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Discount Tire Centers company history timeline

1979

In 1979 the first store in Indiana opened, and a year later Discount Tire entered the Colorado market by acquiring E.J. Reynolds Tire Company and adding eight service centers.

1980

By the end of 1980 the chain included 44 stores, but it was just the start of a period of exceptional growth.

1985

The alliance proved so successful that it would lead to other Discount Tire house brands: the Arizonian Rocky Mountain, the Arizonian Silver Edition (to commemorate the company's 25th anniversary in 1985), and the Arizonian Limited Edition.

By the end of 1985 Discount Tire emerged as the country's largest independent tire dealer.

1988

The operation opened in the Los Angeles, California, market in an old supermarket in 1988.

1993

In 1993 Discount Tire became a direct Goodyear dealer, a move that paved the way for Discount Tire to acquire a number of struggling Goodyear stores.

1999

Halle and his wife, Diane, whom he married in 1999, also received a papal award for supporting the restoration of the pope's private chapel.

2002

Discount Tire also developed a new business in 2002, establishing the Mobile Service unit to provide new tires and wheels to used car dealerships in southern California.

2005

The 600th store opened in Acworth, Georgia, in August 2005.

2010

In 2010, the Arizona Board of Regents honored Bruce and Diane Halle with the Regents' Award for Outstanding Service to Higher Education.

2018

Halle was listed as Arizona's wealthiest individual for the past eight years by Forbes, with a net-worth tally of $5.2 billion as of January 2018.

Three decades later, Discount Tire opened 200 stores across the United States And by September 2018, the company opened its 1,000th store.

2020

Anyone who says that 2020 wasn’t a challenging year for businesses has their head in the sand.

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1976
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