Consumer Goods

Evine Live Corporate Office

Evine Live was founded in 1990. The original name of the company was ValueVision. The company operates an online and television home shopping network where customers can purchase items they see by calling or by going online to place their order.

The company was sold, in part, to NBC in 2000 and renamed ShopNBC. It was later reacquired by ValueVision, who renamed the company ShopHQ in 2013.

Today, the ShopHQ network has been renamed Evine Live. The channel is carried on Dish, DirecTV, AT&T U-verse and Verizon Fios, as well as being found on many local stations and the Roku channel line up. Evine Live is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol: EVLV.

Evine Live has approximately 957 full time employees and annual revenue in 2015 of $666.65 million.

Evine Live

The company was sold, in part, to NBC in 2000 and renamed ShopNBC. It was later reacquired by ValueVision, who renamed the company ShopHQ in 2013.

History

Evine Live has approximately 957 full time employees and annual revenue in 2015 of $666.65 million.

Shop.Com Corporate Office

Shop.Com was founded in 1992 as Market America, by current CEO JR Ridinger and his wife Loren Ridinger. The company has headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, and employs more than 650 full time individuals.

Originally founded as a marketing site, the company offers discount merchandise from vendors on their website. The company has expanded shipping and operations to 5 other countries, including Australia, Hong Kong, and Mexico. Market America has changed their domain name to Shop.Com in 2010, as a means of expanding Market America’s cash back program that was started in 2008.

Shop.Com has been criticized for being the ultimate multi-level marketing scheme, however, with nearly half a billion dollars in sales, it seems customers are inclined to disagree.

The company offers health, nutrition, anti-aging, cosmetics, personal care, clothing, weight management, shoes, home and garden, and pet care products, as well as auto care, travel and financial services.

Shop.Com

Shop.Com has been criticized for being the ultimate multi-level marketing scheme, however, with nearly half a billion dollars in sales, it seems customers are inclined to disagree.

History

Orscheln Farm & Home Supply Corporate Office

Orscheln Farm and Home Supply was founded in 1960 by W.C. Orscheln in Sedelia, Missouri. Although the Orscheln brothers had been in the trucking and farming equipment business since at least the 1930’s, the company’s focus moved to supplying rural American families and small-time farmers with the supplies they needed.

The company operates a chain of home improvement, farm supplies, and hunting supplies. The distribution center and headquarters are located in Moberly, Missouri. The recent acquisition of a warehouse/distribution center in Abilene, Kansas, is meant to supply locations that are under construction or are about to open.

Orscheln Farm and Home Supply currently has 175 locations in 9 states. The company operates as a subsidiary of the Orscheln Group.

In August 2020, the company opened a new location in Lexington, Kentucky.

In October 2022, Tractor Supply Company acquired Orscheln Farm and Home for $238 million. It is unknown if Tractor Supply will rebrand Orscheln Farm and Home.

The company maintains a corporate office in Moberly, Missouri.

Orscheln Farm and Home Supply

History

Orscheln Farm and Home Supply currently has 175 locations in 9 states. The company operates as a subsidiary of the Orscheln Group.

In August 2020, the company opened a new location in Lexington, Kentucky.

In October 2022, Tractor Supply Company acquired Orscheln Farm and Home for $238 million. It is unknown if Tractor Supply will rebrand Orscheln Farm and Home.

The company maintains a corporate office in Moberly, Missouri.

Fingerhut Corporate Office

Fingerhut was founded in 1948 by brothers Manny and William Fingerhut. The brothers originally sold car seat covers, but soon expanded into catalog sales, which soon offered other items, such as tools, kitchen items, bedding, and towels.

The company has been sold several times over the years, including Federated Department Stores in 1999, Bain Capital Ventures in 2004, and currently to the Bluestem Group.

Fingerhut is an online retailer which offers a very wide variety of items, including iPads, curtains, Playstations, televisions, laptops, umbrellas, and more. The company differs from almost every other online company in that it has its own “Rent to Own” service, where customers can purchase items and make payments without using credit cards.

The company has come under fire recently for offering their merchandise at higher prices than most other stores, offering credit with an APR of 29.99%, as well as for annoying “robocalls.”

Fingerhut

History

The company has been sold several times over the years, including Federated Department Stores in 1999, Bain Capital Ventures in 2004, and currently to the Bluestem Group.

The company has come under fire recently for offering their merchandise at higher prices than most other stores, offering credit with an APR of 29.99%, as well as for annoying “robocalls.”

Food Depot Corporate Office

Food Depot was founded in 1975 in Stockbridge, Georgia, by two friends, Gerald Taylor and Raymond Johnson, when the pair bought Kenny’s supermarket by mortgaging their homes.

Today, Food Depot operates 25 stores in Georgia. The company is owned by All American Quality Foods, Inc., but does business under the Food Depot name. This chain of supermarkets prides itself on selling items at 10% over cost as often as possible.

The company continues to expand and has plans to put stores outside of Georgia in the near future. The company has approximately 1,500 full-time employees. Food Depot’s concept of selling items just above cost is not a new one, but this company has been able to continue this tradition after most other companies have abandoned it.

In April 2019, one former employee filed a workplace sexual harassment lawsuit against the company, saying that she was sexually harassed by her manager, but the company failed to do anything about her complaints.

Food Depot

Food Depot was founded in 1975 in Stockbridge, Georgia, by two friends, Gerald Taylor and Raymond Johnson, when the pair bought Kenny’s supermarket by mortgaging their homes.