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KOI Auto Parts is the 11th largest auto parts chain in the United States as of 2013. [5] It was also named 2011 Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association Head of Class Award recipient [6] [7] and "Federated Auto Parts Outstanding Marketing Member" of the Year in 2011.
The Fisher family has continued on in the automotive industry with Fisher Corporation (metal stamping), General Safety (seat belts), and Fisher Dynamics (seat mechanisms & structures), in the U.S., Mexico, China, and India. On July 22, 2008, Fisher Coachworks, LLC was launched with Gregory W. Fisher, grandson of Alfred J. Fisher, as CEO.
[1] 15,000 NAPA AutoCare repair facilities are in operation which provide vehicle maintenance and repair services. Outside the United States, NAPA operates in Canada through the UAP (United Auto Parts) division of Genuine Parts Company and NAPA Autopro repair facilities in Canada, Mexico and other locations throughout the Caribbean and Latin ...
NAPA Auto Parts was established in 1925. [30] Some NAPA Auto Parts stores are owned and operated by GPC, but most are independently owned and operated. [31] There were approximately 6,000 NAPA Auto Parts stores in 2020. [30] GPC acquired UAP Inc. of Canada in 1998 and the Australian car parts supplier Exego Group in 2013.
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Al's Auto Supply – Chain that operated in Washington, California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and Alaska; purchased by CSK Auto.Founded by Abe "Al" Wexler in Everett, Washington in the late 1950s; [1] [2] sold 15 store chain to Paccar in 1987; [3] Paccar sold chain (along with Grand Auto) in 1999 to CSK Auto which eventually rebranded stores as Schucks.
In 1986, Federated merged its Gold Circle division with its Richway Department Stores, another Federated discount division.While the chains each continued to operate under their original names (though several Richways were converted to Gold Circles), buying and other administrative functions for both were consolidated into Gold Circle's Worthington, Ohio headquarters.
Big Wheel acquired ten former locations in 1989 from two discount chains in the Midwestern United States: eight from Danner's and two from Heck's Department Store. [5] Fisher's Big Wheel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1993, closing ten of its stores. [6] Fifty-five more stores were later closed in 1994 as a means of liquidation. [7]