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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
    K&M Tire Inc. will acquire four distribution centers, including this one in Oak Park, Mich., from Turbo Wholesale Tires LLC. The transaction is scheduled to close on May 16.
    April 28, 2025
    K&M Tire Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to buy four distribution centers from Turbo Wholesale Tires LLC.
    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.
    Apollo Tyres Ltd.
    Apollo plans to shutter the tire plant it acquired from Vredestein in 2009 in the Netherlands. Tire production is expected to end by the summer of 2026.
    April 28, 2025
    Due to the high cost of production, Apollo Tyres Ltd. says it plans to discontinue production at its tire plant in Enschede in the Netherlands.

    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.

    Yokohama Tire Corp.
    Yokohama Tire Corp.'s recently announced price increases go into effect on May 1.
    Yokohama Tire Corp. will increase prices on its consumer and commercial truck tires sold in the United States by up to 10% on May 1.

    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.

    Omnisource United Inc.
    “I am honored to join the Radar brand and to help in the growth of Radar Tires in North America,” says Hill.
    MTD
    In the replacement channel, PLT tire demand in North America was “stable,” showing an increase of 1%,
    Giti Tire
    The winners of the 2025 competition are Lewisville Elementary School, Lewisville Middle School and Great Falls High School.

    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!