CAM Lodges rebate solution
Lodge Tyres is using an extension of its Cameo platform to manage retrospective manufacturer rebate process, which can be valued at thousands of pounds, eliminating all administration.
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Lodge Tyres is using an extension of its Cameo platform to manage retrospective manufacturer rebate process, which can be valued at thousands of pounds, eliminating all administration.
Zeetex has refreshed its website in order to “make it aesthetically attractive and offer a sublime browsing experience”, according to the company.
Automotive tyre manufacturers in Europe are focussing on electronic retailing (e-tail) to serve increasing customer preference for convenience and low prices, according to a new report published by Frost & Sullivan. Currently, tyre e-tail accounts for nearly eight per cent of the total tyre aftermarket in Europe. The report concludes that this figure will continue to rise as tyre manufacturers recognise the potential to access global markets through e-tail and invest in online sales and marketing tools to meet their growth objectives. Here Tyres & Accessories engages with the Frost & Sullivan data in order to better understand and begin to apply it to the current market context.
TecDoc UK & Ireland collaborating with DVSE/Topmotive in UK & Ireland, with the aim of becoming the dominant player in the collection and provision of replacement parts data and electronic parts catalogues across these ‘home’ markets.
Back in March Norauto, a leading vehicle maintenance chain, and Oxyo-pneus.fr, the fourth largest player in the online tyre market in France, merged their e-commerce activities.
There’s no other way to put it. Michelin has been simply dominant in our online branding survey, having won almost every time we have run it in the last decade. With this in mind, it is no surprise that Michelin representatives are pleased to remain a “powerful voice” in the digital arena.
2015 marks the fifth year Tyres & Accessories has tracked, ranked and analysed the social media performance of the leading tyre brands. Each year technology has evolved and the depth and breadth of our coverage has grown with it. This year the headline news is that there is a new global winner. Meanwhile, less has […]
Following the news that Continental has topped this year’s sentiment rankings in our annual online branding survey, company representatives has expressed their delight at the win and their ambition to take both the sentiment and prominence titles next year.
e-jobsheet.com, the multi-language, digital tablet-driven work exchange for truck, bus and van tyres went ‘live’ on 16 September as a ‘standalone’ system. This entry level offering provides a cloud-based job launch and work management platform within the e-jobsheet subscription, which aims to appeal to all service providers, even those with a single fitter.
Our 2015 online branding study, which measures the online branding of leading tyre firms in partnership with NetNames, has a new winner. After years of Michelin dominance across both the “prominence” and “sentiment” metrics NetNames measures, Continental has surged to victory in the sentiment part of the 2015 survey, overtaking Michelin for the lead and just a whisker behind in terms of prominence.
Car enthusiasts ordering parts and accessories through the one-stop-shop Autosessive website can now ‘Reserve and Collect’ their purchases within the hour from more than 65 stores nationwide.
Independent Tyre Distributors Network Ltd (ITDN) has committed to e-jobsheet, the open-access, digital tablet-based service work platform for truck, bus and van. ITDN has initially agreed to work with e-jobsheet for five years.
TyreClick, a website developed by Micheldever Tyre Services Ltd to help independent dealers compete online, achieved 30,000 orders at the start of July. TyreClick currently supports almost 950 transactional websites that are linked to independent tyre retailers, each with their own local URL, thereby allowing motorists to search for their local dealers and buy tyres direct from them.
Workshop tools supplier, Pichler Tools has launched a new software system which they believe will boost productivity, and support continued sales growth. OrderWise, from supplier Wise Software, offers support through a strong UK base, which includes a staff team of nearly 100 people, as well as a community of over 8,500 active users.
In January this year, Maxam Tire, the specialist manufacturer of OTR, construction, industrial and agricultural tyres, launched an App for devices working under the Android operating system. Now the company has launched a new, responsive version for all Apple devices.
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