Recognitions
Advance Auto Parts is the second-largest automotive aftermarket retailer in the United States based on sales and store count. The company premiered on the Fortune 500 list of companies in 2003 at No. 466 and has remained on the list since that time. As of January 2006, it was ranked at No. 1,497 on the Forbes magazine "World's Biggest Public Companies" list, and in 2005 Forbes named it as being the best-managed company in the retail sector.
Advance's organizational development and training programs were named to Training Magazine's Top 100 list in 2003 at No. 54, and the company has remained on the list since that time. Advancedate's Information Technology department has been nationally recognized by being named to the Information Week 500 list of top ranking business users of technology every year since 2003, when the company debuted on the list at No. 448.
Advance has received numerous recognitions for charitable contributions. The company has been nationally recognized for its fundraising for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), having donated more than $20 million since 1994.
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