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The original "Pep Boys" were Emmanuel "Manny" Rosenfeld, Maurice "Moe" Strauss, Graham "Jack" Jackson, and Moe Radavitz, four friends who, in August 1921, [4] chipped in $200 apiece to open a single auto parts store. They dubbed it Pep Auto Supply Company after noticing a shipment of Pep Valve grinding compound on the shelves.
[13] [14] At the commencement of fiscal 1999, AutoZone made another acquisition by purchasing 100 Express stores from The Pep Boys—Manny, Moe & Jack. [15] The company began a process of internationalization with their first store abroad, which opened in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. [16] AutoZone closed the 1990s by debuting at the Fortune 500 list ...
1991 Sacramento hostage crisis. On April 4, 1991, 41 employees and customers were taken hostage by four gunmen and held at a Good Guys! electronics store at the corner of 65th Street and Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento, California, near the Florin Mall (now Florin Town Centre) for approximately eight hours. Near the end of the hostage crisis ...
Store closing signs are posted in the window of Big Lots store in Sacramento County’s La Riviera community on Monday, July 22, 2024. A total of six Big Lot locations in the Sacramento region are ...
Below is a list of the stores in Southern California that are closing, according to their website. Anaheim: 1670 W Katella Ave. Anaheim, California 92802. Anaheim Hills: 6336 E Santa Ana Canyon Rd ...
The Fresno Tuesday Morning store, which was next to Trader Joe’s on Blackstone Avenue, and the Visalia location both closed in 2020. They were part of 230 stores that closed after the company ...
Advance Auto Parts. Advance Auto Parts, Inc. is an American automotive aftermarket parts provider. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, it serves both professional installer and do it yourself (DIY) customers. As of December 2023, Advance operated 4,935 stores and 321 Worldpac branches in the United States and Canada.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California-based 99 Cents Only Stores said Friday it will close all 371 of its outlets, ending the chain's 42-year run of selling an assortment of bargain-basement merchandise.