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Future Group
Future Group was an Indian retail group founded by Kishore Biyani, known for Big Bazaar, whose retail arm entered insolvency after a failed 2020 sale to Reliance.
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.
General store
A general store is a rural shop selling groceries, dry goods, and hardware, historically serving as the credit, banking, postal, and social center of its community.
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.
Graze (company)
Graze is a British healthy-snacking brand founded in 2008 as a letterbox snack-subscription business, now selling punnets of nuts, seeds, and snack bars through UK grocery retail.
GymBeam
GymBeam is a Slovak-founded, digital-first retailer and private-label brand of sports nutrition and fitness products, founded by Dalibor Cicman in 2011 and selling across 16 European markets.
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.
Harrods
Harrods, also known as Harrods department store, is a British luxury department store in Knightsbridge, London, founded as a grocery shop by Henry Charles Harrod in 1849.
Harrods Group
Harrods Group is the corporate group centered on Harrods, the luxury department store in Knightsbridge, London, owned by Qatar Investment Authority since 2010, which also runs Harrods Estates, H Beauty, and Harrods Aviation.
Harry & David
Harry & David is an American gourmet food gift retailer based in Medford, Oregon, best known for Royal Riviera pears, the Fruit-of-the-Month Club, and mail-order gift boxes.
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.
History of Target Corporation
Target Corporation began as the Dayton Company, a Minneapolis department-store business incorporated in 1902, opened its first Target store in Roseville, Minnesota, in 1962, and reached $106.6 billion in fiscal 2024 net sales.
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.
Hooters
Hooters is an American restaurant chain founded in 1983 in Clearwater, Florida, selling chicken wings, seafood, and beer, known for its "Hooters Girl" waitresses and owl-themed brand.
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company, also known as Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, was a Canadian retail company chartered in 1670 that held a fur-trade monopoly over Rupert's Land before becoming a department store operator.
ICA Gruppen
ICA Gruppen, also known as ICA AB, is a Swedish grocery retail group combining the ICA Sweden wholesaler with over 1,200 retailer-owned stores, plus a pharmacy and bank.
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.
KFC in China
KFC in China (肯德基, Kěndéjī) is the Chinese operation of Kentucky Fried Chicken, the largest Western fast-food brand, with 12,997 restaurants in over 2,500 cities by end-2025.
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.
Kmart
Kmart is an American discount department store chain founded in 1962 by the S.S. Kresge Company, which shrank from over 2,100 stores to a handful by 2024.
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.
Kohl's
Kohl's Corporation is an American department store retailer with more than 1,100 stores, known for off-mall locations, Kohl's Cash, and in-store Sephora shops and Amazon return counters.