TPMS Kia Carnival — 2024

Jan. 23, 2024

'Throughout the past few years, one of the top challenges facing owners has been the technician shortage,' says O'Connor. 'While it's true that the average age of the ASE-certified technician has dropped significantly over the past few years as a result of many technicians retiring their sore hands and backs, that's only part of the story.'

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How to Help Your Employees Get Ahead

Jan. 10, 2024

Many respondents to MTD’s recent survey expect 2024 to be a prosperous year.

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Tire Dealers Share Outlook for 2024

Jan. 4, 2024

Joaquin Gonzalez Jr., president of Tire Group International LLC, said he believes inventory levels will slightly increase in 2024 as more consumers migrate from more expensive to less expensive tires and brands.

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New Year, New Inventory Levels?

Jan. 2, 2024

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Do EV Fires Make You Worry?

Dec. 28, 2023

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What To Do Before Putting Your Business Up for Sale

What should tire dealers do to get their books squared away before putting up their business for sale?

Dec. 28, 2023

'As an industry, we are pretty good at making sure managers know the expected sales, gross profit, net profit, unit sales and other focus items, like number of alignments, filters, flushes, etc., but we are not typically as clear on employee behaviors,' says McCarron.

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How to Fine-Tune Your Managers

In a well-run tire dealership, every year the owner and manager should formally sit down and discuss store performance and job performance.

Dec. 28, 2023

“We also note the year-over-year comparisons will become increasingly easier given the ‘green winter’ seen a year ago,” says Healy.

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Can Winter Weather Turn the Retail Sellout Tide?

While retail tire sellout is flat, we see a scenario in which demand turns positive with winter weather on the way.

Dec. 18, 2023

American Kenda Rubber Co. Ltd. customers attended the company’s recent Boot Camp event In Arizona. (Pictured, from left to right, are Joe Cambria Sr., North Gateway Tire; Brandon Stotsenburg, vice president, automotive, Kenda; Brent Hershberger, Holmes Tire; Joe Hershberger, Holmes Tire; and Rich Rogenski, Westside Tire & Service.)

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Kenda’s Boot Camp Event Educated Dealers

Kenda's recent Light Truck Boot Camp combined classroom sales training and off-road driving to help educate Kenda tire dealers.

Dec. 11, 2023

The North American Prinx Chengshan team is doing all that it can to differentiate itself from other players in the value tire market. From left, Nicole Moore, Pete Salvan, Samuel Felberbaum and Ken Coltrane. 'We're really trying to differentiate ourselves,' Felberbaum says.

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What Does Prinx Chenghsan Want? To Be Different

Prinx Chengshan Tire North America Inc. is focusing on ways to differentiate itself from other value-tier tiremakers. That means the Fortune and Prinx brands both are rolling ...

Dec. 5, 2023