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Landers Superstore

Landers Superstore is a Philippine membership-only warehouse club combining a supermarket and department store, opened in Quezon City in 2016 with 16 stores by 2025.

Lane Bryant

Lane Bryant is an American plus-size women's apparel and intimates chain founded in New York City in 1904 by Lena Bryant, which grew from a maternity dress into the country's largest plus-size retailer.

Lavina

Lavina (Лавина) chiefly names Lavina Mall, a Kyiv shopping and entertainment center opened December 1, 2016, with 127,000 m² of retail, 400+ stores, the Multiplex cinema, and the Galaxy indoor amusement park; also PR Lavina Dnipro and other places.

Lazada

Lazada is a Singapore-headquartered e-commerce marketplace operating in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, founded in 2012 by Rocket Internet and controlled by Alibaba Group since 2016.

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.

List of defunct retailers of the United States

The list of defunct retailers of the United States, also called a list of defunct store chains, covers chains that closed, were sold, or left the US market.

List of largest companies in Africa by revenue

The list of largest companies in Africa by revenue ranks the continent's biggest non-financial firms annually; Algeria's Sonatrach, Nigeria's NNPC, Vivo Energy, and South Africa's Eskom lead in 2026.

List of most valuable celebrity memorabilia

The list of most valuable celebrity memorabilia covers record auction prices, led by Judy Garland's ruby slippers at $32.5 million and Babe Ruth's "Called Shot" jersey at $24.12 million.

List of pharmacies

The list of pharmacies covers major pharmacy operators and formats country by country, including US chains like CVS and Walgreens, UK operator Boots, and market figures.

List price

List price, also known as the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP), is the published standard price of a product before discounts, rebates, or negotiated adjustments, serving as the reference for actual transaction prices.

Liverpool (department store)

Liverpool is a Mexican department store chain founded in 1847, selling apparel, home goods, furniture, and cosmetics, which took a 49.9% stake in Nordstrom in 2025.

Loss leader

A loss leader, also called loss-leading, is a product a retailer sells at or below cost to lure customers, who then buy other items at normal markups.

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.

LPP (company)

LPP S.A. is a Polish family-owned apparel retailer headquartered in Gdańsk, operating the Reserved, Sinsay, Cropp, House, and Mohito brands in more than 3,700 stores across 35 countries.

Market Basket (New England)

Market Basket, also known as DeMoulas Market Basket, is a family-owned supermarket chain of about 90 stores in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island, founded in 1917.

Mercado Libre

Mercado Libre is a Latin American e-commerce marketplace and fintech company founded in Buenos Aires in 1999, with e-commerce in 18 countries and Mercado Pago payments in 8.

Merchandising

Merchandising is the retail discipline of planning, selecting, buying, presenting, and measuring the products a store sells, so the right goods arrive at the right price.

Merchant

A merchant, also known as a commission merchant, is a person or business that buys and sells goods or services for profit, spanning wholesale, retail, legal, and payments senses.

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.

MixC World (万象天地) (Shenzhen)

MixC World (万象天地) is China Resources Land's open-air "block + mall" retail complex in Nanshan, Shenzhen, opened 27 September 2017 on the former Dachong Village urban renewal site, with about 230,000 m² GFA, nearly 300 stores, and a one-street, one-lane, five-squares layout.

Montgomery Ward

Montgomery Ward & Co. was an American mail-order and department-store retailer founded in Chicago in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward, the world's first mail-order business.

Myer

Myer is an Australian department store group founded by Sidney Myer in regional Victoria around 1900, operating 740 stores across Australia and New Zealand with over 15,000 staff.

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.

Newegg

Newegg is an online retailer of computer hardware and consumer electronics, founded in 2001 and once the largest online-only US retailer, with $2.1 billion in 2008 net sales.

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.

Normal (store)

Normal is a Danish variety-discount chain selling branded personal care, cosmetics, and household products at fixed low prices, founded in Silkeborg, Denmark in 2013 and grown to more than 900 stores across Europe.

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.