Surely it would make a fantastic business school case study to understand the strategic differences that drove O’Reilly Auto Parts and Advanced Auto Parts in such profoundly different directions.
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Surely it would make a fantastic business school case study to understand the strategic differences that drove O’Reilly Auto Parts and Advanced Auto Parts in such profoundly different directions.