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Across the United States, a large number of local stores and store chains that started between the 1920s and 1950s have become defunct since the late 1960s, when many chains were either consolidated or liquidated. Some have been lost due to mergers. Below is a list of defunct retailers of the United States. ==Automotive== * 10,000 Auto Parts ( - 1990). Midwest; bought by Champion Auto stores * 4-Day Tire Stores A California-based chain of tire stores that had operated between 1969 and 1996 and kept prices low by only opening Wednesday through Saturday. * AllCar A Wisconsin-based chain that was acquired in 2000 by CSK Auto and rebranded Checker〔 (Link ) via ProQuest.〕 * Al's Auto Supply Chain that operated in Washington, California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and Alaska; purchased by CSK Auto. Founded by Abe "Al" Wexler in Everett, Washington in the late 1950s; sold 15 store chain to Paccar in 1987; Paccar sold chain (along with Grand Auto) in 1999 to CSK Auto which eventually rebranded stores as Schucks. * Auto Palace A New England-based chain that had 112 stores in 6 states before it was acquired and rebranded by AutoZone in 1998 * Auto Source Founded in Indianapolis by Canadian Tire in 1991 and operated until 1995. Canadian Tire later used a similar concept in Canada to create PartSource. Some of the stores were sold to Pep Boys. * Auto Works Began in Michigan in 1976 by Perry Drug Stores and which grew mostly through acquisitions〔 (Alternate Link ) via ProQuest.〕〔 (Link ) via ProQuest.〕 prior to being sold to Northern Automotive in 1988. In turn, Northern became CSK and CSK sold Auto Works to Hahn Automotive in 1993〔 (Alternate Link ) via ProQuest.〕 before Hahn finally closed Auto Works in 1997. At its height, there were 252 stores in 8 states. * Big A Auto Parts 142 stores and 10 distribution centers sold in 1998 bankruptcy proceedings to General Parts Inc. and BWP Distributors Inc. ("Carquest"), and Parts Source Inc., ("Ace Auto Parts"). * Big Wheel/Rossi Auto Parts acquired by CSK Auto in 1999 * Carport Auto Parts Alabama-based chain that was acquired and rebranded by Advance Auto in 2001 * Champion Auto Stores Minneapolis-based chain filed for bankruptcy in 1998 * Checker Auto Parts purchased by CSK Auto, Inc. In 2008, O'Reilly Auto Parts acquired CSK and phased-out the Checker brand. * Chief Auto Parts acquired and rebranded by AutoZone in 1998 * CSK Auto based in Phoenix, Arizona with stores nationwide; bought by O'Reilly Auto Parts in 2008 * Discount Auto Florida-based chain that was purchased and rebranded by Advance Auto in 2002 * Fleenor Auto Supply Founded in 1926 as Fleenor Auto Parts in Alexandria, Indiana. Fleenor Auto Supply grew into a 50 store chain before it was acquired by the 11-store chain Auto Works in 1983. Auto Works rebranded the stores to FAS Auto Works and finally to Auto Works.〔〔〔 (Alternate Link ) via ProQuest.〕 * Grand Auto A California-based chain that originally started in a World War 2 surplus bus in Oakland in 1945 by 3 war veterans, Irving Krantzman, Max Brown, and Sam Garfinkle; first physical store was open in San Lorenzo in 1946; company was sold to Paccar in 1988;〔〔 (Alternate Link ) via ProQuest.〕 Paccar sold chain (along with Al's Auto Supply) in 1999 to CSK Auto which eventually rebranded stores as Schucks or Kragen.〔〔〔 Also known as Grand Auto Stores and Grand Auto Supply. * Guarantee Auto Stores An Indianapolis-based chain founded in 1916 that operated 77 stores in 4 states prior to its merger with Nationwise Automotive of Columbus, OH in 1988.〔 (Link ) via ProQuest.〕 * Kragen Auto Parts purchased by CSK Auto, Inc.; acquired by O'Reilly Auto Parts in 2008 and brand phased out * Murray's Discount Auto Stores purchased by CSK Auto, Inc. in 2005; acquired and rebranded by O'Reilly Auto Parts in 2008 * Nationwise Automotive a Columbus, Ohio-based chain founded in 1963 that went bankrupt in 1995.〔 (Link ) via ProQuest.〕〔 (Link ) via ProQuest.〕 Most of the stores were acquired by the Parts America division of Western Auto and the rest by AutoZone.〔 * Oklahoma Tire & Supply Company founded in 1918 by three brothers in Oklahoma; filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 in 1988 and ceased operation shortly after. * Parts America Sears created the Parts America store concept in 1995 and tried to convert full service Western Auto stores into the parts only Parts America brand until it sold the stores to Advance Auto Parts in 1998. Upon merger, Parts America stores were rebranded Advance Auto Parts and the website partsamerica.com became a web only store for Advance Auto Parts. With financial backing from Sears, Advance Auto Parts decided to make the partsamerica.com into a portal for web purchasing of auto parts as part of a joint venture with CSK Auto. The website appeared to have been deactivated by 2009. * Rose Auto Parts Florida-based chain with 66 stores in the state was purchased and converted by Discount Auto in 1998 * Schucks Auto Supply purchased by CSK Auto, Inc.; acquired by O'Reilly Auto Parts in 2008 * Super Shops filed for bankruptcy in 1998 * Trak Auto Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and West Coast; founded by Robert Haft (Crown Books) in 1981; purchased and rebranded by Advance Auto Parts in 2002 * Western Auto nationwide, once had 1,800 locations, purchased by Sears in 1987 and sold to and rebranded by Advance Auto Parts in 1998 * Wheels Discount Auto (owned by Fays Inc Fay's Drug and Paper Cutter) - acquired and rebranded by Parts America in 1995, subsequently purchased by Advance Auto Parts 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of defunct retailers of the United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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