I worked at Advance Auto over this summer, and they stay in business because they sell parts (and parts can be expensive)... On average we sold about 8,000 dollars a day from walk-ins, and our "commercial" accounts (repair shops, landscaping companies, etc...) by far exceeded walk-in sales... And that is a small town that the store was in... So they make enough even though they aren't busy on the inside...
they advertise Cruz like crazy in that store... They had until a few weeks ago something they called "Advance TV" and Cruz was always on it... I had a chance to talk with the motorsports marketing director at Advance, and they love Cruz...
CJ Curtsinger