TIA
'We always want to continue to grow our membership,' says Russ Devens, incoming Tire Industry Association president.
Russ Devens, incoming president of the Tire Industry Association, has spent his entire career focused on safety and protecting people from harm.
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Dealers are formulating their own tariff mitigation strategies.
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According to SEMA officials, the 2024 SEMA Show was the biggest in five years with 2,400 exhibiting brands.
Burt Brothers Tire & Service
Burt Brothers Tire & Service is based in North Salt Lake, Utah, and has nearly 30 retail stores. It was owned by Bestige Holdings, a private equity firm.
MTD
Discussing the recently launched Goodyear Eagle F1 All Season, “it's about bringing that race mentality - that enthusiast - back to life and bringing the Eagle brand back to where its prominence was for decades and decades,' said Mark Stewart, president and CEO of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (pictured).

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The new Toyo Proxes Sport R 'was meticulously engineered for various motorsports applications like autocross, time attack, endurance racing and high-performance driving events,' say Toyo officials.
Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. has introduced the Proxes Sport R, an extreme performance summer tire "designed for passionate drivers and motorsports enthusiasts."
Oct. 30, 2025
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The new Goodyear Eagle F1 All Season will be available in 92 sizes, ranging from 17-inch to 23-inch fitments, with 87 of the sizes being 18 inches and above.
Using the Charlotte Motor Speedway as a testbed, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. recently launched its Goodyear Eagle F1 All Season ultra-high-performance tire to key customers.
Oct. 29, 2025
Bridgestone
National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence Accreditation 'is awarded to schools and businesses that meet rigorous standards for automotive service training,' say Bridgestone Americas Inc. officials.
Bridgestone Americas Inc.'s company-owned store division has achieved National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence Accreditation.
Oct. 28, 2025

Commercial

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'Throughout his distinguished career, Marvin Bozarth was widely respected for his leadership and technical expertise in the tire retreading and repair industry,' say TRIB officials. (Here Bozarth is pictured at the International Tire & Rubber Association's technician training center in Louisville, Ky., in 2001.)
The Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau has announced the first recipients of the Marvin Bozarth Memorial Scholarship.
Oct. 29, 2025
Photo: McCarthy Tire Service Co. Inc.
The Top 25 Commercial tire dealers discussed some challenges that have been around for a while, like finding experienced technicians, but also touched on newer challenges like implementing AI and lower-tiered tires gaining popularity.
The commercial tire market is getting stronger, but top dealers are still finding their footing.
Oct. 27, 2025
Nebraskaland Tire
Lexington, Neb.-based Nebraskaland Tire Inc. appears on this year's MTD Top 25 Commercial Tire Dealers list.
Who are the 25 biggest commercial tire dealerships in the United States? Check out the October 2025 edition of MTD!
Oct. 27, 2025
CMA
'There is little evidence to support a more constructive 2026 outlook' in the for-hire fleet arena, according to ACT Research officials.
ACT Research says the ongoing trade war continues to weigh on the for-hire trucking market's recovery.
Oct. 23, 2025

Wholesale/Distribution

TGI
Tire Group International LLC's warehouse in Miami, Fla., is now accepting donations.
Tire Group International LLC is collecting donations for victims of Hurricane Melissa.
Oct. 30, 2025
Omnisource
Omnisource now has three distribution centers in the United States that ship Radar brand tires.
Omnisource, maker of Radar brand tires, has opened a distribution center in Knoxville, Tenn., and a warehouse in Parkesburg, Pa.
Oct. 29, 2025
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'The biggest factor for us was the seasonality and timing of these tariffs,' says JP Gallagher, owner of Gallagher Tire, which is based in Pottstown, Pa.
In this MTD exclusive, four tire distributors discuss how they reacted when tariffs were announced and measures they've taken to insulate their businesses.
Oct. 20, 2025
Photo: S&S Tire
From left to right, Brock, Austen, Paul and Brooks Swentzel of S&S Tire, pictured at S&S Tire's 50th anniversary celebration last year.
“ChatGPT told me this morning that 88% of all third-generation family businesses go bankrupt,” says Brooks Swentzel of Lexington, Ky.-based S&S Tire.
Oct. 17, 2025

