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The company was founded as FDO Holdings in 2000 by George West, whose family ran West Building Materials. [5] The company changed its name to Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. in April 2017. [2] [6] The company doubled in size in the five years between 2011 and 2016, and revenues went from $277 million in 2011 to more than $772 million in 2016.
GEM – initially called Government Employees Mutual Stores, and later Government Employees Mart before settling on G. E. M. Membership Department Stores, a profit-making company that was aimed at the governmental employees market; first store was opened in Denver in 1956; [190] after several expansions, the company filed for bankruptcy in 1974 ...
Older logo mainly used in the 1970s–1985. During the 1970s and 1980s, Service Merchandise was a leading catalog-showroom retailer. At its peak, the company achieved more than $4 billion in annual sales. As the company expanded, it began to open showrooms nationwide, mostly in the vicinity of major shopping malls, which were in vogue in the 1970s.
The parent company of Ashley, [10] Ashley Furniture Industries, headquartered in Arcadia, Wisconsin, is the world's largest home furniture manufacturer. Owned by father and son team, Ron and Todd R. Wanek, the company manufactures and distributes home furnishings throughout the globe. The company employs more than 18,000.
Kirkland's store in Valdosta, Georgia. Kirkland's, Inc. is an American retail chain that sells home decor, furniture, textiles, accessories and gifts. It operates 329 stores in 35 states [1] [needs update] as well as an e-commerce enabled website. It is based in Brentwood, Tennessee. [2]
Today, Jysk is owned by the family of its founder through the Lars Larsen Group, a holding company that also fully or partly owns furniture chains such as ILVA, IDÉmøbler, IDdesign, Bolia.com, and Sengespecialisten. [3] The company’s logo features a goose, symbolically linked to the brand’s history. [4]
Interior of an At Home in Rapid City, South Dakota. At Home was founded in 1979 in Schertz, Texas, as Garden Ridge Pottery and was later renamed to Garden Ridge.. Investment firm Three Cities Research became the largest shareholder of Garden Ridge in 1999.
After opening another store, Urban Outfitters, Hayne worked the concept behind Anthropologie, aiming to sell products targeting 30 to 45-year-old women. [6] In the autumn of 1992, Anthropologie opened its first free-standing store in a refurbished automobile shop in Wayne, Pennsylvania. [7] In 1998, the brand launched a mail-order catalog. [8]