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Canadian Tire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Canadian Tire stores are unusual in the retail world as they are all independently owned and operated companies in and of themselves. The 'Canadian Tire Couple' were once featured on the 'Air Farce' As one of their targets of the year, as "Canada's most annoying couple". Canadian Tire Online is an online purchasing system where customers of Canadian Tire can choose to either provide a representative with their billing and shipping information over the phone and then have the goods selected delivered to their home via mail or courier service. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Tire   (1282 words)

Canadian Tire money - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It was only available at Canadian Tire gas bars, but was so successful that in 1961 it was extended to the retail stores as well, and has become the most successful loyalty program in Canadian retail history. Canadian Tire money is given out for purchases paid for by cash or debit, usually at a rate of 1.5% of the pre-tax total. Canadian Tire dollars are the main topic of the song La Chute du dollar by popular Quebec singer Mononc' Serge. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Tire_Money   (708 words)

Macleans.ca | Top Stories | Life | What a tool   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Canadian Tire's long-running ad campaign -- starring the Ned Flanders of home improvement -- seems directly aimed at middle-aged, middle-class suburbanites who are desperate to keep their lawns neatly trimmed and their minivans perfectly polished (a.k.a. Canadian Tire Guy's apparent ineffectiveness at discipline has turned his son into a brat who spends most of his time in the back seat of his parents' van playing video games or watching movies on their portable DVD player -- especially on camping trips. If Canadian Tire Guy is looking to win the "Uncle of The Year Award," he should have shown up with a case of beer instead of a recliner that doubles as an ottoman. www.macleans.ca /topstories/life/article.jsp?content=20051031_114409_114409#   (1657 words)

Canadian Tire 'Money' Canadian Tire 'Money' can be used anytime, for any item purchased at a Canadian Tire Associate Store, and it can be combined with other discounts on items. Canadian Tire 'Money'™ was inspired by Muriel Billes, the wife of Canadian Tire's co-founder and first president, A.J. Billes, and was introduced as a "cash bonus coupon" in 1958 in the first Canadian Tire Gas Bar in Toronto. Canadian Tire 'Money' was developed as an innovative response to the promotional activities of the major oil companies in the 1950s. www2.canadiantire.ca /CTenglish/ctmoney.html   (1336 words)

Canadian Tire: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Canadian Tire money (CTM) is given out for purchases paid for by cash or debit, EHandler: no quick summary. Canadian Tire money was first introduced in 1958, EHandler: no quick summary. Canadian Tire stores are somewhat unique in the retail world as they are usually independently owned and operated companies in and of themselves. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/canadian_tire.htm   (2106 words)

Canadian Tire - All About All   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) The Canadian Tire uniform consists of a variety of acceptable shirts, but most common is the CTC golf shirt. Canadian Tire uses a 7 digit product number, with the format XX-XXXX-X, with the first two digits designating product class (ie 71-XXXX-X is bicycles), next four digits designating the actual product and the last digit being a check digit. Canadians often jokingly refer to Canadian Tire as "Crappy Tire" or simply "Crappy's" because of a common conception in Canada that Canadian Tire's Car Repair service appeals to the poor class. www.allaboutall.info /article/Canadian+Tire   (1098 words)

WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2001-0383 Canadian Tire is the registered owner of numerous Canadian trade mark registrations for the trade mark CANADIAN TIRE in written form and in design format. Canadian Tire’s annual catalogue is distributed to almost nine million households in English and French. The trademark CRAPPY TIRE is not in fact used by the Complainant as a trade name or business name but is a slang expression applied by younger customers to the place of business or the business of Canadian Tire stores or business. arbiter.wipo.int /domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-0383.html   (3963 words)

