Advance has never cared about commercial business and never will. They are perfectly content selling Betty Boop keychains and Tinkerbell floormats because they can make 1000% on them. Since the buyout, all AAP has done is completely destroy the CQ name and brand. The current DM in the area is only concerned about your shirt being tucked in, and if you're wearing your name tag. He could give a rat's a-- if your sales are good and if you have knowledge & experience. Just another guy who was handed a job based on who he knows and not because of his knowledge of the business. Also, the current wave of revamping company policies seems like the work of the Gestapo.
In closing, it's awful that AAP squandered the opportunity to enjoy years of success by keeping the CQ brand as the commercial side and AAP as the retail side.
Oh well, life goes on.....
Originally posted by @U1GMCQx-kbeh.