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
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
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
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
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
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
Revolutionizing global transportation of packages In 1965, Yale University undergraduate student, Frederick W. Smith, wrote a term paper that proposed a system designed to quickly and efficiently transport time-sensitive shipments … Read more
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
Al Copeland lived a very colourful life…oh, yes! In 1972, at the young age of 28, Al Copeland opened his first restaurant in Arabi, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. … Read more
Wow! Just One Dollar? Dollar Tree makes shopping fun, without the big expense! Whether you’re looking for kitchen ware, garden tools, scarves, hats, mittens, greeting cards and wrap, painting tools, … Read more
How to meet women…just buy a singles bar! Back in 1965, on the East Side of Manhattan, there was a neighbourhood that was populated by airline stewardesses, fashion models, secretaries … Read more