Founded in 1977 by brothers Jerry and Mark Silverman, American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., is an American clothing and accessories retail chain, currently boasting 926 US store locations. How American Eagle … Read more
Regal Cinemas is the second- largest theater chain in the United States. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, Regal operates 760 theaters as of September 2019. The three main theatre brands operated by Regal Entertainment … Read more
Headquartered in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, rue21 is an American clothing retailer that offers fun, unique and bold fashions for the young and the young-at-heart. As of August 2019, there were 696 … Read more
In 1989, Richard E. George and Terry Hanson foundedUlta Salon, Cosmetics and Fragrance, Inc. They changed the company name to Ulta Beauty in 2017. Today, there are 1,214 Ulta Beauty … Read more
Canadian shoe giant, Aldo Bensadoun, started his shoe empire in Montréal, Québec, in 1972. Four generations of Bensadouns have carried on the shoe trade to become an international success. In … Read more
GAP, Inc., the classic American clothing company grew to be one of the largest companies in the world. It all started when… Don Fisher, a commercial real estate broker who … Read more
Tuesday Morning, now there’s a name to remember.In the early 1970s, founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Ross of Tuesday Morning was, at that time, working for Rathcon, Inc., … Read more
In 1971, Edwin H. Washburn established the first Jiffy Lube®, a brand of automotive oil change specialty shops, on 36th Street in Ogden, Utah. Today, there are 1,940 Jiffy Lube® … Read more
“It’s Time for Tims” It’s been almost six years since I wrote an article about Tim Hortons, October 2013, to be precise. It was my first Stats Maps article and … Read more
Fifty-five years ago (1964), Greek immigrant, Gus Agioritis, opened Boston Pizza and Spaghetti House, in Edmonton, Alberta. By 1970, Gus had 17 locations in Western Canada of which 15 were … Read more
