FORTUNE 500 REPORT ECONOMICS Partial ESSAY
Fortune 500 Report: AutoZone Founded in 1979, AutoZone set out as one Auto Shack, in Forrest City, Arizona. ... In 1984, this Standard and Poors 500 company (not to be on the list for more than a decade), became the first auto parts retailer to create a quality control program for its parts. ... " In 1999, AutoZone was inducted into the Fortune 500 list for the very first time. ... " AutoZones second quarter report states that since 1994, the company went from selling $1.