Suppliers

MTD
Jim Shook was the owner of a two-store tire dealership based in Las Cruces, N.M. 'I'm going to take a lot of my own business practices and apply them to TANA,' he told MTD in 1998.
MTD looks back at tire dealer Jim Shook as he prepared to take over as president of the Tire Association of North America, precursor to the Tire Industry Association.
Oct. 30, 2025
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Paolo Pompei, president and CEO of Nokian Tyres, says the company's North American business 'significantly outperformed the market' during the third quarter of 2025. (Pictured, Nokian's plant in Dayton, Tenn.)
Nokian Tyres says its North American business "outperformed the market" during the third quarter of 2025.
Oct. 28, 2025
Hankook
Hankook is the first official tire partner of golf league TGL.
Hankook Tire North America and golf league TGL presented by SoFi have formed a three-year sponsorship.
Oct. 28, 2025
Bridgestone
Yasuhiro Morita (pictured) will replace Shuichi Ishibashi as Bridgestone Corp.'s CEO on Jan. 1, 2026.
The new year will bring a new leader to the top of Bridgestone Corp. Yasuhiro Morita will replace Shuichi Ishibashi as CEO on Jan. 1, 2026.
Oct. 23, 2025

Operations

American Wheel & Tire
'The best operators don't just run their businesses,' says Strandberg. 'They architect the future.'
When most people think of mergers and acquisitions, they think about numbers. And they’re not wrong.
Oct. 28, 2025
Endeavor
'We can compromise in other areas of a retail environment, but sacrificing gross profit for empty sales is a short-term and long-term disaster, outside of a very narrow scope of intended results,' says McCarron.
The strategy of understanding the vehicle’s problem and the customer’s problem goes a long way in solving retail’s biggest issue, which is trust.
Oct. 22, 2025
MTD
'Widespread EV adoption is not expected to cause the power grid to collapse,' says Van Batenburg.
As electric vehicles keep selling - even without the $7,500 federal incentive - the myths, hype and partial truths about these vehicles are still abundant.
Oct. 16, 2025
Chapel Hill Tire
'Without clear systems, replicable processes and skilled coaches, the culture and performance you built in your first three stores won’t easily translate into new ones,' says O'Connor.
To grow effectively beyond three stores, you need to shift from an operator mindset to a builder mindset.
Oct. 14, 2025

Photo Galleries

MTD
Dealers take turns fielding questions from their peers during panel discussions tailored to retail, commercial and off-the-road tire topics. Josephine Foley, left, manager of safety and fleet for Sullivan Tire and Auto Service, and Sarah Mason, right, safety manager for Fountain Tire, participated in the retail roundtable.
Safety leaders from 38 tire dealerships around the U.S. gathered to share safety issues and best practices during the 2025 Safety Leadership Summit. MTD had the exclusive seat...
Oct. 22, 2025
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Nexen Tire America Inc. rolled out two tires – the N’Priz S and the N’Fera Sport – at a ride-and-drive in Joliet, Ill. Pictured is the N’Fera Sport, mounted on a high-horsepower Porsche.
Nexen Tire America Inc. recently introduced two new tires at a ride-and-drive event – and MTD was there!
Oct. 6, 2025
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More than 450 guests attended the meeting. (Pictured, from left to right, Ryan Moylan, sales manager, Tireweb; Mark Zurcher, co-owner of Best-One Tire Group; and Carson Cornelius, general manager, Tireweb.)
Best-One Tire Group recently held its annual member meeting in Indianapolis - and MTD was there!
Sept. 22, 2025
BKT
Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT) exhibited at this year's Farm Progress Show.
Many tire manufacturers ventured to Decatur, Ill., recently for the 2025 Farm Progress Show to highlight ag tires and technology — and MTD was there!
Aug. 29, 2025

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