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Team O’Reilly worked extremely hard to
make 2000 another very successful year. We
added 101 new stores, 43 through various
acquisitions, including 12 Gateway Auto
Parts stores in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, and
nine KarPro stores in Little Rock, Arkansas.
On the distribution front, we also had a
very eventful year. The 338,140 square-foot
distribution center (“DC”) in Dallas, Texas,
which was purchased a year ago, opened
in December and will service over 100
stores by early 2001. This will allow us to
continue expanding our stores in northern
Texas, both to the east and west. Also
included in the KarPro purchase was a
97,000 square-foot DC which will provide
quicker access and more product coverage
to our stores in Arkansas and will allow
significant expansion in those markets.
Our team members were very focused
on many projects designed to enhance the
level of service to our customers. A number
of technological advances in systems and
programs will allow us to greatly improve
customer service with more value added to
the O’Reilly shopping experience. Included in
these efforts are: an electronic transaction
database, which allows easier and better
access to customer purchase history;
improved product search capability to allow
stores to locate other O’Reilly stores and DCs
that carry harder-to-find items; and a new
store inventory management system that
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O’REILLY SHAREHOLDERS
2000 ANNUAL REPORT
To our shareholders:
Left to right: Larry O’Reilly, Ted F. Wise,
Rosalie O’Reilly-Wooten, Charlie O’Reilly,
David O’Reilly and Greg Henslee.