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WeopenedourveryfirstAutoShackinForrestCity,AR.
DocCrainwasthefirststoremanager.Today,wehavemore
than3,400AutoZonestoresnationwide.
DocCraincoinedthetermWITTDTJR(WhatItTakesToDo
TheJobRight!).
WegaveourfirstExtraMilerAwardtoMemphisstoremanager
DarrenReltherford.WestillrecognizeAutoZonerswhogotheextra
milefortheircustomers.Today,thousandsofAutoZonerswear
theirExtraMilerpinswithpride.
WechangedournamefromAutoShacktoAutoZone.
Ourstock,NYSEsymbolAZO,madeitsdebutontheNewYork
StockExchange.Wealsobecamethefirstautopartsretailerto
registercustomerwarrantiesinanationalcomputerdatabase.
Weexperiencedunprecedentedgrowthbyacquiringnearly800
storesfromotherautopartsretailers.TheAutoZonepresence
expandedto38states.Wealsoopenedourfirststoreoutsidethe
UnitedStatesinNuevoLaredo,Mexico.
WemadetheFortune500list(at456)forthefirsttime.Today
AutoZoneranks331overall.
AutoZonersdevelopedanetworkof“hubandsatellite”stores
togetproducttothecustomerfaster,toeliminatelostsales
andtohavemoreproductinthemarketareawhilereducing
inventoryinvestment.
Twoleadersintheautomotiveindustry—AutoZonetheleaderin
aftermarketautopartsandMidasaleaderinautomotiverepair—
establishedarelationshipwhereAutoZonedistributestoU.S.
Midaslocations.
AutoZonebecamethetitlesponsoroftheNASCARAutoZoneElite
Division.WithadedicatedaudienceofDIYers,thesportoffersan
opportunitytodrawnewcustomerstoourstores.