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Office Depot
Office Depot is an American office-products retail and business-to-business brand founded in 1986 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and taken private by Atlas Holdings in 2025.
PetSmart
PetSmart Inc. is the largest pet specialty retailer in North America, operating nearly 1,700 stores in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico with grooming, boarding, training, and veterinary services.
Pier 1 Imports
Pier 1 Imports was an American specialty retailer of imported furniture and home furnishings, founded in 1962, that peaked at 1,003 stores before filing for bankruptcy in 2020.
Psychedelic mushroom store
A psychedelic mushroom store, also called a magic mushroom store, is a venue selling or administering psilocybin mushrooms, spanning licensed US service centers, Dutch truffle shops, and gray-market dispensaries.
RadioShack
RadioShack is an American consumer-electronics retail chain founded in Boston in 1921, which collapsed through bankruptcies in 2015 and 2017 and survives as a brand.
REI
REI, or Recreational Equipment, Inc., is an American consumer co-operative retailer of outdoor gear and apparel, founded in Seattle in 1938 and now the largest consumer co-operative in the United States.
Roots Canada
Roots Canada is a Canadian lifestyle brand and retailer of apparel, leather goods, and footwear, founded in Toronto in 1973 by Michael Budman and Don Green.
Sanrio (サンリオ)
Sanrio (サンリオ) is a Japanese character licensing company founded in Tokyo in 1960 by Shintaro Tsuji, known for Hello Kitty and more than 450 characters, earning most of its revenue from royalties.
Savers
Savers, operating as Value Village, is a for-profit thrift-store chain in the United States, Canada, and Australia that buys donated goods from nonprofits and resells them.
Screwfix
Screwfix, formerly the Woodscrew Supply Company, is a British retailer of trade tools and building supplies owned by Kingfisher, with 979 UK and Irish stores and £2.755 billion in sales.
Sephora
Sephora is a French prestige beauty retailer owned by LVMH since 1997. Founded in 1969 in Limoges, France, it sells cosmetics, skincare, and fragrance worldwide.
Sex shop
A sex shop, also called an adult bookstore or porn shop, is a retailer selling sexual products. Beate Uhse opened the first one in Flensburg, Germany, in 1962.
Shakespeare and Company (bookstore)
Shakespeare and Company is a celebrated English-language bookstore opposite Notre-Dame in Paris, opened by George Whitman in 1951 and renamed in 1964 for Sylvia Beach's original 1919 shop.
SHEGLAM
SHEGLAM is a Chinese-origin color cosmetics brand founded in 2019 by Sylvia Fu inside Shein, selling $1 to $10 makeup online and in over 14,000 stores worldwide.
Smyths
Smyths, trading as Smyths Toys Superstores, is an Irish family-owned chain of toy and games superstores with 311 outlets across Europe and record revenues of €2.53 billion in 2024.
Specsavers
Specsavers is a Guernsey-headquartered optical retail and hearing care group founded by Doug and Mary Perkins in 1984, with more than 2,500 stores in 11 countries.
Sports Authority
Sports Authority was an American big-box sporting goods retailer that grew from one 1987 store into the country's largest full-line chain before a 2016 bankruptcy liquidated all its stores.
Sports Direct
Sports Direct, also known as SportsDirect.com, is a British discount sportswear retail brand founded by Mike Ashley in Maidenhead in 1982, now a fascia within Frasers Group plc.
Staples Inc.
Staples Inc., also known as Staples Incorporated, is an American office-supply superstore chain founded in 1986, now a B2B company owned by Sycamore Partners since 2017.
Tapestry, Inc.
Tapestry, Inc. is an American accessible-luxury accessories company whose brands are Coach and Kate Spade, with fiscal 2025 net sales of $7,010.7 million across 1,371 stores.
TGJones
TGJones is a British high street stationery, books, and general merchandise chain formed in 2025 from WHSmith's 464 high street stores, sold to Modella Capital.
The Beer Store
The Beer Store, also known as Brewers Retail, is a privately owned chain of beer stores in Ontario, Canada, operated by three major brewing companies.
The Body Shop
The Body Shop is a British cosmetics and skincare retailer founded by Anita Roddick in Brighton in 1976, known for cruelty-free products and later owned by L'Oréal, Natura, and Aurelius.
The Brick
The Brick is a Canadian big-box retailer of furniture, mattresses, appliances, and home electronics, founded in Edmonton in 1971 by Bill Comrie and owned by Leon's Furniture since 2013.
Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany & Co. is an American luxury jewelry house founded in New York City in 1837, known for engagement rings, robin's-egg-blue packaging, and the 1886 Tiffany Setting.
Toys "R" Us
Toys "R" Us, also known as Children's Supermart, is an American toy-store chain founded by Charles Lazarus that went bankrupt in 2017 and now operates as a licensing brand.
Tractor Supply Company
Tractor Supply Company, also known as Tractor Supply Co., is the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, selling feed, pet food, and farm equipment.
Video rental shop
A video rental shop, also known as a video store, is a specialty retailer that rents movies and video games for a fee, peaking around 2000 before streaming.
Warby Parker
Warby Parker is an American vertically integrated eyewear retailer founded in 2010 by four Wharton classmates, selling glasses starting at $95 online and in stores.
Watsons (屈臣氏)
Watsons (屈臣氏) is the Hong Kong-based health and beauty retail chain of AS Watson Group, dating to 1841, with over 17,000 stores across 31 markets.