Talk:Genuine Parts Company

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S. P. Richards

The office supply portion of the company is named after Samuel P. Richards, a merchant during the Civil War in Atlanta and the company dates from around that time.--Jrm2007 (talk) 15:34, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

S.P. Richards

Didn’t GPC spin off SPR as an independent entity 07/01/2020? 2601:CA:C200:4D40:0:0:0:2D88 (talk) 10:34, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Motion Industries -> Motion

I believe Motion Industries is now called Motion; not comfortable editing something that is a hyperlink. And then what do you do with (https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Motion_Industries), again, not comfortable with this. Mtanquary (talk) 18:52, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

History 2024

There is a Company timeline section and a history section. The history section only has a very broad history background. I'd like to add detailed history for 2024 and work backwards to 2023->2000s. Any suggestions.

Also would something like this be appropriate?

In 2024, GPC expanded its market presence by acquiring Motor Parts & Equipment Corporation (MPEC), the largest independent owner of NAPA stores in the United States. The acquisition added 181 locations across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. However, the transition was not without controversy. In Charlotte, Michigan, employees at a local NAPA Auto Parts store reported being unexpectedly terminated following the acquisition, leading to concerns about the handling of the workforce during the consolidation process. This development underscores the challenges that can accompany major corporate acquisitions, particularly in managing employee relations and maintaining community trust.

Prts-fan (talk) 18:16, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Only if you can cite reliable source(s) for every part of that paragraph, including independent coverage of the Charlotte, MI store employees being terminated, the concerns their termination caused (and who was concerned), and what it underscores. Without one or more sources, that paragraph sounds like prohibited original research to me. General Ization ^Talk 18:34, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking of this citation: https://www.fox47news.com/neighborhoods/charlotte-eaton-rapids/napa-auto-parts-store-employees-in-charlotte-say-they-were-blindsided-and-fired and a reference to their own pr for timeline of when it happened. https://www.genpt.com/2024-05-01-Genuine-Parts-Company-Announces-Acquisition-of-Largest-NAPA-Independent-Store-Owner-in-the-U-S Prts-fan (talk) 17:06, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you look it cites Former employee Curtis Smith. Are you suggesting the paragraph has his name in the paragraph? Prts-fan (talk) 17:08, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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AG GPC (talk · contribs) has been paid by Genuine Parts Company.

Hello! My name is Angie and I'm an employee of Genuine Parts Company. I'm creating an account here to make some suggestions for a few pages related to the company, including this article and NAPA Auto Parts.

I'll do my best to follow Wikipedia's rules for conflict of interest editing. This means I'll be asking editors to review my suggestions rather than making the changes myself. I look forward to working with editors!

A lot of the text in the current article is based on old versions of the company website. I understand this is not ideal on Wikipedia, so I plan to share some draft text based on news sources as a replacement. Instead of going through the article by paragraph, I wonder if editors would be willing to remove some of the paragraphs based on bad sources? I'll add a request below with some specific ideas.

Thanks! AG GPC (talk) 17:17, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The user below has a request that an edit be made to Genuine Parts Company. That user has an actual or apparent conflict of interest.
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I would like to suggest removing these sections:

1. Genuine_Parts_Company#Automotive_parts

2. Genuine_Parts_Company#Industrial_parts

3. Genuine_Parts_Company#Electrical/electronic_materials

Also, I suggest removing these parts of the History section:

1. "For the next 50+ years, GPC, in relationship with NAPA, the National Automotive Parts Association, grew rapidly as independent garages for car repair emerged to meet the needs of the nation's growing number of motor vehicles. In the last 35+ years, GPC has continued to grow through the acquisition of other companies in the automotive industry, as well as in the industrial, office and electrical industries.^{[citation needed]}"

2. "Today GPC is a parts distributor with over 3,100 operations and approximately 48,000 employees.^[1]"

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^ "Genuine Parts Company".

This will make the article shorter but hopefully easier to update when I suggest some text suggestions and other updates based on better sourcing. Thanks for your help, editors! AG GPC (talk) 17:17, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[genpt.com-1] "Genuine Parts Company".

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