Apex Stores
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Apex including Apexstores.com, the Apex Tire & Service Center, Apex At Home and apex advantage make up the retail division of the Apex Companies based in Pawtucket
, Rhode Island
. The Apex Companies were founded by Albert Pilavin in 1924. Apex was originally started as a tire retreading, automotive service and manufacturing business. Since 1924 the companies have grown to include retail, online retail, commercial and residential real estate development, real estate management, ad specialty and wholesale and manufacturing businesses, among others.
The retail division of the Apex Companies http://www.theapexcompanies.com started with selling, retreading and manufacturing tires and automotive service and eventually grew to sell a wide variety of merchandise. To accommodate the growth, the tire business was separated from the retail store and the manufacturing operations creating the Apex Tire & Service Center http://www.apextireandservice.com. Apex continued to operate the original retail store at 505 Central Avenue in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Eventually the size of the retail store grew and moved to its current location at the Apex Mall at 100 Main Street, Pawtucket, R.I. After its founding by Albert Pilavin in the 1920s, Apex had expanded its retail division in the early years to a chain of 16 tire and service centers and one retail store. After the hurricane of 1938 which destroyed the Apex buildings in Providence
, RI, Pilavin moved the Apex Companies to Pawtucket, Rhode Island and refocused the tire and service center business on its original market. The original Apex Tire & Service Center also then moved from Central Avenue to the new Apex Mall http://www.apexmall.com. In the 1960s, the Apex retail division opened an additional department store in Warwick
, Rhode Island and then another in Swansea, Massachusetts
. In the late 1990s and 2000, Apex decided once again to focus its retail division on returning to its original market where it is a long standing tradition. Today, the retail division consists of the original Apex retail store location in Pawtucket, the Apex Online internet retail operations including apexstores http://www.apexstores.com, the Apex Tire and Service Center and apex advantage http://www.apexadvantage.com all of which are located and headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Apex opened apexstores in 1996 as one of the first online retail stores. Today, apexstores continues to serve customers in the United States and abroad. The Apex Card http://www.apexcards.com is a customer loyalty and credit card. The Apex Card was originally started in the 1930s as one of the first customer retail discount card programs in the United States
. The Apex Card grew from being a discount card into a credit card and loyalty program
. The selection of merchandise offered by the retail division including the online operations continues to be extensive including clothing, household appliances, a vast selection of kitchen items, bed and bath items, automotive, health and fitness, collectibles, and many other categories of merchandise.
Pawtucket
Pawtucket may refer to:* Pawtucket, Rhode Island* Pawtucket Falls , Lowell, Massachusetts* Pawtucket tribe* 2 ships named USS Pawtucket* Pawtucket Brewery, fictional brewery on the television series Family Guy...
, Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
. The Apex Companies were founded by Albert Pilavin in 1924. Apex was originally started as a tire retreading, automotive service and manufacturing business. Since 1924 the companies have grown to include retail, online retail, commercial and residential real estate development, real estate management, ad specialty and wholesale and manufacturing businesses, among others.
The retail division of the Apex Companies http://www.theapexcompanies.com started with selling, retreading and manufacturing tires and automotive service and eventually grew to sell a wide variety of merchandise. To accommodate the growth, the tire business was separated from the retail store and the manufacturing operations creating the Apex Tire & Service Center http://www.apextireandservice.com. Apex continued to operate the original retail store at 505 Central Avenue in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Eventually the size of the retail store grew and moved to its current location at the Apex Mall at 100 Main Street, Pawtucket, R.I. After its founding by Albert Pilavin in the 1920s, Apex had expanded its retail division in the early years to a chain of 16 tire and service centers and one retail store. After the hurricane of 1938 which destroyed the Apex buildings in Providence
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
, RI, Pilavin moved the Apex Companies to Pawtucket, Rhode Island and refocused the tire and service center business on its original market. The original Apex Tire & Service Center also then moved from Central Avenue to the new Apex Mall http://www.apexmall.com. In the 1960s, the Apex retail division opened an additional department store in Warwick
Warwick
Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...
, Rhode Island and then another in Swansea, Massachusetts
Swansea, Massachusetts
Swansea is a town in Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts.It is located at the mouth of the Taunton River, just west of Fall River, 47 miles south of Boston; and 12 miles southeast of Providence, Rhode Island....
. In the late 1990s and 2000, Apex decided once again to focus its retail division on returning to its original market where it is a long standing tradition. Today, the retail division consists of the original Apex retail store location in Pawtucket, the Apex Online internet retail operations including apexstores http://www.apexstores.com, the Apex Tire and Service Center and apex advantage http://www.apexadvantage.com all of which are located and headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Apex opened apexstores in 1996 as one of the first online retail stores. Today, apexstores continues to serve customers in the United States and abroad. The Apex Card http://www.apexcards.com is a customer loyalty and credit card. The Apex Card was originally started in the 1930s as one of the first customer retail discount card programs in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The Apex Card grew from being a discount card into a credit card and loyalty program
Loyalty program
Loyalty programs are structured marketing efforts that reward, and therefore encourage, loyal buying behavior — behavior which is potentially beneficial to the firm....
. The selection of merchandise offered by the retail division including the online operations continues to be extensive including clothing, household appliances, a vast selection of kitchen items, bed and bath items, automotive, health and fitness, collectibles, and many other categories of merchandise.