Canadian Tire Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is committed to protecting the status of the Canadian Tire triangle trademark or logo (the Logo) as a valuable marketing and communications tool. Canadian Tire reserves the right to change and/or remove at any time, any Content on this website in its sole and absolute discretion, without notice. The Content is provided by Canadian Tire "as is" without any warranties or conditions, express or implied, and in no event will Canadian Tire be liable for any damages whatsoever, including special, indirect or consequential damages arising out of the use of this website or any of the Content. www.ctcid.ca /english/en_history.php.html   (512 words)

Results First Inc. - Customers: Canadian Tire Corporation Over the years Canadian Tire has become one of the most successful and widely recognized businesses in the country. Canadian Tire Corporation is made up of three businesses: Canadian Tire Retail, Canadian Tire Financial Services, and Petroleum. Canadian Tire Associate Dealers are an integral part of the Enterprise. www.resultsfirst.com /cantire.htm   (295 words)

Home Channel News: Canadian Tire to expand auto-parts store concept Canadian Tire, the country's largest hardlines retailer with 480 stores and 34,000 employees, will invest about C$400 million to launch the new business and hire between 3,000 to 4,000 workers. Canadian Tire, which already has a large auto parts and repair section in its stores, doesn't expect the new chain to erode its business. The PartSource concept is "distinct and separate from what we'd be doing in a Canadian Tire store," which caters to customers who dabble at minor repairs or want their cars fixed at a Canadian Tire repair center, Bachand said. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0VCW/is_17_25/ai_56081198   (467 words)

TSYS - In the News - Canadian Tire Retail and TSYS Form Strategic Partnership Canadian Tire Associate Stores are located to serve 85 percent of the Canadian population. Canadian Tire Retail, with more than 450 stores across Canada, is the country's most-shopped retailer, offering a unique mix of products and services through three specialty categories in which the organization is the market leader - automotive, sports and leisure and home products. Canadian Tire Petroleum is the country's largest and most productive independent retailer of gasoline, with more than 200 outlets.  Mark's Work Wearhouse Ltd. is a specialty retail organization that operates more than 300 stores in Canada. www.tsys.com /news/press_release_article.cfm?News_ID=64&year=2002   (618 words)

JayPinkerton.com Canadian Tire is a northern version of Home Depot; Canadian Tire Guy is their television spokesman, who's appeared for years in commercials touting the value of their many cheap and utterly useless MasterCraft products. Canadian Tire Guy's appearance is that of an immaculately groomed, effete geography teacher--think Bob Vila with all the rough edges sanded off. In fact, he's recently expanded his empire with the inclusion of Canadian Tire Wife, allowing the pair to be condescendingly grating to twice as many neighbors as ever before. www.jaypinkerton.com /blog/archives/001225.html   (903 words)

Canadian Tire -- Auto Response Gibson says Canadian Tire hasn't chosen to target women in 2005 to make up for decades of catering to their husbands and young children. Canadian Tire began branching out from its traditional model two years ago when it launched its wedding registry, turf traditionally dominated by department stores such as the Bay and specialty shops. Canadian Tire recently partnered with Travis, the star of the home-decorating television show, Painted House (essentially the female version of American television host Bob Vila). www.businessweek.com /innovate/content/dec2005/id20051205_112194.htm   (1130 words)

DSN Retailing Today: Canadian Tire rethinks strategy - Brief Article Even as it scrutinizes itself as a company, Canadian Tire is in the midst of a major reformatting of its store base. The truth be told, however, Canadian Tire isn't ever quite done with its efforts to sharpen its operations, and so to consider any move by the company as definitive is to misunderstand its basic nature, which is just what makes the retailer so elusive. The company's flier is distributed weekly to 10 million Canadian households in a nation with a population of about 31 million people. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_14_40/ai_76854346   (487 words)

Globeinvestor.com: Canadian Tire drops gas prices by 25 cents per litre at new gas bar in Whitby Canadian Tire Petroleum is one of the country's highest-volume, independent gasoline retailers with 216 gas bars and 37 Simoniz car wash sites across Canada. Canadian Tire Retail, with 449 stores operated by Associate Dealers across Canada, offers a unique mix of products and services through three specialty categories in which the organization is the market leader - Automotive, Sports and Leisure, and Home Products. Canadian Tire Petroleum is one of the country's largest and most productive independent retailers of gasoline, operating 216 gas bars and 37 car washes. www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CNW/20030522/c4236   (897 words)

