Pep Boys
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The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE: [PBY]
A neighborhood cop may have led to the name change "Pep Boys." As the story goes, every time he stopped a car that didn't have an oil wick burning, he would tell the driver to go see "the boys down at Pep." The "Manny, Moe and Jack" portion of the name was added after Moe visited California in 1923 and saw a dress shop called "Minnie, Maude and Mabel's." Moe's visit to California also started a new market for the company. He opened the West Coast operation in 1933 and Pep Boys began to grow on both sides of the country. The company leveled off at about 159 stores around 1986.
Pep Boys today
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Pep Boys has 593 stores and over 6,000 service bays in 36 states and Puerto Rico. Along with its vehicle repair and maintenance capabilities, the company also serves the commercial auto parts delivery market and is one of the leading sellers of replacement tires in the United States. Pep Boys is America's leading automotive aftermarket retail and service chain, with billions of dollars in aftermarket sales. To support this demand, Pep Boys currently has five DCs (Distribution Centers) located throughout the U.S. These DCs are located in: Chester, New York; Atlanta, Georgia; Dallas, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; and San Bernardino, California. For a copy of Pep Boys' corporate history book, The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack: Founders of the Automotive Aftermarket go to [pepboys.com]
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| Philadelphia-based Fortune 1000 Corporations (by size): Companies listed above, plus Sovereign Bancorp | Pep Boys | FMC Corporation |
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