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“Our original thesis was to grow from 20 to 150 stores in five years,” Joe Buscaglia, CEO of Big Brand Tire & Service, told MTD. “We’ve grown from 20 to 253 in four years.”
April 30, 2025
Big Brand Tire & Service plans to quadruple its store count within the next five years by investing in its people and technology, according to CEO Joe Buscaglia.
With data from the first two months of 2025, total imports of TBR tires into the U.S. are down 7.9% when compared to the same period in 2024.
April 29, 2025
An early look at the number of truck and bus tires imported into the U.S. so far in 2025 shows that globally, total units have dropped.
CTDA
Tire Industry Association (TIA) Vice President of Government Affairs Roy Littlefield IV (left), California Tire Dealers Association Executive Director Marc Connerly (center) and TIA CEO Dick Gust recently took the Right to Repair fight to Capitol Hill.
April 29, 2025
Representatives from the California Tire Dealers Association and the Tire Industry Association recently traveled to Capitol Hill.
Flynn's Tire Group
Representatives from Flynn's Tire & Auto Service and others cut the ribbon at the dealership's new Stow, Ohio, store.
April 29, 2025
Mercer County, Pa.-based Flynn's Tire & Auto Service has opened its 31st location - a store in the Akron, Ohio, suburb of Stow.

Photo: Automotive Systems Inc. (ASA)
'If you’re spending too much time double-checking inventory, or if you’re re-entering the same data in multiple places, that’s a clear sign your current POS is holding you back,' says Deion Davenport, director of revenue, Automotive Systems Inc. (ASA).
When is the right time to invest in a new point-of-sale system and what point-of-sale tools should you and your team utilize?

Nexen Tire Corp.
“Despite continued exchange rate swings and uncertainties surrounding tariff policies, our long-term efforts in capacity expansion and brand building are now bearing fruit, allowing us to continue growing,” says Travis Kang, global CEO of Nexen. [pictured: Nexen Tire's Central Research Institute in Madok, Korea.]
Nexen Tire Corp. has reported positive quarterly sales in the first quarter of 2025 in response to increasing sales volumes due to expanded capacity and premium products – like...

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“The Cosmo Kat Kash program is more than an incentive,” says TGI President Joaquin Gonzalez. “It’s a reflection of our unwavering commitment to the success of our partners.'
Tire Group International LLC has introduced its Cosmo Kat Kash Associate Retailer program.