Calgary Plus.ca - Home - Canadian Tire First established in Toronto, Ontario in 1922, the Canadian Tire Corporation was officially inaugurated in 1927 by brothers John W. and Alfred J. Billes in response to the growing number of automobiles that were hitting Canadian streets in the roaring twenties. By 1928, Canadian Tire began mailing out its catalogue, a catalogue that is now sent out to over 9 million Canadians in both English and French. Throughout the fifties, Canadian Tire started giving out Canadian Tire Money to their customers with the purchase of gas and began a phenomenon that continues to this day. www.calgaryplus.ca /portal/profile.do?profileID=70249   (249 words)

Cassandra Pages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Canadian culture is seen as being constantly threatened... When you walk into a Canadian Tire store - and these are huge, box-store size establishments, located on the outskirts of towns or in malls - it feels sort of like a Home Depot, sort of like Wal-Mart, but somehow different. Canadians joke about it, saying it's worth more than their own currency - which, as the loonie (the vernacular for a Canadian dollar, called that because it has a loon on it) rises in value, is becoming a lot less true. cassandrapages.blogspot.com /2005_01_02_cassandrapages_archive.html   (2253 words)

RYERSON UNIVERSITY: News Release: Canadian Tire pledges to Retail Ready 'Net program (June 2002)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Funds from the Canadian Tire Corporation will be used to update the Internet-based courses as the classroom curriculum and technology evolve. Canadian Tire is the first major Canadian retailer to use an internet-based eLearning program to deliver product knowledge and skills training to team members who are the front line face of Canadian Tire to our customers. Canadian Tire Retail is the country's most shopped retailer offering a unique mix of products and services through the leadership of three specialty stores under one roof - Automotive, Sports and Leisure, and Home Products. www.ryerson.ca /news/2002/20020626.html   (504 words)

Goal Line Solutions: Case Study - Canadian Tire Stores Today, nine out of ten adult Canadians shop at Canadian Tire at least twice a year and 40% of Canadians shop at Canadian Tire every week. Eighty-five per cent of the Canadian population lives within a 15-minute drive of their local Canadian Tire store. Canadian Tire is three clearly defined, highly competitive; specialty stores under one roof-automotive, sports and leisure, and home products. www.goallinesolutions.com /canadiantire.htm   (242 words)

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited Corporate Overview Canadian Tire will hold its 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Thursday, May 11th 2006 at 10am ET. Canadian Tire is a growing network of interrelated businesses, each one leveraging the core capabilities and privileged assets of the others. Canadian Tire continuously strives to meet the needs of its customers for total value by offering a unique package of location, price, service and assortment. investor.relations.canadiantire.ca   (652 words)

Doucheblog: The Canadian Tire Guy The Canadian Tire Guy (also known as "The Bearded Guy") has gone from minor Canadian annoyance to a minor Canadian obsession. The "canadian tire guy" was in the canadian tire im my home town (pentiction bc) and so just 2 b a jerk i decided to ask him very stupid questions. In the old days, they even had a tire with a big fucking smile on it's face running on the Canadian Tire and even that would be funny to see on tv. www.counterbias.com /blog/2005/07/canadian-tire-guy.html   (2721 words)

Canadian Tire - ehMac.ca We were also prepared to boycott Canadian Tire for the rest of our lives. I wanted to buy one of my own so one day while checking out the Canadian Tire Flyer I seen they had all their Axes and Mauls on for half price. Canadian Tire might be good for stuff in the stores, but I won't have them do service anymore. www.ehmac.ca /showthread.php?t=18835   (1389 words)

