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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.
DeFacto (retailer)
DeFacto is a Turkish fast-fashion apparel retailer headquartered in Istanbul and founded in 2003. It runs more than 500 stores worldwide, and its 2023 turnover was about $783 million.
Dick's Drive-In
Dick's Drive-In is a privately held burger chain in the Seattle area, founded in 1954 by Dick Spady, known for a barely changed menu and $22-an-hour starting pay.
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.
Discount store
A discount store is a self-service retail store selling broad general merchandise at low prices, spanning full-line discounters like Walmart and Target and hard discounters like Aldi.
Dollar Tree
Dollar Tree, founded in 1986 as Only $1.00, is an American discount variety store chain selling at a $1.25 base price, with 9,282 stores after selling Family Dollar in 2025.
Dollarama
Dollarama is a Canadian discount retailer founded by Larry Rossy in 1992, with 1,691 stores selling general merchandise at fixed prices up to $5.00, plus operations in Latin America and Australia.
Don Quijote (ドン・キホーテ) (store)
Don Quijote (ドン・キホーテ), known as Donki or Don Don Donki overseas, is a Japanese discount store chain that opened its first store in Tokyo in 1989.
Drop shipping
Drop shipping is a retail fulfillment method where the retailer sells goods it does not possess, and a supplier ships them directly to the customer.
Duty-free shop
A duty-free shop is a customs-bonded retail outlet selling goods to travelers without customs duty, excise duty, or VAT; the first opened at Shannon Airport, Ireland.
E-commerce in India
E-commerce in India is the sale of goods and services over digital networks, dominated by marketplaces like Amazon and Flipkart, with about $60 billion in e-retail sales in 2024.
Edikted
Edikted is a private online fast-fashion brand for Generation Z, founded in Tel Aviv in 2020 by former Adika executives and headquartered in Los Angeles.
El Corte Inglés
El Corte Inglés, also known as Grupo El Corte Inglés, is a Spanish department-store group founded in 1940, with hypermarkets, travel, insurance, and finance businesses.
Empire Company
Empire Company Limited is a Stellarton, Nova Scotia holding company whose principal asset is Sobeys, a national grocer with over 1,600 stores and about $32 billion in annual sales.
Everlane
Everlane is a San Francisco direct-to-consumer apparel brand founded around 2010 by Michael Preysman, known for "radical transparency" and itemized costs, and acquired by Shein in 2026 for $100 million.
Everyday low price
Everyday low price (EDLP) is a retail strategy of maintaining consistently low prices rather than periodic sales, most closely associated with Walmart and its everyday low cost model.
Exemplar Luxury Group
Exemplar Luxury Group, formerly Saks Global, is an American luxury retail collective operating Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bergdorf Goodman; it took the new name in 2026 on emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
F. W. Woolworth Company
F. W. Woolworth Company, also known as Woolworth's, was an American five-and-dime chain founded by Frank Woolworth in 1879, peaking at about 3,000 stores before closing in 1997.
Family Dollar
Family Dollar is an American discount variety-store chain founded in 1959 in Charlotte, North Carolina, selling merchandise at $1 to $10 price points to lower-income customers.
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.
Farmers' market
A farmers' market, also called a farm market, is a recurring market where several farmers sell fresh fruits, vegetables, and other farm products directly to consumers.
Five Below
Five Below is an American extreme-value discount retailer headquartered in Philadelphia, selling toys, snacks, fashion, and tech to tweens and teens, with most products priced at $5 and below.
Flea market
A flea market, also called a swap meet or marché aux puces, is a retail venue where independent sellers rent stalls to sell new and secondhand goods, typically with haggling.
Flynn Group
Flynn Group, formerly Flynn Restaurant Group, is a San Francisco franchise operator founded by Greg Flynn in 1999 and the largest franchise operator in the world.
Foodstuffs (company)
Foodstuffs is a New Zealand grocery retail group founded in 1922, organized as two regional co-operatives that own and supply the New World, PAK'nSAVE, and Four Square store brands.
Foodtastic
Foodtastic is a private Canadian restaurant franchising and brand-management company founded in Montreal in 2016, managing over 1,200 restaurants across brands like Second Cup, Pita Pit, and Milestones.
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.
Franchising
Franchising, also called business franchising, is a contractual relationship in which a franchisee pays fees and royalties to operate under a franchisor's trademark and methods.
Fred Meyer
Fred Meyer is a chain of large hypermarkets in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, founded by Fred G. Meyer in Portland, Oregon, in 1922 and owned by Kroger since 1999.