Advance Auto Parts to Help Accelerate Business Transformation with Oracle® Retail Applications

Leading US Automotive Aftermarket Retailer to Use Oracle Retail Applications to Help Streamline Merchandising Operations, Enhance Planning and Increase Customer Focus

SAN FRANCISCO.- Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE: AAP ), a leading automotive aftermarket retailer in the United States, has selected Oracle® Retail merchandising and planning applications to help streamline its operations and support continued improvements in its business.

-- This investment by Advance Auto Parts in Oracle Retail applications is part of a larger business transformation to accelerate growth across the company.

-- The retailer plans to use the Oracle Retail applications to integrate its merchandising operations and enable local store demand attributes to drive decisions regarding merchandise management, vendor management, import management, complex pricing and promotions, and store-level assortments.

-- Advance Auto Parts selected Oracle based on its retail expertise, large installed based of retail clients and proven track record of helping retailers achieve measurable business value from enterprise scale transformation projects.

-- Advance Auto Parts plans to implement Oracle Retail Merchandising System, Oracle Retail Merchandise Planning and Oracle Retail Category Management.

Supporting Quotes -- “Advance Auto Parts is aggressively transforming our core merchandising and planning processes. The Oracle Retail systems will enable us to get the right products in the right location to meet our customer needs, while driving better financial outcomes,” said Charles Tyson, SVP, Merchandising, Advance Auto Parts.

-- “Advance Auto Parts continues to strengthen their market position by focusing on customer service, product innovation, and operational efficiency advances. Oracle is pleased to expand our strategic relationship with Advance Auto Parts and look forward to supporting their continued success in the market,” said Duncan Angove, General Manager and Senior Vice President, Oracle Retail.