Optimize Magazine > Technology Innovation << Canadian Tire's Engine For Growth >> March 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) In the next week, 40% of Canadians will shop in Canadian Tire Retail stores, and the company will communicate to 10 million households through a weekly flyer program. With roughly $5.30 billion in retail sales, and sales growth of roughly $2.44 billion in the past decade, the complexities of Canadian Tire's supply-chain operations require continual planning and refinement. Canadian Tire Retail serves 457 stores coast to coast, through four hub distribution centers (DCs)—two located in Toronto, and one each in Calgary and Montreal. www.optimizemag.com /article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=60404436   (910 words)

Canadian-Tire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Canadian Tire's second-quarter earnings up 14.1% at $92.2 million TORONTO (CP) - Canadian Tire, a dominant player in hardware, automotive and recreational products retailing, says its second-quarter profit rose 14.1 per cent to $92.2 million with strong sales and cost controls. And growth of the Canadian Tire MasterCard and personal loan portfolios contributed to a nearly 20 per cent rise in the receivables base of the financial services division, while petroleum experienced strong gasoline volumes and non-gas sales. www.cbc.ca /cp/business/050811/b081138.html   (182 words)

globeandmail.com : globeinvestor.com : Canadian Tire Retail and Associate Dealers reach agreement in principle to renew ... Associate Dealers are required to purchase merchandise primarily from Canadian Tire and provide for various controls on the customer experience, range and marketing of the products offered, and the operations of each store. Canadian Tire Retail, with 450 stores operated by Associate Dealers across Canada, is the country's most-shopped retailer, offering a unique mix of products and services through three specialty categories in which the organization is the market leader - Automotive, Sports and Leisure, and Home Products. Canadian Tire Petroleum is one of the country's largest and most productive independent retailers of gasoline, operating 220 gas bars and 41 car washes. www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/WireFeedRedirect?cf=GlobeInvestor/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20030912&archive=cnw&slug=1109120333   (755 words)

Canadian Tire loses fight to call itself ‘crap’ | The Register In what must be one of the weirdest ever domain dispute cases, Canadian Tire has lost the battle to extend its trademark to the words "crappy tire". While "crap" would be taken by most people to denote a negative feeling, Canadian Tire is having none of it and wanted WIPO to hand over www.crappytire.com to it. Canadian Tire claims that in Canada it is colloquially called Crappy Tire but this has become so ingrained that it no longer means anything bad (it is an "impertinent reference" says the company). www.theregister.co.uk /2001/07/04/canadian_tire_loses_fight   (491 words)

Canadian Tire CIO Spends $40 Million for POS Sweep Canadian Tire "is slightly behind but not tremendously," said Greg Buzek, president of consulting firm IHL Services (of IHL Consulting Group Inc.). Canadian Tire's business model includes a large number of dealer franchisees and, as a group, they must be convinced before this kind of a store-impacting rollout takes place. Canadian Tire also literally prints its own money—using the same business that operates the mint for the Canadian government—and uses those Canadian Tire dollars as legal currency in the stores. www.cioinsight.com /article2/0,1540,1847886,00.asp   (1851 words)

Canadian Tire under fire for sponsoring gay ‘marriage’ show - Interim, Mar 2005 Canadian Tire may find itself the subject of a boycott for its sponsorship of a television show promoting homosexual “marriage.” The show, My Fabulous Gay Wedding, will feature six one-hour episodes focusing on a different same-sex couple, as they prepare for, and are, “married.” Responding to one concerned Canadian about its sponsorship of the controversial show, a customer relationship representative, speaking for Canadian Tire’s “entire team” stated, “The decision to sponsor this show was part of an overall marketing and advertising plan aimed at promoting our new gift registry service to engaged couples.” The representative justified Canadian Tire’s support of the show promoting gay “marriage” by saying: “We understand this is a sensitive and emotional issue for many Canadians and there are many conflicting ideas on what constitutes a ‘traditional Canadian family.’ Canadian Tire does not define what constitutes a family. www.theinterim.com /2005/mar/11canadiantire.html   (205 words)

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