Carquest
Carquest Auto Parts is subsidiary of Advance Auto parts. Carquest is American automotive parts distribution chain which deals in aftermarket auto parts in whole sale and retail. Carquest was founded in 1974 by O. Temple Sloan Jr., Dan Bock and Joe Hughes. Carquest has its headquarters at Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Area served by Carquest is United States & Canada. Product range of Carquest is OE auto parts, automotive finishes, tools & equipment, professional training and business management. Carquest Canada is subsidiary of Carquest. As 2014, Oct, it had 2305 stores and 109 Worldpac branches. Carquest was established in response of retail stores who deals in high volume, they believed that “To remain competitive, one has to be effective by cooperative alliance’s programmed distribution”.
Carquest started its website www.carquest.com for ease of use of consumers to buy products online. In 1994, a Bangor Daily News Article specified Carquest stores parts distribution & networks. Number of employees of Advance Auto Parts & Carquest is nearby 75,000.
In North America, Carquest has 2,800 stores. In Canada Carquest have 200 stores. In 2004, Carquest acquired Worldpac which was formed by merging two companies WWTC (Worldwide Trading Corporation) and IMPAC (Imported Parts & Accessories). If some luxury car owner cannot find some part for his luxury car, Worldpac is the best option because they provide the parts that any parts Provider Company cannot provide, for they specialise in same. Carquest own their event with name of CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals which is property event takes place every year in Feb and broadcast on FOX Sports1. Until 2014, Barrett-Jackson use to take Carquest as their partner in their auctions.
