OLYMPUS

Olympus was founded in 1977 as Olympic Imported Parts Corp. Operating out of a small, single bay warehouse and showroom in Alexandria, Virginia, we were established as a full line imported car parts outlet for a much larger importer of German car parts. We sold and delivered parts to professional repair facilities, service stations and chains as well as the "do it yourself" walk-in customers... In the fall of 1986, Michael Brown, then store manager, purchased the assets of Olympic Imported Parts Corp. of Virginia from the original owner, Karl Flicker. It was a scary time. The receivables of the company were about the same as the newly acquired debt service, so it was vital to keep overhead low and just go crazy growing the sales of the company. In those early days, everyone was responsible for everything: salesmen sold parts, posted inventory, pulled their own orders, and usually stayed until late at night restocking our inventory. We believed that whether we succeeded or not, no one..

Primary location: Alexandria United States