TiDaeX integration into Tyrenet’s Zeus service management and payments platform for e-jobsheet dealer subscribers is currently going live, enabling the work sent from Tyrenet to the service provider via the TiDaeX connection to arrive directly into the e-Daybook facility in the TiDaeX web account from its Zeus system and speeding up payments.
Magna Tyres Group has debuted its new Dealer Portal, a digital platform designed to provide European dealers with instant access to real-time stock information. Introducing the portal, Magna Tyres says it offers dealers a streamlined interface to view current inventory levels, enabling faster and more efficient order processing.
Hot on the heels of Apollo Tyres research showing that up to 45 per cent of consumers buy tyres without knowing their label data, a new survey suggests garages are not engaging consumers with label data.
TyreOps has launched a new B2B Sales Marketplace. According to the company, this feature “significantly increases the speed at which tyre businesses can compare and purchase tyres directly from suppliers, making procurement simpler and more efficient than ever before”.
Things are afoot for e-jobsheet, on behalf of its more than 2,060 technicians across 100 dealers in the UK. Firstly, the company has been working away in the background on a re-write of the app in native Android (given the entire base is running on Android). According to the company, this takes advantage of the latest technology and design thinking to improve performance and useability.
Bond International has completed the acquisition of Tyresoft Ltd. The news follows the acquisition of Tyrescope earlier this month and a number of strategic wholesale moves announced last year. Together, the acquisitions demonstrate that the company’s growth strategy is still ongoing. Tyresoft Ltd has become well-known as a “one stop complete management system for the tyre and automotive industry”, according to Bond International. Established in 2011 by Marcus Hathaway, the business has grown a strong customer base with Bond representatives describing it as “a market leader in the tyre industry software market”.
Bond International has completed the acquisition of 75 per cent of Tyrescope Ltd’s shares. This follows a brace of whole and distribution acquisitions announced last year, which suggests the company remains in the midst of its growth strategy. Tyrescope was set up and developed by Tony Mann, who remains a 25 per cent shareholder and managing director of the business.
Garages have reported that reviews shown on Google business profiles have been going unexpectedly missing. However, Garage Services Online (GSO), an online lead generating service for garages, reports the reviews are now beginning to reappear and suggests the issue was likely caused by two separate problems at Google. “Thousands” of garages are said to have been affected.
Domain name marketplace and parking provider Sedo has released details of its domain name sales for last week, and topping the list for pricey purchases is Tyres.co.uk. According to Sedo, this address “fetched a whopping £300,000.”
Few would argue that the Internet is anything less than a central part of the tyre business moving forward. But it wasn’t always that way. And the evolution of the online tyre business within its market context is critical to understanding its future. In this article, which was presented a speech during the 2024 Tyre Industry Conference hosted by the National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA) in the UK and was subsequently published in our new Trends and Facts publication, we ask: where we’ve come from, how things have changed, and what this means for the future of the tyre business.
On 4 January, senior executives of JD Group, a leading e-commerce platform in China, visited and exchanged views with tyre manufacturer Linglong. Specifically, JD Group vice president, JD Auto president Miao Qin and JD Auto Vice president Chen Haifeng visited Linglong. There they held a symposium with the tyre manufacturer’s chairman, Wang Feng, and vice president Guo Kuntao.
One forward-thinking customer has reported a 51 per cent success rate in follow-up bookings by using Auto 3iii’s technology, according to the company. Auto 3iii, which is new to the UK market, provide workshops with app-based software to identify more work, connect to customers and keep them coming back. For their part, Tyres Northampton reported significant success after trialling an outbound calling exercise.
Repeat those words and the image of President Donald Trump is likely to appear in your imagination. However, despite the fact that President Trump is due to be sworn in for his second term of office around the time this magazine goes to press, and despite the fact that tyre-market-impacting tariffs will no-doubt be part of his second term, he and his opinions of what constitutes news are not the subject of this column. Rather, there are two further and completely distinct reasons to engage with the idiom “fake news”.
Autodoc SE, a leading online part retailer, is planning to invest around 40 million euros in the automation of its logistics centre in Cheb, Czech Republic. The site is to be converted into a highly automated warehouse by 2026.
Yalla Tyre, a leading online retailer in the UAE, has partnered with Anyline to utilise its AI-powered mobile data capture technology. YallaTyre.com, an Abdulla Al Masaood & Sons (AMS) Group company, is the first e-commerce retailer in the region to bring this technology to customers.
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