Kohl’s is an American department store chain with over 1,100 stores in 49 states. Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Kohl’s is the second largest department store chain in the United States after Macy’s.
As of February 2013, it is the 23rd largest retailer in the United States. In 2005, Kohl’s was the fastest-growing retailer in the country, and in 2006 it was fourth on the “Fortune” magazine “Most Admired Companies” list. Kohl’s is also ranked as one of America’s “Most Patriotic Brands”.
Kohl’s was founded by Max Kohl, who opened a small grocery store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1927. He started out selling only butter and eggs, but quickly began to add other items such as hardware, clothing, shoes, and eventually expanded his stores into a full-fledged department store.
In 1962, Kohl’s opened its first store outside of Wisconsin in Illinois. By 1972, there were 100 Kohl’s stores across 14 states.
Kohl’s went public in 1992 and began to grow rapidly thereafter. In 2000, it acquired the Wisconsin-based grocery store chain Sentry Foods and acquired 12 former Harris Teeter supermarket locations in North Carolina. In 2003, Kohl’s began to roll out a new concept called “The Neighborhood Market”, which was a smaller version of the traditional Kohl’s store.
In 2006, Kohl’s completed its largest acquisition to date with the purchase of 84 former Mervyns locations from Target Corporation. This made Kohl’s the second-largest department store chain in the United States behind only Macy’s.
Kohl’s has been ranked as one of America’s “Most Patriotic Brands”. In 2010 and 2011, it was listed as one of Harris Interactive’s “Most Loved Brands”, and in 2013 it was listed as one of America’s “Most Trusted” retailers by Market Force Information.
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Kohl’s is an American company that owns and operates a chain of department stores. The company is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin and has over 1,100 stores across 49 states in the United States.
