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Article: Discount Tire again on top, based on store openings, sales.(News)

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Tire Business
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October 26, 2009
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Byline: Bruce Davis

Mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies and good ol' fashioned organic growth punctuated an active year in the North American tire retailing arena.

Acquisitions accounted for a measurable amount of shuffling in the retailer ranking this year, headed by Monro Muffler Brake Inc. and Mavis Discount Tire, which advanced to No. 4 and No. 9 after adding 88 and 56 company-owned stores, respectively, via buyouts.

Monro carried out three separate dealsfor Autotire Car Care Center in May and Tire Warehouse Central Inc. and Midwest Tire in October. That boosted its network of tire-based stores to 230 spread across 18 states from the ...

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