Pep Boys are Great with Cars
March 29, 2020 The Pep Boys: Manny, Moe & Jack, known as the “founders of the automotive aftermarket.” When the business was founded in 1921 there were four “Pep Boys,” … Read more
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Champs Sports: we know game
Champs Sports is an American sports retail store operating as a subsidiary of Foot Locker. Their product line caters to the needs of sports lovers, offering clothing, equipment, footwear and accessories. Champ … Read more
Barnes and Noble: America’s biggest book retailer
Barnes and Noble, with 623 store locations in all U.S. states, sells more books than any other U.S. retailer. Charles M. Barnes began selling books from his home in Illinois … Read more
Aldo: If the shoe fits, wear it.
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
Office Depot/OfficeMax
It all started with Office Depot… In 1986, Office Depot was founded by F. Patrick Sher, Stephen Doughtery, and Jack Kopkin, formerly associated with Mr. HOW Warehouse, a home improvement company. … Read more
Jack in the Box
In February, 1951–that’s almost 68 years ago–Robert O. Peterson founded Jack in the Box® restaurants in San Diego, California. Still headquartered in San Diego, the restaurant company operates and franchises 2,239 … Read more
Zara: instant fashion!
On the northern coast of Spain lies a little town called A Coruna. It was in this town in 1975, with its population of 232,356 (1981), that Amacio Ortego opened … Read more
Food Lion: count on me
About 61 years ago, in 1957 to be exact, a little grocery store called Food Town was founded in Salisbury, North Carolina by Wilson Smith, Ralph Ketner, and Brown Ketner. Today, … Read more
Home Depot: the world’s largest home improvement retailer
With more than 2,200 stores across North America–1,981 of them in the U.S.A.–Home Depot is what we think of we need anything and everything for home improvement. The Home Depot’s … Read more
Publix revolutionized supermarkets in the 1940’s
In 1930, George Jenkins opened his first grocery store, called Publix Food Store, in Winter Haven, a little town located smack dab in the middle of Florida. It was a … Read more