Point S hints at Indian market involvement
Fabien Bouquet, CEO of Point S International HQ, took part in the Tyre & Rubber industry Leadership Acknowledgement TRILA Awards that took place in parallel with Tyrexpo India on 15 June.
Fabien Bouquet, CEO of Point S International HQ, took part in the Tyre & Rubber industry Leadership Acknowledgement TRILA Awards that took place in parallel with Tyrexpo India on 15 June.
It’s been a year since Point S extended its North American network, and at Point S Canada’s first annual congress, which took place in Quebec at the start of this month, the company reported on its progress towards the goal of becoming the third-largest independent tyre dealer network in America by 2020.
thebestof UK Business Award winner 2016 for Tyre Dealers in the UK has been won by Supertyres Motorists Centre in Welwyn Garden City. This well-established, family-run business received 142 reviews during the course of the campaign, which ran from the 4th to the 31st of January. Supertyres Motorists Centre also won the best business in Welwyn Hatfield, after a hard fought battle with Welwyn Roofbox Hire (128 reviews).
Alongside the launch of Point S City, another new development within the French Point S operation is the return of Michelin. Four years ago the network removed the brand – which accounted for 40 per cent of Point S turnover in France – from its portfolio after the two companies failed to reach a consensus regarding terms and conditions for the coming year.
The Point S network has enjoyed growth in its country of origin over the past few years. The French Point S operation, which this year celebrates 45 years in the business, is now present in 470 locations. Last year, 53 new sites joined the network, and Point S managing director Christophe Rollet anticipates that by the end of 2016 the French Point S network will boast more than 500 points of sale.
Point S Development’s existing network in Sweden has joined forces with Däckteam to form the largest independent tyre dealer network in the country.
Mobivia and Point S have agreed a procurement alliance. According to the two companies, this strategic alliance will cover the listing and sourcing of the products ranges purchased by both Groups – that is tyres and car parts – for the markets they cover. However, while the two organisations are working together in terms of purchasing, under the terms of the alliance each group remains autonomous when it comes to the management of its network, policies and development.
Point S Development, the international HQ of Point S, has announced plans for a new European B2C campaign. The European press campaign will focus on promoting Winterstar, the winter tyre range of Point S private label portfolio.
The chief executive of the independent tyre dealer group positioned to carry the Point S flag in the USA has stepped down. US trade publication Tire Review reports that John Kreidel left Tire Factory due to “strategy differences”. Chief financial officer Walter Lybeck will stand in as interim CEO until the now vacant position can be filled, and Kreidel has agreed to assist Lybeck as needed for the coming three months.
Point S International business development manager, Adrian Smiechowski, attended the first Indian Tyre & Rubber Industry Leadership Acknowledgement (TRiLA) Awards in Chennai. The TRiLA 2015 event took place on the sidelines of Tyrexpo India 2015.
A new global website has been set up to promote the Point S private tyre brand to end consumers. The desktop and mobile compatible www.points-showroom.com site provides information about the full Point S tyre range for cars, SUVs and vans and is available in seven languages – English, Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian and Slovakian.
Point S International recently announced the signing of an agreement with US tyre dealer network Tire Factory and plans to rebrand the 157 member network using the Point S corporate identity. Tire Factory CEO John Kreidel states that the rebranding of the more than 200 Tire Factory outlets begins early this month and will be gradually rolled out over a period of one and a half years. Kreidel also reassured Tire Factory customers that they’d “see more things staying the same than changing” at the newly-rebranded centres.
Two developments have extended the Point S retail network’s presence in the North American market. Independent US tyre dealer network Tire Factory has joined Point S, while Canadian group Unimax – a member of Point S for the past two years – has elected to rebrand its network using the Point S corporate identity. Point S International operations manager Fabian Bouquet views both measures as a means of reaching the target of rolling out the Point S corporate identity in 600 retail points of sale throughout North America within four years.
The Tire Cologne – the Koelnmesse organised rival exhibition to Messe Essen’s Reifen series, commencing in 2018 – has fired the starting pistol in its registration phase. The exhibition, which will take place in Cologne at the same time as Reifen 2018 in Essen (29 May to 1 June 2018), will feature important tyre and wheel business players from across the industry.
Hankook has been adopted as the brand of choice by Austria’s Point S network. This new partnership took effect 1 February 2015 and applies to the more than 60 Point S outlets throughout the country. Hankook tyres are now available in all centres belonging to a network said to command a 17 per cent share of the Austrian market.
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