Sears Company Profile

Sears Company Profile
Sears Facts Sears Holdings Corporation is the third largest retailer in the United States, behind Wal-Mart and The Home Depot. It was formed in 2005 by the purchase of Sears, Roebuck and Company of Hoffman Estates, Illinois by Kmart Corporation of Troy, Michigan. The company operates 3,800 retail locations under the mastheads of Sears, Sears Grand, Sears Essentials, Kmart, Big Kmart,... Read More

Lowes Company Profile

Lowes Company Profile
Lowes Facts Lowes is a United States-based chain of home improvement and major appliance retail stores. Founded in 1946 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, the chain now operates (as of 2004) over 950 stores in 45 states and is number 50 on the Fortune 500 list. The chain is based in Mooresville, North Carolina, which is about 30 minutes north of... Read More

Best Buy Company Profile

Best Buy Company Profile
Best Buy Facts Best Buy is the largest specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers and related goods in North America. The company’s subsidiaries include Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, and Future Shop in Canada, which together operate over 700 stores in the United States and Canada. It is headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota. Best Buy Product Selection While Best Buy is... Read More

Target Company Profile

Target Company Profile
Target Facts Target Corporation was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1962. It is the second-most successful discount retailer in the United States, behind Wal-Mart. It is the sixth largest retailer in the United States behind Wal-Mart, The Home Depot, Kroger, Sears Holdings Corporation, and Costco. It is the largest company by revenue based in Minnesota. The Bullseye logo of the company... Read More

ebay Company Profile

ebay Company Profile
eBay is an online auction & shopping mall website, where people from all around the world buy and sell goods and services. ebay Facts eBay was founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar as “AuctionWeb”, part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar’s own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus. Originally, the site belonged to Echo Bay Technology... Read More

Lane Bryant Company Profile

Lane Bryant Company Profile
About Lane Bryant Lane Bryant is America’s most widely recognized name in plus-size specialty fashion. With over 700 stores in 46 states and annual revenues of 974 million, Lane Bryant is the nation’s largest women’s plus-size clothing store. Lane Bryant provides stylish, high-quality fashion for plus-size women in sizes 14-28. Lane Bryant offers a wide selection of apparel from career to... Read More

JC Penney Facts

JC Penney Facts
JC Penney Company (most commonly known today by the name JCPenney) is a department store chain based in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Plano. JC Penney History The chain was founded in 1902 by James Cash Penney. The original name for the store was the “Golden Rule Store” (Penney was the son of a Southern Baptist minister, and believed that... Read More

QVC Company Profile Outlet Banner

QVC Company Profile  Outlet Banner
QVC Facts QVC is a West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, based multinational corporation, specialising in televised home shopping. Founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel, QVC broadcasts in four major countries to 141 million consumers. The name is an initialism—standing for “Quality, Value, Convenience”—ostensibly, the three pillars of Segel’s vision for the company QVC History QVC was founded on June 13, 1986.... Read More

Walgreens Company Profile

Walgreens Company Profile
Walgreens Facts Walgreens is a convenience store and pharmacy chain in the United States that operates more than 5,000 stores throughout the fifty United States and a U.S. insular area, Puerto Rico. It was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1901. It has since expanded throughout the United States. Its headquarters is now located in Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. CVS/pharmacy... Read More

Waffle House

Waffle House
Waffle House is a restaurant chain almost always found directly off a major interstate exit. Waffle House locations actually have no advertising budgets, instead drawing on word of mouth and their distinctive tall signs that can be seen for miles on the interstate. Waffle House is best known for being open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and... Read More