RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (July 21, 2003) — Tire Kingdom Inc. has opened three more stores, pushing its total to 349 after ending 2002 with 222 outlets.
The new stores are in Huntersville and Charlotte, N.C., and Fairfield, Ohio, said Bob Patron, director of new store operations for the Riviera Beach-based retailer, a subsidiary of TBC Corp. in Memphis, Tenn.
Tire Kingdom's store numbers were boosted primarily by TBC's purchase of Merchant's Inc. in Manassas, Va., which added 112 locations to the Tire Kingdom chain. Other store openings in Ohio and the Carolinas also pushed up the store count.