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- Stock symbol: NYSE: AZO
- Annual revenue (2007): $6.1 billion US
- Founder(s): Pitt Hyde
- Year Established: 1979
- Industry: Retail
- Phone: 800-288-6966
- HQ: Memphis, Tennessee
- President and CEO: William C. Rhodes, III
- CFO: William T. Giles
- Staff: 55,000
- Other key people: Joseph R. Hyde III
- Products: Automotive parts and accessories
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AutoZone, founded in 1979 by Pitt Hyde and originally known as "Auto Shack", is a car parts and accessories retailer. They are also a Fortune 300 company.
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Key Dates
- 1979: First store opened in Forrest City, Arkansas
- 1981: Express Parts/VDP implemented
- 1984: Implemented a quality assurance program for parts
- 1986: Expanded throughout the South and Midwest
- 1988: Changed named to AutoZone
- 1989: Implemented a computerized system
- 1995: 1,000th store opened
- 1998: Acquired 112 more stores
- 2001: Steve Odland became CEO
- 2004: Celebrated 25th anniversary
- 2005: William C. Rhodes III became President and CEO
- 2007: Sponsored Kevin Harvick and Timothy Peters
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AutoZone Competitors
- Advance Auto Parts
- NAPA
- O'Reilly Auto Parts
- Pep Boys
- CSK Auto
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