Kohl’s is an American department store chain with 1,158 stores in 49 states as of February 2019. It is the second-largest department store by retail sales in the United States after Macy’s, and is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. The company was founded by Polish immigrant Maximilian Kohl in 1862.
In 1972, British-American Tobacco Company took a controlling interest in the company. Two years later, BATUS Inc. sold its entire interest to the inner circle of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Kohl’s became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.
Kohl’s is one of the largest U.S. department store chains with sales of $19 billion in its 2016 fiscal year. As of February 2019, it operates 1,158 stores in 49 states.
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In 2019, Kohl’s has 1,158 stores in 49 states.
