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MODERN TIRE DEALER
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Michelin moves in the news
Michelin North America Inc. has been in the news
recently on our website, www.moderntiredealer.
com. The reports concerning the launching of its
Michelin OnSite website, which enables consumers
to purchase tires online and have them installed by
the company at a time and place of the consumer's
choosing, received the most hits over the last month.
A notice of a recall of BFGoodrich tires by Michelin
and a new Defender LTX light truck tire also were
popular news items. Here are the top 10 news items.
1. Michelin pilot program sells tires online — and offers concierge service
2. Monro has many tricks up its sleeve
3. Senate says yes to tire registration
4. Michelin recalls 129,000 BFG LT tires
5. John Kreidel departs CEO position at Tire Factory
6. Mavis Discount Tire buys Somerset Tire Service
7. Meet Michelin's new LT tire: the Defender LTX
8. Goodyear juggles 5 issues to remain proftable
9. At Tire Pros University, dealers debate online sales
10. Some tariff rates are changing – again!
Web exclusive
Ricky Benton joins exclusive list
Ricky Benton, owner and president of Black's Tire Service
Inc. of Whiteville, N.C., is Modern Tire Dealer's 2015 Tire
Dealer of the Year (see page 22). Who won the award last
year? Two years ago? Who won our frst award? Go to our
website at www.moderntiredealer.com, on
our menu bar hit Articles, scroll down to
Dealer of the Year and you will fnd a
link to our past winners' stories.
Data round-up
Our Facts Section is in
our January issue, April
contains our list of the top retreaders, the Modern Tire Dealer
100 comes in July, while the top 25 commercial dealers are fea-
tured in October. In between we have lists of SmartWay-verifed
truck tires, high performance and UHP tire market shares, winter tire
statistics and so much more. Want to fnd all these statistics in one place?
That's possible! Go to our homepage at www.moderntiredealer.com and click on
Industry Resources in the menu bar. Scroll down to Research & Stats and you will
fnd a list of charts and statistics going back many years.
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