"AutoZone is among the handful of companies that actually stand to benefit from a weak economy, with the theory being that drivers tend to hold on to and fix up their cars rather than replace them, plus they tend to find it cheaper to drive than fly to some destinations."Īlong with the favorable market conditions created by a sluggish economy, many analysts pointed to the firm's decision to slow its new store openings to instead focus on the development of existing stores as a key reason for increased profits in 2002. According to a December 2001 article in, AutoZone's success was due, at least in part, to the sluggish North American economy of the early 2000s. The Standard & Poor's 500 listed AutoZone stock as the second best performer of 2001 shares had increased in value by 180 percent that year. Profits in the first quarter of 2002 grew 65 percent. Although profits declined to $175.5 million in 2001, AutoZone's stock reached an all-time high of $49.20 per share the low that year was $21.00 per share. Profits also climbed consistently throughout the 1990s, reaching their peak of $367.6 million in 2000. In 2001, the firm posted record revenues of $4.8 billion. is the largest retailer of automobile and light truck parts in the United States.Īfter reaching $1 billion in the early 1990s, sales at AutoZone grew steadily into the early 2000s. IDK that was my experience for the day got me thinking.Memphis, tn 38103 phone: (901)495-7185 fax: (901)495-8316 email: url: OVERVIEWĪ Fortune 500 company with annual sales nearing the $5 billion mark, AutoZone Inc. I got the Duralast link and man you could just feel the quality in your hand, the rubber was firm, solid part compared to the MasterPro. The MasterPro sway bar link was cheaply made, cheap rubber, basic tack weld holding it together. I was genuinely surprised when I opened the box. same as before and it turns out they didn't have one so I ended up going to AutoZone and got a Duralast sway bar link for the same price. I went to Oriellys to get another sway bar link for 29.99. When I went to do the other side I wasn't sure if I was gonna need another SB link or not but I ended up cutting that one off too. I put some new struts on my wife's suv and couldn't get the sway bar link off for **** so I just cut it off and bought a MasterPro sway bar link from Oriellys. I buy a lot of parts from Oriellys so I use a lot of MasterPro never really used anything different until today. BWD isn't exactly a house brand/private label, but they are only a step above. I have also seen a BWD crank sensor for a Ford 6.0 PSD that had the Ford part number and only the Ford part number engraved on it.appeared to likely be a Ford part that had simply been reboxed. Sometimes reboxed/rebranded parts can surprise you.I opened up a "BWD" temp sensor or something for a Honda Accord, and it had actually been boxed still in the Honda bag.it was an OE Honda part, still in the Honda wrapper, just thrown in a BWD box. They may sometimes get the part from the same manufacturer, built to the same price point, and there is no real difference. You may get a great Driveworks part, or a garbage one, depending on where they got it from. You may get a great Duralast part, or a garbage one depending on where they got it from. Quality varies greatly from not so great to practically as good as name brand, just with a shorter warranty and hopefully lower price. Private label parts are just that.private label, IE sourced from someone else. I feel like I have lucked out with a 5 year /52K Masterpro Hub assembly on a Durango 4x4. Moog parts are generally high quality across the board. The only good non OE manufacturer I can think of is GMB. Sometimes they make their stuff in China, but usually they have engineers design things right, and a quality control group that actually is aware of what is going on at the factory. Moog might also be good, because they are part of federal mogul. If you need a hub assembly, you either need the OEM part, or one made by a major OE supplier such as Timken or SKF. Those hub assemblies are good for 1 year. I do not know anything about "Masterpro" because I never worked near an O'Reilly. This happens to Duralast in some situations too. Sometimes I would get 2 parts with the same application and same part number, yet both were made differently.Īdvance Auto does this, they have Driveworks, and they also have a few other names. I find that the manufacturer of those parts is random.
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