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Our 3,264 AAP stores were located in the following states and territories at January 2, 2010:
Number of Number of Number of
Location Stores Location Stores Location Stores
Alabama 119 Maryland 74 Pennsylvania 163
Arkansas 29 Massachusetts 61 Puerto Rico 25
Colorado 44 Michigan 95 Rhode Island 9
Connecticut 37 Minnesota 14 South Carolina 126
Delaware 7 Mississippi 56 South Dakota 7
Florida 457 Missouri 43 Tennessee 139
Georgia 227 Nebraska 21 Texas 168
Illinois 82 New Hampshire 12 Vermont 7
Iowa 26 New Mexico 1 Virgin Islands 1
Indiana 101 New Jersey 55 Virginia 166
Kansas 24 New York 123 West Virginia 66
Kentucky 94 North Carolina 238 Wisconsin 46
Louisiana 62 Ohio 192 Wyoming 3
Maine 13 Oklahoma 31
The following table sets forth information concerning increases in the total number of our AAP stores during
the past five years:
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Beginning Stores 3,243 3,153 2,995 2,810 2,652
New Stores
(1)
75 109 175 190 169
Stores Closed (54) (19) (17) (5) (11)
Ending Stores
(2)
3,264 3,243 3,153 2,995 2,810
(1) Does not include stores that opened as relocations of previously existing stores within the same general market area
or substantial renovations of stores.
(2) Includes 2 and 7 stores not operating at December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively, primarily due to
hurricane damage.
Store Technology. Our store-based information systems, which are designed to improve the efficiency of our
operations and enhance customer service, are comprised of a proprietary POS system and electronic parts catalog, or
EPC, system. Information maintained by our POS system is used to formulate pricing, marketing and
merchandising strategies and to replenish inventory accurately and rapidly. Our POS system is fully integrated with
our EPC system and enables our store Team Members to assist our customers in their parts selection and ordering
based on year, make, model and engine type of their vehicles. Our centrally-based EPC data management system
enables us to reduce the time needed to (i) exchange data with our vendors and (ii) catalog and deliver updated,
accurate parts information.
Our EPC system also contains enhanced search engines and user-friendly navigation tools that enhance our
Team Members’ ability to look up any needed parts as well as additional products the customer needs to complete
their automotive repair project. If a hard-to-find part or accessory is not available at one of our stores, the EPC
system can determine whether the part is carried and in-stock through our PDQ system. Available parts and
accessories are then ordered electronically from another store, PDQ or Master PDQ with immediate confirmation
of price, availability and estimated delivery time.
We also support our store operations with additional proprietary systems. Our store-level inventory
management system provides real-time inventory tracking at the store level. With the store-level system, store Team
Members can check the quantity of on-hand inventory for any SKU, adjust stock levels for select items for store