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    'Regionally, tire dealers in the Southwest and Northwest fared the best — meaning their declines were mild, while tire dealers in the Midwest reported a drop of 5.3% year-over-year,' according to Healy.
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    'Who wants a woodpecker living inside your tree? All he does is peck wood. And whether he’s an employee or a customer, he’s been pecking at your gross profit for however long he’s been there,' says McCarron.

    NAPA Auto Care
    Roy Foster of Roy Foster's Automotive in Reno, Nev., says NAPA Auto Care's new Team Tool Rebate program will help his business with technician recruitment and retention.
    I&I Mobile Tire Services
    Husband and wife owners, Ijeoma and Ini Ibanga, started their business by noticing a need in the market. They expanded their business by noticing more industry needs and customized their business plan to fill those needs.
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    MTD
    “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.”
    Mike Manges
    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.
    Joy Kopcha
    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?

    Yokohama Tire Corp.
    “The 116R has fleets covered,” says Tom Clauer, senior manager of commercial product planning at Yokohama.
    Yokohama Tire Corp. has announced its new 116R regional all-position steer tire.

    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...

    MTD
    “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.

    Atturo Tire Corp.
    The campaign, which brought a tire salesman to life across digital channels, earned the Best Automotive Online Video Campaign, Best B2B Online Video Campaign and Best Mobile Online Video Campaign.

    TGI
    More than 100 guests attended a recent open house event at Tire Group International LLC's distribution center in Portland, Ore.

    MTD
    Kumho Tire U.S.A. recently hosted a ride-and-drive event at the Atlanta Motorsports Park in Georgia to highlight the new Ecsta Sport All-Season PA71, Ecsta Sport PS72 and the Ecsta Sport S PS72.
    Kumho Tire U.S.A. recently hosted a ride-and-drive event to highlight the newest additions to its Ecsta Sport line - and MTD was there!