer 100, Monro Muffler Brake Inc., Somerset Tire Service Inc., Tire Kingdom Inc.

The Modern Tire Dealer 100 highlights the top independent tire store chains in the United States. Commercial tire dealers are well represented in this year’s list, which will appear in MTD’s July issue.

Tags: Les Schwab Tire Centers, Modern Tire Dealer 100, Snider Tire