Two of the largest names in the tire industry will become one. Discount Tire, the largest independent tire dealer in the U.S. with 1,100 stores, is acquiring Tire Rack, the industry's oldest and largest online tire seller.

Do you think your sales team is firing on all cylinders? They're probably not. Mike Townsend visited 70 stores as part of a secret shopper exercise, and he says in those visits not a single employee asked him to buy anything.

Tire Discounters Inc. is adding to its market reach in the Atlanta metro with two acquisitions and a new store opening, while also expanding into the state of Virginia for the first time.

Registration is open for the annual California Tire Dealers Association (CTDA) /1-800EveryRim New Year Luncheon, which will take place on Jan. 20, 2022, in Santa Fe Springs, Calif.

Total U.S. tire shipments are expected to hit 336 million units in 2021 and the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association projects every category of replacement tires will exceed the units shipped in 2019.

Providence College is one of the largest universities in Rhode Island. And Jim Melvin Jr., longtime owner of North Kingstown, R.I.-based tire dealership, Melvin’s Tire Pros, says his company’s sponsorship of the college’s basketball program has been a slam dunk.

Indy Tire Centers Inc. dba Best-One of Indy has finalized its fourth acquisition of 2021 with the purchase of Best-One Tire & Auto Care of Richmond, Ind.

Michelin North America Inc. will raise prices on select Michelin, BFGoodrich and Uniroyal brand passenger and light truck replacement tires up to 12% on Jan. 1.

Apollo Tyres Ltd. is expanding its product range in the United States and Canada with the launch of a new light truck tire, the Vredestein Pinza AT. 

 How are tiremakers and other tire suppliers helping to ensure good fill rates for dealers during the ongoing shipping crisis?

For all the talk and worry related to hiring new employees, we know there are plenty of good workers already in the trenches. Let me introduce you to a few of them.

Michelin North America Inc. has added the X Tweel TURF zero-turn radius tire to its airless Tweel portfolio. 

Global Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd. has received "Best Exporter of Rubber Products" honors as part of the Sri Lanka Presidential Export Awards program.

Sun Auto Tire & Service Inc. will acquire Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Plaza Tire Service Inc. from owners Mark Rhodes and Scott Rhodes on Dec. 31. Plaza Tire has 70 locations.

Recent dealer commentary suggests that demand for consumer tires last month was higher on a net basis than it was during the same month in 2020.

Hamaton Automotive Technology Co. Ltd. is set to debut its U-Pro Hybrid NFC in early-2022.

It’s always true that the owners of a tire-related business know everything about their particular business, while the parties looking to buy it know very little. Whether you are a tire retailer, a commercial tire dealer or a wholesaler, it helps to treat potential buyers as if they were your customers.

Michelin North America Inc.'s Lexington, S.C., passenger tire manufacturing plant is celebrating 40 years of operation. The facility has produced more than 240 million tires since it opened.

The year 2021 is drawing to a close. For independent tire dealers across the country, it has largely been a profitable - but difficult - year. With just a few weeks remaining, it’s time to take stock of the last 12 months and start looking at the next 12 months.

Hankook & Co., parent company of Hankook Tire America Corp., experienced a 3% year-over-year sales decline during the third quarter. However, Hankook's sales and volume grew year-over-year in North America.