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    • Joy Kopcha

    Managing Editor
    Phone: (330) 598 - 0338

    After more than a dozen years working as a newspaper reporter in Kansas, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, Joy Kopcha joined Modern Tire Dealer as senior editor in 2014. She has covered murder trials, a prison riot and more city council, county commission, and school board meetings than she cares to remember.

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    Service

    Tips for Summertime Battery Service

    Joy Kopcha
    May 14, 2024
    As the season of summer heat draws near, it’s a good time to remember that vehicle batteries are taxed in any extreme environment.
    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
    Suppliers

    Goodyear Posts $57 Million Loss

    Joy Kopcha
    May 6, 2024
    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported a net loss of $57 million in the first quarter, an improvement from the same period in 2023. The tiremaker called this "a strong start to the...
    MaddenCo Inc.
    Suppliers

    MaddenCo Event Is a Feast of Best Practices

    Joy Kopcha
    April 29, 2024
    MaddenCo Inc.'s user conference features a standard lineup of presentations and how-to sessions. But attendees transform it into a "best practices group discussion," said President...
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    Service

    Why Brake Maintenance - Not Brake Repair - Is Key

    Joy Kopcha
    April 29, 2024
    In four-plus decades, Kevin Walsh says one thing in brakes and the automotive service category overall has changed.
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    Retail

    Why You Should Offer Alternative Financing

    Joy Kopcha
    April 26, 2024
    When consumers enter your tire dealership, many are going to expect you to offer them more than just the option of "cash, check or credit card."
    Commercial Business

    McCarthy Tire Service Celebrates and Invests in Employees

    Joy Kopcha
    April 3, 2024
    For the first time in about a decade, McCarthy Tire Service Co. Inc. brought its full leadership and commercial sales team together for a three-day event.