AutoZone is the nation's leading retailer of automotive parts and accessories with over 4,000 stores in the US and Mexico. Each store carries an extensive line for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans and light trucks, including new and remanufactured hard parts, maintenance items and accessories. Since opening its first store in Forrest City, Ark., on July 4, 1979, the Company has joined the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: AZO) and earned a spot in the Fortune 500.