- Category: Automotive - Year founded: 1909 - Year defunct: 2003 - Lifetime: 94 years Western Auto, officially Western Auto Supply Company, was a chain selling car parts and accessories. Later it would sell firearms, bicycles, and more. It started in 1909 as a mail-order business in Kans...
When Sonic first opened in Oklahoma in 1953, it was considered revolutionary for its ordering process. Customers could drive into a lane, order through a speaker, and never leave their cars as their food was brought out to them. The company still features carhops (aka servers on skates) and...
YouTube gets parental code feature on TV to protect kids You’ll soon be able to watch YouTube videos in your Android Automotive car The Weather Channel is coming to YouTube TV YouTube TV couldn’t have picked a worse time to lose ESPN Google and Roku strike a deal to keep YouTube an...
Before there was Walmart (four years before, to be exact), there was Ames. The discount retailer used to specialize in everything from apparel and electronics to housewares, patio furniture, jewelry and beyond. After 44 years of business, the corporationfiled for bankruptcy, closing 327 stores ...
- Category: Automotive - Year founded: 1909 - Year defunct: 2003 - Lifetime: 94 years Western Auto, officially Western Auto Supply Company, was a chain selling car parts and accessories. Later it would sell firearms, bicycles, and more. It started in 1909 as a mail-order business in Kans...