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6PM.Com Corporate Office

6PM.Com was founded in 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Originally named Shoedini.Com,Inc. The company changed their name to 6PM.Com, LLC, in late 2005 and is now a subsidiary of Zappos.Com,Inc, which is owned by Amazon.Com.

6PM.Com offers online shopping for new and discounted women’s, men’s, and children’s shoes, ladies handbags, luxury watches, backpacks, swimwear, coats, sweaters, jeans, ladies skirts, and children’s clothing. The company also offers a wide range of men’s wear including underwear, socks, jeans, sweatshirts, and belts. In addition to clothing and shoes, 6PM.Com also offers sporting goods, home exercise equipment, housewares, luggage, messenger bags, briefcases, diaper bags, as well as wallets for both men and women.

In May of 2010, a glitch in a computer system accidentally priced everything online at $49.99, including GPS navigation systems and other items costing several hundred dollars. 6PM.Com stood by their online pricing, which cost the company $1.6 million.

 

6PM.Com

6PM.Com was founded in 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Originally named Shoedini.Com,Inc. The company changed their name to 6PM.Com, LLC, in late 2005 and is now a subsidiary of Zappos.Com,Inc, which is owned by Amazon.Com.

6PM.Com offers online shopping for new and discounted women’s, men’s, and children’s shoes, ladies handbags, luxury watches, backpacks, swimwear, coats, sweaters, jeans, ladies skirts, and children’s clothing. The company also offers a wide range of men’s wear including underwear, socks, jeans, sweatshirts, and belts. In addition to clothing and shoes, 6PM.Com also offers sporting goods, home exercise equipment, housewares, luggage, messenger bags, briefcases, diaper bags, as well as wallets for both men and women.

In May of 2010, a glitch in a computer system accidentally priced everything online at $49.99, including GPS navigation systems and other items costing several hundred dollars. 6PM.Com stood by their online pricing, which cost the company $1.6 million.

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Bi-Mart Corporate Office

Bi-Mart was founded in Yakima, Washington, in 1955. The company is an employee owned chain of department stores across the north west U.S. Bi-Mart has changed hands several times over the years with Pay ‘N Save buying the company in 1976, Thrifty Corporation in 1984, PayLess Drugs in 1990, and Rite Aid in 1996. Endeavour Capital purchased the company in 1997 and sold it to employees in 2004 for $94 million.

Bi-Mart stores are quite diversified in their product line. A typical store offers a pharmacy, power tools, sporting goods, canned and packaged foods, clothing, shoes, housewares, small appliances, and personal care products.

Today, the company has 75 locations in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Like Costco and Sams, Bi-Mart is a membership store, however, unlike the former, Bi-Mart membership fees are a mere $5 per family and there are no annual renewal fees.

Bi-Mart

Bi-Mart was founded in Yakima, Washington, in 1955. The company is an employee owned chain of department stores across the north west U.S. Bi-Mart has changed hands several times over the years with Pay ‘N Save buying the company in 1976, Thrifty Corporation in 1984, PayLess Drugs in 1990, and Rite Aid in 1996. Endeavour Capital purchased the company in 1997 and sold it to employees in 2004 for $94 million.

Bi-Mart stores are quite diversified in their product line. A typical store offers a pharmacy, power tools, sporting goods, canned and packaged foods, clothing, shoes, housewares, small appliances, and personal care products.

Today, the company has 75 locations in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Like Costco and Sams, Bi-Mart is a membership store, however, unlike the former, Bi-Mart membership fees are a mere $5 per family and there are no annual renewal fees.

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Ikea Corporate Office

Ikea was founded in 1943 in Gothenburg, Sweden, by Ingvar Kamprad, who was 17 years old at the time.  The name Ikea is actually an acronym from the initials of the name of the farm where he grew up  and the name of the small town where he grew up.

The company designs and sells ready to assemble, simple furniture, kitchen cabinets, bedding, kitchen appliances, desks and chairs. Ikea is known for eco-friendly, innovative designs that make the most of space with minimalist lines. Ikea is one of the largest furniture manufacturers in the world.

The Ikea group is a complex structure of companies and consists of 476 stores in 47 countries. The company also sells almost everything found in their stores online.  Ikea had $41.3 billion in sales worldwide in 2019 and employs more than 220,000 persons.

In a climate report dated 2021, Ikea, along with Amazon and Walmart were named the “dirtiest shippers” when it came to maritime emissions. 

Ikea maintains a corporate office in the USA in Conshohocken, Pennslyvania.

Ikea

Ikea was founded in 1943 in Gothenburg, Sweden, by Ingvar Kamprad, who was 17 years old at the time.  The name Ikea is actually an acronym from the initials of the name of the farm where he grew up  and the name of the small town where he grew up.

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The company designs and sells ready to assemble, simple furniture, kitchen cabinets, bedding, kitchen appliances, desks and chairs. Ikea is known for eco-friendly, innovative designs that make the most of space with minimalist lines. Ikea is one of the largest furniture manufacturers in the world.

The Ikea group is a complex structure of companies and consists of 476 stores in 47 countries. The company also sells almost everything found in their stores online.  Ikea had $41.3 billion in sales worldwide in 2019 and employs more than 220,000 persons.

In a climate report dated 2021, Ikea, along with Amazon and Walmart were named the “dirtiest shippers” when it came to maritime emissions. 

Ikea maintains a corporate office in the USA in Conshohocken, Pennslyvania.

Pampered Chef Corporate Office

Pampered Chef was founded in 1980 in Illinois by Doris Christopher after she noted a lack of efficient cooking and kitchen utensils for the everyday home chef. The company offers online sales of kitchen tools, cook books, kitchen utensils, and specializes in at-home parties which demonstrate food preparation techniques and proper use of kitchen utensils. Pampered Chef carries a product line of 300 products, some of which are exclusive to the company.

Pampered Chef began in the basement of Christopher’s home but is now based in Addison, Illinois, and has offices in Canada, Mexico, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The company has 800 employees and had $700 million in revenue in 2014.

The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BRKA.

 

Pampered Chef

Pampered Chef was founded in 1980 in Illinois by Doris Christopher after she noted a lack of efficient cooking and kitchen utensils for the everyday home chef. The company offers online sales of kitchen tools, cook books, kitchen utensils, and specializes in at-home parties which demonstrate food preparation techniques and proper use of kitchen utensils. Pampered Chef carries a product line of 300 products, some of which are exclusive to the company.

Pampered Chef began in the basement of Christopher’s home but is now based in Addison, Illinois, and has offices in Canada, Mexico, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The company has 800 employees and had $700 million in revenue in 2014.

The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BRKA.

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