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IGA, Inc., is a franchised chain of grocery stores that operates in more than 41 countries. Unlike chain stores, IGA franchises are independently owned and operated. Many of these stores operate in small-town markets and belong to families that manage them. IGA was founded in the United States as the Independent Grocers Alliance in 1926.
Chain store. A chain store or retail chain is a retail outlet in which several locations share a brand, central management and standardized business practices. They have come to dominate many retail markets, dining markets, and service categories in many parts of the world. A franchise retail establishment is one form of a chain store.
Mario’s (Portland, Oregon, Tigard, Oregon, Seattle, Washington) McCaulou's Department Store (Lafayette, California) Mitchells (Westport, Connecticut) and (Huntington, New York) Murphy's (Stillwater, Oklahoma) Neilson's (Oxford, Mississippi) Nichols Stores (northern and western Louisiana)
SpartanNash (in addition to directly owning a variety of Midwestern supermarket chains, SpartanNash is also a supplier for smaller, independent supermarkets) Thrift Way / Shop n Bag (New Jersey; Philadelphia) Unified Grocers; Wakefern Food Corporation. The Fresh Grocer (Pennsylvania) Gerrity's Supermarkets; Nicholas Markets
Companies are ordered by net income from retail operations in millions of US Dollars in FY 2020. [1] Carrefour S.A. was excluded from 2020's report at the company’s request. The list does not include Wakefern Food Corporation with revenue of US$16.3 billion in 2017. [2]
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic appearance in the middle of the 19th century, and permanently reshaped shopping habits, and the definition ...
Retailer: A merchant intermediary who sells direct to the public. There are many different types of retail outlet - from hypermarts and supermarkets to small, independent stores. The transactions in this case are B2C (Business to Customer). Agent: An intermediary who is authorized to act for a principal in order to facilitate exchange. Unlike ...
Bookmans. Books-A-Million - 2nd & Charles. Borders Books and Music - closed all locations in 2011. Brentano's - closed all locations in 2011. Crown Books - closed all locations in 2001. Deseret Book - also operates Seagull Book. Encore Books - defunct 1999. Family Christian Stores - closed all locations in 2017.