Videos

POWAY, Calif. — Mitchell Repair Information Co. L.L.C. has introduced text messaging features in its Mitchel 1 Manager SE shop management system and SocialCRM shop marketing products.

AKRON—Steve Cron, co-inventor of Michelin's Tweel, received the Harold Herzlich Distinguished Technology Achievement Award, at the International Tire Exhibition & Conference.

AKRON — "Convenience" is the watchword that will dominate the tire-buying experience as millennials take center stage in the consumer arena, and those companies that figure out how to streamline the buying process will outpace the competition.

AKRON — S.U.R.&R., a subsidiary of Husky Corp., has released the Oil Baron line of shop cleaners.

ROANOKE, Va. — Advance Auto Parts Inc. has rolled out a nationwide program that allows shop owners, technicians and Advance Auto employees to view the firm's entire product lineup on one platform, powered by a new catalog.

LAS VEGAS — The auto repair shop of the future will run on "devices, data and dirt," according to Interstate Batteries President and General Manager Tyler Reeves during a keynote address at AAPEX.

NEW ORLEANS — Bridgestone Americas executive Joseph Saoud is calling out the commercial tire industry, saying it can do a better job selling the benefits of retreading to fleet customers in order to blunt the impact of low-cost new truck tires from China.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Pirelli Tire North America is adding to its tire portfolio as it begins to roll out its commercial tire range in the U.S. and Canada.

LAS VEGAS — Marketing analyst Jim Lang, of Lang Marketing Resources Inc., discusses his outlook for the automotive industry this year.