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New Bike Tyrestore Catalogue

Bike Tyrestore has just released its 2006 Ultimate World Of Bike Tyres catalogue. The catalogue contains 64 pages of information covering all of the main brands of motorbike tyre available for the new season and includes the full Bridgestone Fitment Guide, useful for any dealership!

This year’s catalogue is designed to be “100 per cent trade and consumer friendly” while giving dealers an “authoritative guide” they can show to and discuss with retail customers, leading to the best choice of tyre for bike, rider and riding style.

9th March 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Monro to Acquire ProCare Automotive Out of Bankruptcy

(Akron/Tire Review) Monro Muffler Brake Inc. plans to buy ProCare Automotive Service Solutions Inc., currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The $14 million cash deal gives Monro 82 additional retail locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Monro said it plans to operate the ProCare stores as either service or tyre stores, and plans to retain all of ProCare’s employees.

7th March 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

The Last Building BRIC

Much has been written about the emerging Indian, Chinese and Russian markets, but what about South America? This continent is full of potential, something that is demonstrated by the fact that all the major players are there (Pirelli, Goodyear and Bridgestone/Firestone being particularly strong) and are already positioning themselves for the next market explosion. However for all its potential, the continent can also be described as tumultuous – at the end of November 2005, for example, Bridgestone/Firestone had to quell a violent dispute at a plant in Venezuela.

28th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Blackcircles Cooperates with Bike Trader

Blackcircles has formed a new partnership with Europe’s most popular motorbike site, biketrader.co.uk. The new deal will see Bike Trader launch its own online tyre shop powered by the Blackcircles retail engine. Through the new shop bike owners will have access to a range of over 10,000 tyres, including Pirelli, Bridgestone and Metzeler, at some of the lowest prices in Europe.

24th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni Offers Dealer Support Package

With the Marangoni/Group Tyre (UK) Ltd marketing partnership now firmly in place, details of a new retailer support package have been revealed. Building on the ‘Intelligent’ theme of the 2006 Marangoni/Group Tyre marketing campaign, key dealers will be known as ‘Intelligence Centres’ and strongly branded with prominent exterior signage and themed point-of-sale material.

23rd February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

2006 NTDA Tyre & Fast Fit Awards

Product News, UK News

It’s time once again to vote for the winners of the NTDA Tyre and Fast Fit (TAFF) Awards. These were introduced last year and immediately became the awards that everyone wanted to win, as it is the customers who decided the outcome.

23rd February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

BFNAT Continues With Bigfoot

(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) has extended its sponsorship of the famed Bigfoot monster truck team through 2010. BFNAT began its sponsorship of Bigfoot in 1991, and the multi-vehicle team uses specially prepared Firestone tyres.

21st February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Another Record Year for B-Quik

International News

2005 was another record year for B-Quik, the Thailand based tyre and car services retailer. The company serviced over 200,000 customers through its total of 42 centres, four of which were new stores, opened during 2005. Despite the slightly declining aftermarket for passenger car tyres in Thailand (-1.2 per cent), B-Quik posted a 16 per cent increase in tyre unit sales. Total revenue increased by 19 per cent to a record amount of 826 million baht (£11.97 million or 17.5 million euros).

20th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Nokian Sales and Profits Increase

At 686.5 million euros, Nokian Tyres’ net sales in 2005 were 13.8 per cent higher than 2004’s figure of 603.3 million euros. The operating profit was virtually static at 115.8 million euros (115.6 m) and the net result was up over 11 per cent to 82.2 million euros (73.8 m). Nokian said that growth in the European passenger car tyre market was slower than expected, with sales of winter tyres in the Nordic countries and Eastern Europe beginning exceptionally late, thus shortening the sales season. The strongest growth was experienced in Russia, Eastern Europe and North America, with sales of new cars growing significantly in Russia.

20th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Customers Discover OTR Tyre Retreading

Not everything that’s bad for the OTR end consumer is automatically bad for the retreaders of these tyres, too. On the contrary, sometimes it could even help them increase their sales figures substantially. In earlier years tyres for earthmovers have literally been driven run-through. Today, consumers “somehow try to keep them rolling” for as long as possible admitting that they have paid good money for a good product. As a consequence, the Rösler group – market leader in Europe in this OTR niche – has been able to increase its annual number of retreads by about 30 per cent. On the one hand this growth has been induced by the general market expansion, on the other hand sales figures have been triggered by increasingly urgent demand on the part of the customers that were unable to get hold of any new OTR tyres whatsoever.

17th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli UK Alters Pay Arrangements?

Managers at Pirelli’s Carlisle facility have reportedly told unions that they want to keep workers’ annual pay increase below the rate of inflation. Pirelli’s Wolfgang Meier, who replaces previous UK industrial director John Nixon, is said to have argued that workers must accept lower pay rises to keep the site competitive. He also suggested that some manufacturing functions would have to be outsourced. However, Pirelli representatives downplayed The News & Star coverage, saying that Meier’s comments were taken out of context.

17th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

RMA Adds 100 Green Dealers

The Retread Manufacturers Association (RMA) has expanded the membership of its Green Dealer Scheme for tyre retailers who stock retreaded tyres. Following an in-depth research and recruitment campaign, the Association has added over 100 new outlets to its list of passenger retread stockists, bringing the total number of retail outlets listed under the scheme is 319.

16th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Results in Dakar Mean Continued Support for 2006

Pirelli achieved extremely positive results overall in the Lisbon-Dakar, the first of the year’s rally-raids. The optimum fourth place of the private Tatra entered by the Petrobras team and driven by the talented Brazilian specialist De Azevedo, showed once more the strong qualities of the Pirelli Truck tyres, built in Izmit, Turkey.

As well as scoring an optimum overall placing, the fast Brazilian driver also became the top placed private entrant, confirming his notable ability and the high calibre of his team. The retail standard Pirelli PS22 tyres demonstrated their decidedly robust qualities and were able to deliver exceptional torque, even in the most difficult conditions and situations. The tyres’ achievement of three second and two third places on different Dakar stages also confirms the exceptional speed capability of these tyres by Pirelli Truck.

13th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Dunlop Launches New Call Centre

As Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd embarks on a fresh approach to its retail business, the company has employed 18 “top retail professionals” and founded a new call centre based at the heart of Goodyear Dunlop’s Birmingham operations.

With the recent announcement of new investment in Hi-Q, the company has pledged to invest in its training, marketing and systems whilst developing a new franchise programme in order to complement its company owned stores to create a strong nationwide brand.

13th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Stapletons Appoints New Wholesale Sales Manager

Leading UK wholesale and retail tyre supplier, Stapletons Tyre Services has appointed a new sales manager to join its wholesale operation. Following a two-year gap, Nigel O’Hara, 46, returns to Stapletons as wholesale sales manager. Reporting to wholesale and IT director, Steve Parker, Nigel’s remit is to manage Stapletons’ wholesale tyre sales operation as well as the telesales division across the country. Nigel will also manage a team of field sales staff.

10th February 2006/by Tyrepress Editors