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If you're seeking tires, Les Schwab Tire Centers aims to help. Of course, it doesn't hurt that the owner wrote the bible of tire retailing: "Pride in Performance -- Keep It Going." Les Schwab Tire Centers prides itself on continued customer service; it sells tires and batteries and does alignment, brake, and shock work at more than 300 stores in Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. With a story that rivals Moses', founder and chairman Les Schwab was reared in a logging camp and went to school in a converted boxcar. In 1952 he bought a tire shop that eventually became Les Schwab Tire Centers. The firm, owned by Schwab and his family, plans to open about 15 to 20 new stores a year.
COMPETITION |
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 1,000.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 25.0%
Employees: 6,000
Revenue per employee: $166,666.67
KEY PEOPLE |
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Tom Freedman
CEO
Tom Freedman
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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646 NW Madras Hwy.
Prineville, OR 97754
US
Phone: 541-447-4136
Fax: 541-416-5208
Online: Web Site
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