Do your retail tire customers care about low rolling resistance?
Yes(16.7%)
No(55.8%)
Yes, but it doesn´t trump low price(27.5%)
How many tire pressure monitoring systems have you serviced in the last 12 months?
Zero(16.7%)
1-5(19.4%)
6-10(8.3%)
More than 10 (55.6%)
What is your exit plan for your business?
Sell to a family member(23.4%)
Sell to another dealer(11.7%)
Sell to an employee(9.9%)
Sell to a tire company(17.1%)
I have no exit plan(37.8%)
As a retail tire dealer, would you welcome a federal standard requiring tires be removed from service at 4/32-inch?
Yes(59.7%)
No(32.3%)
I don´t know(3%)
I don´t care(5%)
With racing season starting again, how much benefit do you feel a tire company receives from being an exclusive spec tire to a racing series?
Impacts bottom line greatly(18.6%)
More publicity than profit(36.3%)
Less than the tire company thinks(24.5%)
Enough to make it worth while(14.8%)
None of the above(5.9%)
What did you think of the Bridgestone commercials during the Super Bowl?
Among the best(43.8%)
Among the worst(8.7%)
Average(21.2%)
Bridgestone ads aired during the game?!(16.8%)
I didn´t watch the game(9.6%)
How would you best rate your main program distribution group in 2008?
Same benefits as last year(25.3%)
Superior to the 2007 version(10.1%)
Not what it needs to be(44.4%)
I have not ´joined´ any such group(20.2%)
Do your retail tire customers care about low rolling resistance?
Yes(14.2%)
No(58%)
Yes, but it doesn´t trump low price(27.8%)
The 2007 SEMA Show is over. What best describes your experience?
I went, and look forward to returning in 2008.(21.1%)
I went, but am not sure I will return in 2008.(11.3%)
I went, but will not attend in 2008.(9.2%)
I didn´t attend.(58.5%)
What is your average retail profit margin on the passenger tires you sell?
0% to 10%(10.5%)
11% to 20%(18.8%)
21% to 30%(38.8%)
31% to 40% (19.9%)
More than 40%(12%)
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