AutoZone
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| Type | Public (NYSE: AZO) |
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| Founded |  Forrest City, Arkansas, USA (1979) |
| Headquarters | Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
| Key people | Pitt Hyde, Founder William C. Rhodes III, Chairman, President, and CEO William T. Giles, CFO |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | Automotive parts and accessories |
| Revenue | ▲ US$6.1 billion (2007)[1] |
| Net income | ▲ US$569.3 million (2006)[1] |
| Employees | 55,000 (2007)[1] |
| Website | www.autozone.com |
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 & 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 company was changed to AutoZone to reflect the new focus. AutoZone holds the naming rights to the downtown Memphis baseball stadium that is the home of the Memphis Redbirds of the Pacific Coast League. The company also sponsors the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
Duralast and Valucraft are AutoZone's private label brand of automotive batteries (manufactured by Johnson Controls), as well as other parts and accessories.
AutoZone is incorporated in the state of Nevada. Its major competitors include Pep Boys, Advance Auto Parts, CARQUEST, NAPA, Ace Auto Parts and O'Reilly Auto Parts, who also does business as Schucks, Kragen, and Checker Auto Parts as a result of a 2008 merger with CSK Auto.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Anderson, Linnea. "AutoZone, Inc." Hoover's. Retrieved on June 2, 2007.
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Coordinates: 35°08′32″N 90°03′22″W / 35.14231°N 90.05614°W
