Find out who is the next vice president of store operations for BSRO's more than 2,200 tire and vehicle service centers, including Firestone Complete Auto Care, Tires Plus, Hibdon Tires Plus and Wheel Works.
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LOS ANGELES Mobile car repair and maintenance service provide RepairSmith Inc. is partnering with CarAdvise L.L.C., an online marketplace for vehicle maintenance and repair, whose members will now have access to RepairSmith s at-home services.
CarAdvise members can schedule appointments, approve and pay for services, and view their service history online. Under the RepairSmith partnership, CarAdvise members will have access to at-home vehicle service for the first time. CarAdvise is very excited to expand our network offering mobile mechanics through RepairSmith, CarAdvise Founder and CEO Greg Tepas said. We believe in offering our members freedom of choice to service and repair their vehicles based on what s important to them including price, convenience, or other factors. Offering the ability to come to our customers with a mobile mechanic is a part of our strategy, and we look forward to expanding with RepairSmith as they grow in new markets.
Your Historical Galion: Saloons were once part of Galion life
By Dr. Bernard M. Mansfield, M.D. - Galion Historical Society
This photograph shows “Hopkins Restaurant,” which is the “Ganshorn saloon” noted in this column. It was located next to the Erie Railroad tracks with the station beyond.
Donated by Pete Brown | Galion Historical Society
(Your Historical Galion is contributed by the Galion Historical Society and features the writings of Dr. Bernard M. Mansfield and other local historians. This article was originally printed in the Saturday, Jan. 6, 1996, edition of the Galion Inquirer.)
Mary and Alice Graham were special friends of mine. They lived on North Pierce street, and during my house calls to these ladies, there evolved an exchange of historical information. Their contribution one year, at my urging, was to list all the saloons in town. I don’t have a record of the year, or years, this compilation was made, my here is the list as they gave it to me:
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Jan. 19, 2021
Marko Ibrahim, who joined Bridgestone Americas in 2018, has been tapped to lead the company s Retail Operations division. He succeeds Joe Venezia, who s been in the role since 2017, according to a press release.
Ibrahim will focus on boosting profitability, customer count and efficiency. Bridgestone s retail operations (BSRO) is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas.
The BRO division has more than 2,200 locations under the Firestone Complete Auto Care, Tires Plus, Hibdon Tires Plus and Wheel Works brands.
Ibrahim joined Bridgestone in February 2018 as vice president of stores and was promoted to senior vice president of stores in 2020. Since joining Bridgestone in 2018, Marko has made a great impact on our BSRO stores and operations especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Gabriel Asbun, group president, Bridgestone Americas tire business, said in the release. His ability to connect with BSRO store teams across the U.S. and lead them to
Bridgestone Americas subsidiary Bridgestone Retail Operations announced Friday that Marko Ibrahim has been named president.
Based in Nashville, Ibrahim replaces Joe Venezia, who led the tire giant s retail group since 2017 before leaving to serve as executive vice president and COO of The Michaels Companies.
With a network of more than 2,200 locations, BSRO operates what it bills as the world’s largest company-owned network of tire and automotive service centers nationwide under the Firestone Complete Auto Care, Tires Plus, Hibdon Tires Plus and Wheel Works brands. Ibrahim joined the company in February 2018 as VP of stores and was promoted to senior VP in 2020. As president, he will lead BSRO’s 23,000 nationwide employees serving serve more than 20 million customers annually.