FOCUS Investment Banking Represents McLea’s Tire & Automotive in its Acquisition by AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah

2024-02-12T23:33:18+00:00December 21, 2020|Automotive Aftermarket, Mergers & Acquisitions News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Tire and Service|

Washington, DC (December 8, 2020) – McLea’s Tire & Automotive Centers, a family-owned, five-store operation based in Santa Rosa, Calif., has been acquired by AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah (AAA NCNU). FOCUS Investment Banking represented McLea’s Tire & Automotive Centers in this transaction.

FOCUS Investment Banking Represents Nokian Tyres’ Vianor Stores in the USA in a Sale to Gill’s Point S Tire & Auto Service

2024-09-18T14:25:24+00:00September 17, 2020|Automotive Aftermarket, International Transactions, Tire and Service|

Washington, DC, (September 17, 2020) — FOCUS Investment Banking, a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, with a specialty in the automotive aftermarket, announced today that Nokian Tyres company-owned Vianor Stores in New England have been acquired by Gill’s Point S Tire & Auto Service. FOCUS represented Nokian Tyres in this transaction.

FOCUS Investment Banker Michael McGregor Discusses Tire Dealership M&A

2024-03-18T16:44:01+00:00August 7, 2020|Articles, Automotive Aftermarket, Media, Tire and Service|

In the wake of COVID-19, you might be wondering if merger and acquisition (M&A) activities at the tire dealership level have kicked the bucket. According to MTD research, rumors of that demise have been overstated. Just compare last year's MTD Top 100 list of the biggest independent tire dealerships in the United States to this year's MTD 100.

Who’s Winning the Battle for Tire-Buying Consumers?

2024-01-22T10:59:37+00:00February 12, 2019|Articles, Automotive Aftermarket, Tire and Service|

It seems like every issue of Modern Tire Dealer has an announcement of a new acquisition by Monro Inc., Icahn Automotive Group LLC, Bridgestone Americas Inc. and the like. One would assume by reading these that what I call the company-owned conglomerates are “winning the war” for the hearts and minds of consumers, but I would disagree. I think tire dealers are winning right now.

Power of Pricing: Healthy Margins Improve Business Value

2024-01-22T10:59:37+00:00December 19, 2018|Articles, Automotive Aftermarket, Tire and Service|

My father-in-law, Ed Tuck, was a pretty smart guy. Before becoming a venture-capitalist and founding Magellan GPS, he was a turnaround consultant to failing telecom businesses in the 1980s. (Read “A Sense of Direction,” Ed Tuck and Mike Khaldun, Dog Ear Publishing, 2018.) I once asked him about the first things he did when he took over a failing business. Ed said that first, he’d find the person responsible for the mess and fire that person just to get everyone’s attention. Then once he got their attention, he raised prices.

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