In October of 1939, former farmers James and Cal Turner opened J.L. Turner and Son with an initial investment of $5,000 each. The switch to retailing from farming resulted in annual sales above $2 million by the early 1950s. By the … [Continue reading] about Dollar General Corporate Office
Rent-A-Center or RAC for short was founded in 1973 by Thomas Devlin and W. Frank Barton. Mr. Devlin came up with the rent to own idea after working for an appliance rental company in Wichita, KS. The company offers brand name new and used household … [Continue reading] about Rent-A-Center Corporate Office
Family Dollar was founded in 1959 by a then 21-year-old Leon Levine. Leon became obsessed with a store in New York called Filene's. They sold the cheapest possible items in the basement. Leon figured that if they could do it, so could he. … [Continue reading] about Family Dollar Corporate Office
Lowe's was originally founded in 1921 by Lucious Lowe in the form of Lowe's North Wilkesboro Hardware in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Lucious died in 1940 and the business was inherited by his daughter Ruth. Ruth sold the business to her … [Continue reading] about Lowes Corporate Office
Chipotle was founded in 1993 by Steve Ells. Their first location was a former Dolly Madison ice cream location. The second and third locations were added in 1995. An additional five Denver stores were added the following year. In 1998, with 16 … [Continue reading] about Chipotle Corporate Office
