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Gills Point S Tire & Auto Service
“We are proud to not only expand our reach but to welcome the dedicated employees of Peerless Tire into the Gills Point S family,' says Eric Gill, CEO of Gills Point S Tire & Auto Service (left). 'We look forward to continuing the legacy that Sam (right) has built.”
Retail

Gills Point S Acquires Peerless Tyre

Oct. 15, 2024
Gills Point S Tire & Auto Service has acquired Peerless Tyre Co. dba Peerless Tires 4 Less, bringing its total store count to 121 locations.
Photo: Wonderland Tire Co.
“To get buy-in, you need to understand your people,” says Ryan Seidel, director of operations for Wonderland Tire Co., a 14-store dealership based in Byron Center, Mich.
Commercial Business

How to Manage Store Managers

Oct. 15, 2024
As a multi-store operator, what’s the key to overseeing the people who run your locations?
Southern Tire Mart LLC
Southern Tire Mart LLC’s newest store is located in Mobile, Ala.
Commercial Business

Southern Tire Mart Adds Location

Oct. 14, 2024
Southern Tire Mart LLC, the largest commercial tire dealership in the United States, has opened a new outlet in Mobile, Ala.
Photo: Sailun Tire Americas
Sailun Tire Americas is one of three tire manufacturers that broke ground on new plants in Mexico this year. The others are Yokohama Tire Corp. and ZC Rubber.
Suppliers

Editorial: Tiremakers Flock to Mexico

Oct. 14, 2024
Move over, U.S. and Canada. There’s another tire manufacturing powerhouse within the North American free trade zone.

Hankook Tire America Corp.
The tire features a new tread with a generous contact surface and rearranged linear grooves that support fast feedback and wide tread locks to support agile steering behavior.
Suppliers

Hankook Ventus S1 evo Z Chosen as OE for BMW M5

Hankook Tire America Corp. announced it is supplying the Ventus S1 evo Z ultra-high-performance tire as original equipment for the BMW M5.

TireHub LLC
The new TireHub regional distribution center in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, area will support 16 of the company’s logistics centers.
Wholesale/Distribution

TireHub Opens Second Regional D/C 

TireHub LLC has opened its second regional distribution center, a 422,000-square-foot facility in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, market.