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Advance Auto Parts Reports Second Quarter 2005

Advance Auto Parts Reports Second Quarter 2005

ROANOKE, Va.--Aug. 10, 2005--Advance Auto Parts, Inc. , a leading retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, accessories, batteries and maintenance items, today announced record revenue and earnings for its second quarter ended July 16, 2005. Earnings per diluted share for the second quarter were $0.90, a 28.6% increase ... Continue reading

Wrenchead Unveils Nexpart Axess, Its Next-generation Ebusiness Solution For Automotive Fleets And National Accounts

Wrenchead Unveils Nexpart Axess, Its Next-generation Ebusiness Solution For Automotive Fleets And National Accounts

Wrenchead Unveils Nexpart Axess, Its Next-generation Ebusiness Solution For Automotive Fleets And National Accounts For Immediate Release WHITE PLAINS, N.Y./EWORLDWIRE/Aug. 9, 2005 --- Wrenchead, Inc., the number one online business application provider in the automotive aftermarket has made its award winning ecommerce ... Continue reading

Sport Compact Only Claims Industry's Best Pricing and Customer Service Guarantee

Sport Compact Only Claims Industry's Best Pricing and Customer Service Guarantee

PHOENIX--Aug. 8, 2005--Sport Compact Only (SCO), a Phoenix-based retailer of aftermarket performance products for sport compact vehicles, today announced its exclusive SCO 1-2-3 Guarantee, a first-in-the-industry guarantee program highlighting SCO's low prices and extraordinary customer service. The SCO 1-2-3 Guarantee ... Continue reading

Midas Reports 2005 Second Quarter Loss

Midas Reports 2005 Second Quarter Loss

ITASCA, Ill.--Aug. 4, 2005--Midas, Inc. reported a net loss of $2.5 million--or $0.16 per diluted share--for the second quarter ended July 2, 2005, after the effects of special items related to the company's exit from exhaust manufacturing. During the second quarter, Midas recorded restructuring charges of $9.5 million ... Continue reading

Earl Scheib Announces Improved Operating Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005

Earl Scheib Announces Improved Operating Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.--July 27, 2005--Earl Scheib, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ESHB) reported its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 30, 2005. Net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 were $13,643,000, an increase of 7.2% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004 net sales of $12,724,000, despite the ... Continue reading

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. Reports Record 2005 Second Quarter Results

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. Reports Record 2005 Second Quarter Results

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--July 26, 2005--O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. ("O'Reilly" or "the Company") today announced record revenues and earnings for the second quarter of 2005, representing 47 quarters of record revenues and earnings for O'Reilly since becoming a public company in April 1993. Net income, before cumulative effect ... Continue reading

Advance Auto Parts Announces Acquisition of Lappen Auto Supply

Advance Auto Parts Announces Acquisition of Lappen Auto Supply

ROANOKE, Va.--July 26, 2005--Advance Auto Parts, Inc. , a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, accessories, batteries, and maintenance items, announced today that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Lappen Auto Supply Co., Inc.'s auto parts division. Advance's all-cash transaction adds privatel ... Continue reading

CSK Auto Corporation Announces Intent to Refinance Existing Indebtedness

CSK Auto Corporation Announces Intent to Refinance Existing Indebtedness

PHOENIX--July 25, 2005--CSK Auto Corporation , the parent company of CSK Auto, Inc. (the "Company"), a specialty retailer in the automotive aftermarket, announced a proposed refinancing that includes the execution of a new asset-based senior credit facility expected to consist of a $250 million senior secured revolving ... Continue reading

Restore That New-Car Look With AutoZone's Summer Clean Up Tips

Restore That New-Car Look With AutoZone's Summer Clean Up Tips

MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 22 -- Your car says a lot about you. That's why many hard-core car enthusiasts would think nothing of spending an entire afternoon -- or even an entire weekend -- detailing their vehicles. But protecting your investment doesn't require an entire day in the driveway. With all of the latest car care ... Continue reading

Artificial Intelligence Aids Consumers Finding the Best Auto Warranty Plans

Artificial Intelligence Aids Consumers Finding the Best Auto Warranty Plans

Based on Artificial Intelligence, the Warranty Quote Engine Analyzes a Vehicle's and Owner's Characteristics and Weighs This Against Thousands of Extended Auto Warranty Policies Based on Price, Coverage, Term and Options to Determine the Best Valued Policies for the Consumer NEWARK, Del., July 20 -- http://www.aaautowa ... Continue reading

Racer Bobby Hamilton Teams With AutoVantage

Racer Bobby Hamilton Teams With AutoVantage

NORWALK, Conn., July 20 -- Despite historic high gas prices, Americans will be traveling in record numbers this year -- but many people are seeking cost savings to avoid parking their cars and curbing their family vacations. "It doesn't take an expert to save money at the pump," said Bobby Hamilton, racing legend and A ... Continue reading

Louis To Distribute SmarTire For Motorcycles

Louis To Distribute SmarTire For Motorcycles

OTCBB: SMTR RICHMOND, BC, July 18 -- SmarTire Systems Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SMTR) announced today that Detlev Louis Motorradvertriebs GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, the largest mail order company for motorcycle garments and technical parts in Europe, will be distributing SmarTire for Motorcycles. SmarTire for Motorcycles is ... Continue reading

ADP Latest Shoplink Release

ADP Latest Shoplink Release

- Unites ADP's Shoplink Estimating System and ADP's w.e.b.Suite2005 Dealer Management System - - Dramatically Enhances Vehicle Graphics, Revolutionizes the Industry with Electronic Part Price Updates and introduces I-CAR Toolbar to Shoplink Platform - SAN RAMON, Calif., July 18 -- ADP Claims Services Group today announ ... Continue reading

NARSA Convention and Trade Show, Oct30-Nov.4. 2005

NARSA Convention and Trade Show, Oct30-Nov.4. 2005

July 15, 2005 Dear Editor, Pasted below, please find a press release about the 53rd Annual NARSA Convention & Trade Show, Oct 30-Nov. 4, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nev. In case you need it, I have available two print-quality photos from last year's NARSA Convention and Trade Show, which is held in conjunction with the Automoti ... Continue reading

Giant Motorsports Impressed With New Yamaha Products

Giant Motorsports Impressed With New Yamaha Products

SALEM, Ohio, July 15 -- Giant Motorsports, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: GMOS) , implementing a national roll up strategy with a "big box" destination business model in the motorcycle and powersports industry, having recently attended Yamaha's 50th Anniversary convention, said today, motorcycle enthusiasts will be impressed wi ... Continue reading

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