Modern Tire Dealer articles from September 1995

Modern Tire Dealer archives from September 1995

NAFTA's disaster for Texas tire dealers: many forced to shift gears to stay in business. (North American Free Trade Agreement)(includes related articles)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1995... What has NAFTA - the North American Free Trade Agreement - done for or to tire dealers on both sides of the Mexican border? So far its effect leaves a lot to be desired. In 1992 - before NAFTA was ratified and implemented - a Laredo, Texas,...

By any other name ... as Canada goes, so goes Collin Rose. (tire dealer)
September 1, 1995... There are 1,800 independent tire dealers in Canada. Collin Rose is one of them. Of those dealers, 139 are O.K. Tire Store franchisees. And Rose is one of them, too. That gives him a great perspective on the Canadian Tire market. Rose, owner...

Tire imports strike back: U.S. imports reach all-time high, thanks to factory strikes.(Industry Overview)
September 1, 1995... Nearly 58.6 million tires were imported into the U.S. last year, a whopping 17.9%, 8.9-million-unit increase over 1993 and an all-time record. With several lengthy tire factory strikes by the United Rubber Workers (URW) limiting domestic...

Ohtsu has big plans for U.S. market: facilities in Japan are ready for the challenge. (Ohtsu Tire and Rubber Company Ltd.)
September 1, 1995... For years you could call Ohtsu Tire and Rubber "the quiet company," at least in the U.S. market. The firm was born in Japan during World War II as a manufacturer of airplane tires, but in peacetime branched out into bias passenger, truck,...

Charge up battery sales and service.
September 1, 1995... No longer do enthusiastic budding mechanics answer the bell at gasoline stations, pop the hood and check things out in search of possible service revenue. Now the self-service customers pump their own fuel and rarely if ever raise the hood...