Headquarters

Kirkland’s Corporate Office

Kirkland’s was founded by Carl Kirkland in 1966. Kirkland began selling inexpensive home items door to door before opening his own store. Today, the company has more than 340 stores in 35 states, alone with an eCommerce website.

The company is a chain of home decor and home furnishing stores, offering items such as end tables, lamps, rugs, throw pillows, ottoman’s, and wall decor. In addition, the company sells holiday decor items, such as Christmas trees, Easter baskets, and Halloween decorations.

Kirkland’s went public on the NASDAQ in 2002 and can be found under the ticker symbol: KIRK.

The company is different from other home decor stores as it sets up displays and entire rooms with items available for sale, rather than offering a boxed item on a shelf. Current headquarters are in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Kirkland's

Kirkland’s went public on the NASDAQ in 2002 and can be found under the ticker symbol: KIRK.

History

ChristmasCentral.Com Corporate Office

ChristmasCentral.Com was founded in 2004 by members of the Gordon family. This eCommerce site offers a wide range of Christmas and holiday items, including Christmas trees, lights, decoration, wreaths, as well as other types of holidays, such as New Years and Easter.

The company was listed as #4537 on the Inc. 5000 list of American’s Fastest Growing Companies in 2016. This is the 5th consecutive year the company has made this prestigious list. ChristmasCentral had a three year growth rate of 55 percent and annual revenue in 2015 of $25.5 million.

ChristmasCentral.Com has more than 150,000 items available, with many of these being shipped directly from their warehouse in Cheektowaga, New York. Although the company had a difficult time in 2014 after a fire destroyed one of their warehouses, CEO Nathan Gordon says that the company has come back bigger and stronger than ever before.

ChristmasCentral.Com

History

Books-A-Million Corporate Office

Books-A-Million, sometimes called BAM!, was founded in 1917 by Clyde Anderson in Florence, Alabama. The company started as a small newspaper and magazine stand on a street corner. Soon, Anderson took his profits and purchased a bookstore in 1964, which he named Bookland. Bookland is still in business, operating today as a subsidiary of Books-A-Million.

Today, the company is the second largest bookstore chain in the U.S. With more than 250 stores, approximately 5,500 full time employees, as well as an eCommerce site, it’s difficult to not find a one of these chains in any large city in America. The company is second in size only to Barnes & Noble.

In addition to the book stores, the company also owns a distribution and wholesale book subsidiary, American Wholesale Book Company, as well as NetCentral, an internet service company. The company recently acquired Yogurt Mountain in 2010.

Books-A-Million

History

Foodarama Corporate Office

Foodarama was founded in 1973 by Carrol Cox in Houston, Texas. Sometimes referred to as Cox’s Foodarama, the company operates a chain of grocery stores in the greater Houston area. From the single location, the company has expanded to 10 stores and approximately 1,000 full time employees.

The company purchased one store when Apple Tree Markets went out of business in 1993, as well as a Randall’s store that closed in 2006. Foodarama also operates 7 La Fiesta markets in the San Antonio, Texas area. Almost all locations offer ATM service, payroll check cashing, auto registration renewal, lottery tickets, CoinStar, as well as fax and copy service.

The company still has headquarters in Houston, Texas, and remains owned by the Cox family.

Foodarama

The company still has headquarters in Houston, Texas, and remains owned by the Cox family.

History

Harbor Freight Tools Corporate Office

Harbor Freight Tools was founded in 1977 by Eric and Allan Smidt in North Hollywood, California. The original location was a very small building, with the name Harbor Freight Salvage. As the company expanded and grew, Eric became CEO and changed the name in 1985.

Today, Harbor Freight Tools has more than 700 locations in 47 states, as well as an eCommerce site. From the original two employees, the company now has more than 17,000 full time employees. US General, another mail order tool supplier, was acquired in the mid-1980’s. The company now has headquarters in Camarrillo, California.

Harbor Freight Tools is a discount tool supplier, as well as offering other kinds of equipment, depending on the location, such as farm tools. The company sells many of its own in house store brands such as Chicago Electric, Portland, and Earthquake.

In October 2019, Harbor Freight recalled one million pocketknives due to an issue with the lock when the blade was retracted.

The coronavirus of 2020 has been a crash for some businesses and a boon for others, such as Harbor Freight. Long lines and empty shelves for facemasks, an item Harbor Freight usually stocks, along with bottled water, and packaged snacks.

Harbor Freight Tools

History

In October 2019, Harbor Freight recalled one million pocketknives due to an issue with the lock when the blade was retracted.