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QVC Corporate Office

QVC

QVC (Quality, Value, Convenience) was founded in 1986 in West Chester, Pennsylvania by Joseph Segel. They quickly signed a two year deal with Sears and on their first broadcast were able to reach 7.6 million homes.

The station originally broadcast in the evenings on weekdays and all weekend long but moved to a 24 hour schedule only 2 months after launching.

In 1989, the company acquired CVN Cable Value Network.

History

In 1993, Segel retires and is replaced by Barry Diller as CEO.

In 1995, QVC was acquired by Comcast.

QVC.com was launched in 1996.

In 2003, Liberty Media acquires Comcast’s shares of QVC and becomes the parent company.

In 2010, the company began to broadcast in Italy.

QVC currently broadcasts in 5 countries (US, UK, Japan, Germany and Italy) to over 200 million households.

Gamestop Corporate Office

GameStop

GameStop began in 1984 in Dallas, Texas as Babbage’s by James McCurry and Gary Kusin. The company was originally a software retailer selling Atari games and in 1987, Nintendo games.

In 1994, Babbage’s merged with Software Etc. In 1996, the company had 800 total stores and filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The company was kept afloat by Leonard Riggio, of Barnes and Noble.

History

In 2004, GameStop was spun off from Barnes & Noble as its own company.

In 2005, the company merged with EB Games (formerly Electronics Boutique).

In 2007, the company acquired Rhino Video Game from Blockbuster. In 2011, Spawn Labs was acquired.

The overall market for physical game media has been in a state of decline since online services, including Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, have become popular. GameStop, whose business was long rooted in new and pre-owned software, has begun feeling the effects of this changing market. In 2017, GameStop reported a 16.4% drop in sales for the 2016 holiday season but expressed optimism in its non-physical gaming businesses. Reasons cited for the decline in sales included industry weakness, promotional pricing pressure, and overall lower in-store traffic.

GameStop currently operates over 5,630 stores in 18 countries worldwide. Revenue in 2017 was $9.22 billion.

In September 2019, the company announced that it was closing approximately 200 locations, with a company spokesperson stating that the company would close “a larger number” of stores in 2020, but declined to give an actual number of stores.

Recently appointed CEO George Sherman stated that the company realizes that it must change along with gamers but declined to say how the company would accomplish this.

Company headquarters are located in Grapevine, Texas.

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hhgregg Corporate Office

hhgregg

hhgregg, also known as Gregg Appliances, was founded in 1955 in Indianapolis, Indiana by Henry Harold Gregg and his wife Fansy. They initially sold home appliances but soon expanded to televisions and other electronics.

In 1971, a second store was opened in Kokomo. A third store was opened the same year on the south side of Indianapolis. In 1973, a fourth store opened in Anderson.

In 1975, Jerry W. Throgmartin began working at his grandfather’s company in middle school. He eventually became CEO of hhgregg.

History

In 1984, the company purchased Famous State Sales out of Nashville. This was their first expansion outside Indiana.

Dennis May succeeded Throgmartin as CEO in 2009.

In 2004, the company opened Fine Lines, a chain of stores that carries premium appliance brands.

In 2007, the company went public on the NYSE under symbol HGG.

Today, hhgregg operates over 200 stores in 18 states.

The Company filed for bankruptcy and closed all locations in April of 2017. It is unknown at this time if they will reopen.

Conn’s Home Plus Corporate Office

Conns

Conn’s began in 1934 when Carol Washington Conn, Sr. purchased a plumbing company and named it Conns Plumbing and Heating.

In 1937, the company began selling gas ranges and refrigerators.

History

In 1940, a physical store was opened on Pearl Street in Beaumont, Texas.

In 1959, a second store was opened on 11th Street.

In 1964, Conn Credit Corporation was founded to help consumers finance their purchases from Conns.

In 1966, C.W. Conn Jr. took over as company president and CEO. The company operated 4 stores at this time.

The company expanded under his leadership and eventually went public on the NASDAQ in 2003 under the ticker symbol CONN. In 2019, the company had $1.544 billion in revenue.

Today, the company has 161 retail locations that sell electronics, furniture, and appliances.

In August 2020, Conn’s stated that there was a computer glitch which caused robocalls to credit customers warning them of overdue payments. Some customers stated that new charges appeared on their accounts as well.

While profits have been lower for Conn’s due to the coronavirus, the stock has soared in November 2020.

Conn’s maintain’s a corporate office in The Woodlands, Texas.

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Pilot Flying J Corporate Office

Pilot Flying J

The first Pilot station was opened by James (Jimmy) Haslam II in 1958 in Gate City, Virginia.

In 1965, Marathon Oil purchases half of Pilot and provides them with $4 million to expand. By 1973, there are 50 locations.

History

In 1976, Pilot opens their first convenience store. The following year, the company acquires Lonas Oil Co. and converts their locations to convenience stores.

By 1981, there are 100 Pilot locations.

In 1988, the company buys back Marathon Oil’s shares.

In 2001, Pilot and Marathon join forces again to form Pilot Travel Centers. In 2003, the company acquires Williams Travel Centers.

In 2006, the first Canadian location is opened. In 2008, the company buys Marathon’s shares back for a second time.

In 2010, Pilot buys Flying J’s travel stations from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Pilot Flying J is formed.

Pilot Flying J currently operates over 550 truck stops, convenience stores and restaurants in the US and Canada.

As of 2015, Pilot Flying J is the leading seller of over the road diesel fuel in America. The company is also the largest Travel Center in the US while holding the third place position as a provider of fast food franchises.

In October 2017, the Berkshire-Hathway company purchased a 38.6% share of the company, with plans to increase their share to 80% by the end of 2023. The Haslam family will continue to run the day to day operations.

In January 2020, the company announced that it would rebrand itself and change its name to simply Pilot Company.

In December 2023, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway company and the Haslam family, which owns 20 percent of Pilot, accused each other of manipulating profit numbers.

Pilot Flying J maintains a corporate office in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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