ROANOKE, VA — Advance Auto Parts announced it has reached a milestone of $1 billion in commercial sales during a single fiscal year, excluding Autopart International stores. In addition, 2006 marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of the company’s commercial sales program.
Advance Auto Parts began its commercial sales program in 1996 in the Roanoke, VA, market. Since that time, the company has focused on growing the program to meet the needs of Advance’s Do-It-For-Me (DIFM) customers.
As of the end of the company’s third quarter on Oct. 7, 2,398 Advance stores operated a commercial delivery program, which represented approximately 81 percent of the company’s store base; and commercial sales comprised approximately 23 percent of total sales in Advance Auto Parts stores.
“This is a tremendous milestone for our company and our Commercial Sales team,” said Michael Coppola, chairman, president and chief executive officer. “We thank our commercial customers for their loyalty and patronage. In addition, I would like to thank both our Store and Commercial teams for providing all our customers with the knowledgeable advice and legendary service for which Advance Auto Parts is known.”
“In addition to this milestone for our commercial program, 2006 has held many celebration opportunities including opening our 3,000th store and celebrating our fifth anniversary as a public company,” Coppola added. “We are also on the cusp of celebrating, in 2007, 75 years of serving our customers. The Advance Auto Parts team has many reasons to celebrate our history and accomplishments, and to get even more excited about our future opportunities.”
For more information about Advance Auto Parts, go to: http://www.AdvanceAutoParts.com.
