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AutoZone
AutoZone
Hyde, and went under the name Auto Shack, which was changed after the Radio Shack company objected. After the sale of the grocery operation to the Fleming Companies of Oklahoma City, the name of the Public (NYSE: AZO) company was changed to AutoZone to reflect Forrest City, Arkansas, USA the new focus. AutoZone holds the naming rights to the downtown Memphis baseball (1979) stadium that is the home of the Memphis Memphis, Tennessee, USA Redbirds of the Pacific Coast League. The company also sponsors the AutoZone Liberty Pitt Hyde, Founder William C. Rhodes III, Chairman, Bowl. President, and CEO Duralast and Valucraft are AutoZone’s William T. Giles, CFO private label brand of automotive batteries (manufactured by Johnson Controls), as well Retail as other parts and accessories. Automotive parts and accessories AutoZone is incorporated in the state of ▲ US$6.1 billion (2007)[1] Nevada. Its major competitors include Pep Boys, Advance Auto Parts, O’Reilly Auto ▲ US$569.3 million (2006)[1] Parts, Ace Auto Parts and CSK Auto doing 55,000 (2007)[1] business as Schucks, Kragen, Murray’s, and Checker Auto Parts, as well as CARQUEST www.autozone.com and NAPA.
AutoZone, Inc.
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References
[1] ^ Anderson, Linnea. "AutoZone, Inc." Hoover’s. Retrieved on June 2, 2007.
External links
• AutoZone web site • AutoZone Mexico site • AutoZone corporate site • ALLDATA web site Coordinates: 35°08′32″N 35.14231°N 90.05614°W -90.05614
AutoZone store in Hillsborough, North Carolina. AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) is a Fortune 500 corporation based in Memphis, Tennessee which is engaged primarily in the business of the retail sale of automotive parts and accessories. It was originally a division of Memphis-based wholesale grocer Malone &
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