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Ourgoalcontinuestobetooptimizeshareholdervalue.Westartedthreeyears
agowithaReturnonInvestedCapital(ROIC)of13%,andI’mproudtotellour
shareholderswefinished2004atover25%.
Commercial:continuedsignificantgrowthopportunities
TheotherpartofthevehiclerepairandmaintenancebusinessistheCommercial
orDo-It-For-Me(DIFM)market.ThismarketisestimatedbytheAAIAtobeover
$47billionannually*,andgrowingatafive-yearcompoundannualgrowthrateof
4.5%.*AutoZoneisfarnewertothismarketthantheDIYsegment,andhasgrown
itsrevenuestoapproximately$750millionannuallyfromover$400millionback
in2001!
Weexpandedtheprogramfrom1,400storesbackin2001toover2,200storestoday.
WehiredCommercialSpecialistsinourstoresdedicatedtoourprofessionaltechni-
ciancustomerstohelpthemwiththeirneeds.
Wehiredanoutsidesalesforceofabout150AutoZonerstocallonbothcurrentand
prospectiveprofessionalcustomerstoexpandsellingopportunities.
Wedeveloped118Hubstoresandconnectedthemtooursatellitenetworkover
thelast3yearsinordertofulfillthecriticalpartsneedsofbothourDIFMandDIY
customers.Thesestoresallowustoprovidethemostexpeditiousdeliveryofquality
partstoreplenishsatellitesandtoservicerepairtechnicians.
WecreatedstrategicallianceswithlargeCommercialcustomerswhohaverecognized
thecriticaladvantagesAutoZonehasinthissector:anationalstorefootprint,an
extensivepartsselection,aspeedy30-minuteorlessdeliverywindow,andconsis-
tent,lowpricesonpartsacrosstheentirecountry.
Finally,wehaveALLDATA.Itisthepremierproviderofautomotivediagnosticand
repairinformationtotheprofessionaltechnician.Withover50,000subscribers
today,andanopportunitytoexpandtheofferingintoafullsuiteofserviceproducts,
thissoftwareprovidesusavaluablecompetitiveadvantageinthecontinueddevel-
opmentofthisprofessionalinstallermarket.
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