Increasing complexity calls for increasing professionalism: T&A talks with Stapleton’s MD, Andy Fern
A year after Tyres & Accessories last spoke with Stapleton’s managing director Andy Fern, we learnt more about how, for those selling tyres as a retailer, the kind of professional distribution partner that can help navigate and mitigate the impact of such challenges is now needed. In short, increasing complexity requires increasing professionalism.
So, how was business during the course of 2024? “Volumes have being pretty healthy, but I would say it’s been challenging with the freight cost this year”, Andy Fern explained, adding: “When I say volumes are decent, I would add that volumes are not as good as we feel they should be…I would say it’s quite a fine balance nowadays because the thing that is not stopping is that costs are increasing.