The 29 Palms business fixture, NAPA Auto Parts was shuttered Tuesday by the Corporate Office of NAPA Auto Parts.
Confirmed by two sources the long time fixture of the business community will have its last day Friday.
About NAPA
More than 85 years ago, the National Automotive Parts Association (“NAPA”) was created to meet America’s growing need for an effective auto parts distribution system.
Today, 91% of do-it-yourself customers recognize the NAPA brand name.
NAPA AUTO PARTS Stores are known for:
- Having over 6,100 NAPA AUTO PARTS Stores nationwide
- Its 64 strategically located distribution centers serving all 50 states
- Over 422,000 quality parts and accessories for automotive and industrial applications—the most extensive inventory in the industry
- NAPA AUTO PARTS Classification—a unique inventory control system that helps you find the exact part that you need.
I had to speak to the District Manger out of LA yesterday as I had a part that was required to be ordered. She stated that the Store was closed due to many reasons: store was unprofitable, rent was too high (as the property owner kept raising the rent), too high of credit given out, and she also stated that the store was being mismanaged.
Maybe all that was true or it could have been just the story line from corporate.
You could of used the NAPA On-line ordering system or the New NAPA Store in Yucca next to Sears.
another refugee from the 29 Palms Downtown Area….
Landowners think their rental property is worth the same as if they were in LA. I wouldn’t have given you $600 a month for that old NAPA Building.