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Decathlon (retailer)
Decathlon, French sporting goods retailer founded by Michel Leclercq in 1976 in Englos near Lille; world's largest sporting goods retailer, 1,700+ stores, 70+ countries, over 80% own-brand sales, family-owned under the Mulliez group.
Dick's Sporting Goods
Dick's Sporting Goods is an American sporting-goods retailer founded by Richard Stack in 1948 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, which acquired Foot Locker in 2025 and runs 3,195 stores with $17.22 billion in fiscal 2025 sales.
FAO Schwarz
FAO Schwarz is an American luxury toy retailer founded in 1862 by Frederick August Otto Schwarz, known for its New York flagship and dance-on floor piano.
Forbidden Planet (retail chain)
Forbidden Planet, also known as Forbidden Planet Bookshop, is a British specialty retail chain selling comics, manga, and science fiction merchandise, founded in London in 1978 with about 18 stores.
Francesca's
Francesca's was an American specialty boutique chain founded in Houston in 1999, selling apparel, jewelry, accessories, and gifts through mall boutiques; it peaked near 700 stores before a 2026 bankruptcy.
Gander Mountain
Gander Mountain, later Gander RV, was an American chain of outdoor-sports specialty stores selling hunting, fishing, and camping gear, founded in 1960 and sold to Camping World in 2017.
Genesco
Genesco Inc., formerly General Shoe, is a Tennessee footwear and apparel retailer operating Journeys, Schuh, and Johnston & Murphy, with fiscal 2026 sales of $2.4 billion.
Hamleys
Hamleys is a British toy retailer and licensing brand, best known for its seven-floor Regent Street flagship in London, owned by India's Reliance Industries since 2019.
Hardware store
A hardware store, also called a hardware shop or DIY store, is a small retail shop selling tools, fasteners, paint, and plumbing supplies, distinguished from big-box home centers by carrying little or no lumber.
Harvey Norman
Harvey Norman is an Australian retailer of computers, electrical goods, appliances, bedding, and furniture, running a franchised network of large-format stores under the Harvey Norman, Domayne, and Joyce Mayne brands.
Head shop
A head shop is a retail store selling smoking accessories like glass pipes, water pipes, rolling papers, and grinders; the first, the Psychedelic Shop, opened in San Francisco in 1966.
HMV
HMV is a British chain of music, film, and pop-culture stores founded in 1921 on Oxford Street, twice in administration, now owned by Canadian Doug Putman's Sunrise Records with about 119 UK shops.
Hobby Lobby
Hobby Lobby, also known as Hobby Lobby Creative Centers, is an American arts-and-crafts retail chain founded in 1972, with more than 1,000 stores across 48 states.
Hollywood Video
Hollywood Video was an American video rental chain founded in 1988 by Mark Wattles, which grew to 2,006 stores before its 2005 sale to Movie Gallery and 2010 closure.
Homebase
Homebase is a British home improvement and garden retailer founded by Sainsbury's in 1979; it entered administration in November 2024 and now survives as an online-only brand owned by CDS.
Indigo Books and Music
Indigo Books and Music, originally Indigo Books Music & More, is Canada's largest book and lifestyle retailer, founded by Heather Reisman in 1997 with about 170 stores.
JB Hi-Fi
JB Hi-Fi Limited is an Australian discount retailer of consumer electronics and home appliances, founded in 1974, listed on the ASX, and operating 355 stores.
Kalyan Jewellers
Kalyan Jewellers is an Indian jewelry retail chain founded in 1993 in Thrissur, Kerala, by T. S. Kalyanaraman, listed on the NSE and BSE since its 2021 IPO.
KB Toys
KB Toys, also known as Kay-Bee Toys, was an American mall-based toy retailer that grew to second place behind Toys "R" Us before its 2009 liquidation.
King Power
King Power is a Thai travel-retail conglomerate founded in 1989 by Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, holding the duty-free concessions at Thailand's five principal international airports and owning Leicester City.
Knoops Chocolate
Knoops Chocolate, also known as Knoops, is a British premium hot chocolate chain founded by Jens Knoop in Rye, East Sussex, in 2013, with over 20 percentage chocolates on its menu.
Leroy Merlin
Leroy Merlin is a French DIY and home-improvement retail chain founded by Adolphe Leroy and Rose Merlin at Noeux-les-Mines, the leading banner of the Mulliez family's Adeo group.
Liquor Control Board of Ontario
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is a Crown corporation and Ontario government agent that retails and wholesales beverage alcohol, remitting billions in profits to the provincial treasury.
Lowe's
Lowe's is an American home improvement retailer, the world's second largest behind Home Depot, founded in 1921 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, with 1,759 US stores and fiscal 2025 sales of $86.3 billion.
Michaels
Michaels, also known as Michaels Stores, is the largest arts and crafts specialty retailer in North America, with over 1,300 stores in 49 states and Canada.
Micro Center
Micro Center is an American chain of computer and electronics superstores founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1980, known for low component prices and 30 stores as of 2025.
Nebraska Furniture Mart
Nebraska Furniture Mart is a home-furnishings retailer owned by Berkshire Hathaway, founded by Rose Blumkin in Omaha in 1937 and bought by Warren Buffett in 1983.
Next plc
Next plc is a UK retailer operating branded shops and a third-party aggregation platform. In 2026, it reported total sales of £7,004m and profit before tax of £1,158m.
Nojima Corporation
Nojima Corporation (株式会社ノジマ) is a Japanese specialty retailer of consumer electronics and smartphones, headquartered in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, and the second-largest electronics retailer in Japan by revenue, founded in 1959.
O'Reilly Auto Parts
O'Reilly Auto Parts is an American retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, and supplies, with more than 6,400 stores in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.