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    'As competitive as the job market is in 2025, all tire dealership owners and leaders must re-think how they look at employees who may not be hitting on all cylinders,' says Townsend.
    Your dealership could have quiet quitters on staff. And they are only one job offer away from leaving your company.
    June 2, 2025
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    'In addition to placing AI in the driver’s seat for estimating tickets, AI also could be used to enforce price integrity,' says McCarron.
    I’m sure in the next few years you’re going to start hearing about some amazing and hard-to-believe solutions that artificial intelligence can bring to your dealership.
    May 28, 2025
    Photo: McMahon’s Best-One Tire
    If you have the right foundation and mindset, acquisitions can serve as the ultimate accelerator — building your brand, expanding your reach and creating a business that not only thrives today, but stands the test of time. (Pictured, a dealership that was recently acquired by Fort Wayne, Ind.-based McMahon’s Best-One Tire.)
    In today’s competitive tire and automotive service industry, scale isn’t just an advantage. It’s often a requirement for long-term survival.
    May 27, 2025
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    Technical tips to register and memorize the TPMS on a Honda Ridgeline.
    May 16, 2025
    MTD
    'At its fundamental level, retailing is human beings discussing problems and solutions,' says McCarron.
    Business is about performance and reaching goals and expectations by balancing the needs of others with your own needs. But being nice in business can be a negative because of...
    May 12, 2025
    Photo: Goodturn Tire & Auto
    Goodturn Tire & Auto will continue to expand through acquisitions, Christian Seem, the company’s CEO, told MTD. (Pictured, a Great Bear Automotive store that’s part of Goodturn Tire & Auto’s network.)
    Goodturn Tire & Auto doubled its store count in the last year to 55 outlets and has “a solid path to 65-plus locations by year-end,” according to CEO Christian Seem.
    May 12, 2025
    If you're thinking about the long-term, you want to have a business that's not owner-dependent.
    May 8, 2025
    Ford Motor Co.
    'The EV segment is new and ever-changing as EV manufacturers keep trying new things,' says Van Batenburg. 'The high-voltage battery pack is still under development to make it safer, lighter and less expensive. Parts that were also used on hybrid cars are mature.'
    The EV segment is new and ever-changing as EV manufacturers keep trying new things.
    May 8, 2025
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    “EVs will only gain in popularity,” says Jack McClure, PLT segment manager, North America, Sailun Tire Americas.
    Tire manufacturers that produce electric vehicle (EV)-specific — and in some cases, “EV-ready” — tires are charging ahead with the continued development of these products.
    May 7, 2025
    Butler Tires and Wheels
    '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.
    Retail sellout dropped for a second straight month in March, with average declines of 3.6% for the month.
    April 21, 2025
    ENSO
    'We’ve already seen strong interest in funding our facility,” ENSO CEO Gunnlaugur Erlendsson told MTD. “Capital is the easiest part of the equation. The key is to figure out where in America we want to find a home.”
    United Kingdom-based company ENSO is still looking for a place in the United States to build a plant that will solely make electric vehicle tires.
    April 15, 2025
    MTD
    The new lineup includes the Ecsta Sport All-Season PA71, an ultra high-performance (UHP) all-season tire, along with two UHP summer options: the Ecsta Sport PS72 and the Ecsta Sport S PS72.
    Kumho Tire U.S.A. recently hosted a ride-and-drive event at Atlanta Motorsports Park in Georgia to highlight the latest additions to its Ecsta Sport line.
    April 4, 2025
    MTD
    'A/T is an iconic segment,' Ian Coke, Pirelli North America chief technical officer, told MTD when discussing the new Pirelli Scorpion XTM AT (pictured.) 'We want to be known as a tier-one in the A/T world.'
    Pirelli Tire North America is targeting the all-terrain segment with a new tire that’s also the first product in a new line.
    March 31, 2025
    Cassidy Tire & Service 
    The Ahern family recently celebrated the opening of Cassidy Tire & Service’s 18th location – a new store in Chicago, Ill., that replaces an older location that closed in 2021. Family patriarch William J. Cassidy founded the dealership in 1914.
    The opening of Cassidy Tire & Service’s new store in Chicago, Ill., “was kind of like a homecoming,” Rick Ahern, one of the 111-year-old dealership’s owners, told MTD.
    March 3, 2025