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Improving E-Literacy

With Internet purchasing amongst consumers at an all-time high, and the number of online tyre retailers proliferating, Tyres & Accessories wanted to hear our readers’ opinions on this exciting topic. And what’s more T&A (in conjunction with Actinic Software Ltd) is giving away 25 copies of “120 Top Tips for Running an E-Commerce Web Site” by Chris Barling and Bruce Townsend. So if you want to win a copy of this book then answer this month’s question of the month by clicking here. Please leave your name, address and contact details so we can post your prize to you. Alternatively you can air your views on the subject in an email to theeditor@77.237.250.82.

12th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Treadways to Offer TireWare Software Through Treadmasters Programme

(Akron/Tire Review) Treadways Corp. has selected TireWare to provide business software solutions to independent tyre dealers through the company’s Treadmasters marketing program, slated for launch in July. TireWare will provide point-of-sale, wholesale and commercial software solutions to Treadways’ wholesale tyre dealers and associated retail dealers through the marketing program.

27th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Fleet E-Commerce Boosted by Faster UK Broadband

Product News, UK News

Fleet use of e-commerce products will be boosted by higher broadband speeds across the UK over the next few years. New services announced recently by Internet service providers (ISPs) mean that parts of the country have access to broadband speeds of up to 24 megabits per second (many connection currently run at 1 or 2 mbps or less). These faster connections will allow fleet e-commerce services to be developed including high resolution, full screen video links and ever more detailed transaction information.

28th March 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Cam Systems Undergoes Investment and Restructuring Programme

A major investment programme and restructuring of operations at Cam Systems has delivered an innovative new approach to managing IT Support needs. The Gloucestershire-based tyre trade software specialist has redefined its support operation to offer three distinct options to meet the changing needs of customers and reflect the continuing development and diversity of the IT sector.

6th December 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

CTNA Goes Online With Financial Claims System

(Akron/Tire Review) Continental Tire North America (CTNA) launched what it called “the first online financial claims management system” for dealers in the North American tyre industry. The online effort is “designed to streamline the processing of financial claims for CTNA’s business partners and to eliminate a majority of the documentation which was previously submitted in hard copy format,” the company said.

30th November 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Viking Appoints Marketing Manager

Viking International has appointed a new marketing manager to its team.

Karen Welden who will be based in Stockport, joined Viking International from the Country Range Group, a buying consortium of 16 independent food wholesalers serving the catering trade.

14th November 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Blackcircles Aims for UK Retail Revolution

Blackcircles.com is aiming to turn 700 independent garages across the UK into franchisees. And what’s more, managing director, Mike Welch, has a five-year plan to capture 10 per cent of the market and plans to enter Europe in 2006.

Blackcircles.com is something of dotcom success story. Founded in 2001 when Mr Welch was 23, the company currently operates a network of 987 independent garages serving consumers from “Thurso to Truro.” Next the 27-year-old managing director is aiming to capitalise on this position by turning 700 of the garages into branded franchisees, making local independent garages into outlets linked to Blackcircles’ ordering and stock checking systems.

4th November 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Getting a Grip on the Net

When it comes to online tyre sales, Delticom claims the position of European market leader, with 47 business to consumer (B2C) online shops in 21 countries. Alongside its core tyre business, Delticom is expanding its range of car products to include spare parts, roof racks, garages, motor oil and batteries for both private and business customers.

Delticom’s recent financial results reflect the company’s confidence. In the first-half of 2005 Delticom increased turnover to 56 million euros, compared wit 34 million euros in the same period the previous year. This 65 per cent increase means the company expects its full-year sales to total some 110 million euros.

13th September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Capitalising on e-Commerce

Company News, UK News

Whether you like it or not, the world is turning more and more into a technological marketplace. And all aspects of business are being affected, including the tyre trade. Here Tyres & Accessories looks at two of the Internet’s best-known names, and asks how their businesses might affect yours.

According to the Office of National Statistics, by the end of 2004, 52 per cent of households in the UK had access to the Internet at home. And by the end of 2005, 99.6 per cent of the UK will have access to broadband if they want it. Furthermore, the Internet was the fastest growing retail sector last year, attracting one in four shoppers.

9th September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Is e-Commerce Growing in Popularity?

10 years after the “dot-com” boom and bust, e-commerce technology is increasingly moving into the mainstream. Government statistics compiled at the end of 2004 show that 69 per cent of UK firms are now using broadband and that 30 per cent of micro businesses are trading online.

Furthermore when these numbers were calculated, the proportion of smaller businesses with websites went up 16 per cent compared with the previous year, bringing the total to 73 per cent. In the same period the number of businesses that saw the benefits of e-technology rose from 8 per cent to 53 per cent.

With this in mind Tyres & Accessories would like ask its readers what they think. How much of your business is handled using e-commerce technology? Click here to state your views.

31st August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

E-commerce

It is hard to imagine a today’s working world without any of the computers and electronic ordering systems that have become so common in the tyre business. These so-called B2B-platforms can save time and overheads. But at the same time the number of consumers buying their tyres via the various B2C websites has also increased. What are the consequences for the conventional way of selling tyres and what is the future of this distribution channel?

30th August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Group Tyre Puts E-commerce to Work

Group Tyre claims to have seen “huge benefits” by continually investing in IT and embracing the e-commerce route. “We are constantly innovating,” says Group Tyre chairman John Church, “because we are committed to delivering a national-strength service, with immediacy of response on a truly local basis. By making IT work positively for us, we can provide a service that is literally second-to-none.”

The Group Link Virtual Warehouse is the main service offered to Group Tyre’s national wholesale network. The Windows based system confirms stock availability by providing real time stock data and expected delivery times. Together with mark-up guidelines, Group Link enables a customer enquiry to be processed with delivery and cost advised on the spot. The benefits of offering an e-commerce solution have been an improvement in customer care and sales which have had a massive impact in the independent tyre sector, says Group Tyre.

3rd August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

PerformanceAlloys.com Introduces New Advanti Designs

Performance Alloys.com has introduced three new alloy wheels designs, the SC-18, SC-22 and the SC-33. When asked about the latest alloy wheels and tyres sales manager Garry Higgins said: “We are continually asked by our customers for an ever increasing range of larger and more unique alloy wheels for their cars. Some companies would not look at supplying such high performance vehicles with after market wheels but our company is leading the way in supplying exclusive and custom wheels for the more discerning customer.”

28th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

New Business Development Manager for Goodyear

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has appointed Joseph Copeland as senior vice president of business development strategy and restructuring. According to the company, the new appointment combines the business development responsibilities previously led by Rick Navarro, as well as the strategic and restructuring initiatives that were part of the previous assignment of chief financial officer Richard Kramer.

8th November 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

E Business of the Year Award

Online tyre retailer, Black Circles, has won an e-commerce award at the Scottish 2004 National Business Awards.

The company views the award as an endorsement of its strategy to trade predominantly online. The E-Strategy Business of the Year Award joins the company’s Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year award received by Black Circles’ 25 year old managing director Mike Welch.

Mr Welch commented: “Our overall business strategy, including the e-commerce strategy, is highly innovative and includes a highly appealing consumer offering. We sell top brand name tyres cheaply and we fit them at a location of your choice at a time of your choice. That has already been shown to be appealing to tens of thousands of consumers across the UK already and this award is further endorsement that we are continuing to go in the right direction.”

The company’s web service allows consumers to source, purchase and arrange tyre fitting all online.

13th September 2004/by Tyrepress Editors