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How AutoZone Became One Of America’s Best-Performing Retailers
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28:25Now PlayingAutoZone has been one of America's best-performing stocks for decades, building a business that has increased sales every year since 1987. On this episode of Beyond the Billions, staff writer John Hyatt joins deputy editor Giacomo Tognini to discuss how this company made a fortune by knowing that when your car breaks down, you have to buy the replacement part, no matter the price.
Learn about the clever financial moves that drove up its stock price and created thousands of millionaires among its employees. The parts giant that once sidestepped competition from Walmart is now facing its toughest challenge yet from massive online retailers like Amazon and a shrinking number of customers who fix their own vehicles.
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