Sales at Grismer Tire Co.’s newest store in Lewis Center, Ohio, are surpassing expectations.
The store, which opened this past March, is located just north of Columbus, Ohio’s rapidly growing capital.
It spans 6,800 square feet and has 12 service bays, including one specifically designed to service electric vehicles.
The store also is outfitted with Hunter Engineering Co. alignment and tire changing equipment and features a large, well-appointed employee breakroom.
“There’s a large influx of people moving into the Columbus area,” Bob Kemper, the store’s supervisor, recently told MTD.
“We’re very excited about the new store. We opened in the middle of March and out of the gate, sales have exceeded expectations. We have the right location” in a high-visibility area.
John Marshall, Grismer Tire’s executive vice president (retail), also credits the store’s success to “the great talent of the people we have in the location.” (Marshall was MTD’s Tire Dealer of the Year Award recipient in 2003.)
Grismer Tire, which is based in Dayton, Ohio, and also does business as Detroit Tire and Dayton Tire Sales, currently has 28 total locations. Twenty-seven of those are retail stores and one is a commercial tire location, which also houses the dealership’s retread plant.
The company, which was founded in 1932, plans to open another retail store in Mason, Ohio, 20 miles north of Cincinnati, “in the coming months,” according to Marshall.
The Lewis Center outlet is Grismer Tire's northernmost store.
