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The AutoCraft battery brand name is owned by Advance Auto Parts(AAP), but AAP does not manufacture batteries. There is no largeplant somewhere owned by AAP making them. The plants exist but areindependent battery manufacturers, including GNB (formally GouldNational Battery), and Johnson Controls Inc. But other morelocalized and smaller manufacturers also contribute to the demandcreated by AAP's 3200+ retail locations. Most of these smallerentities are under non-competition and/or dedicated clauses and/orcontracts.
All of these suppliers warranty their battery productsto AAP, who then warranties them to their customers. The samecorporate model is used by Sears, Walmart (& Sam's Club), AutoZone, and many, many other retailers. There are even moremanufacturers of battery makers than there are retailers. Many ofthem even distribute their products under their own, or affiliatebrand names. And many have various contracts across even competingbrands in various regions for even more varying reasons.
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It'sreally two non-competing industries (battery manufacturing, andbattery selling) working together to co-exist and co-profit byfulfilling each others needs.