1. Department: Nonfood

Auto part retailers are firing on all cylinders

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Auto dealerships have seen sales slow down due to high prices and borrowing rates. The same is not true of the auto parts market where “O’Reilly Automotive just posted a 10.8 percent first-quarter same-store sales increase, its twelfth consecutive quarter of comp gains. AutoZone, another auto parts retailer, is expected to post a 4.3 percent same-store increase when it reports next month.

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