Kohl’s is an American department store chain with 1,158 locations. It is the second-largest U.S. department store company by retail sales after Macy’s, and is the third-largest retailer in the United States with revenue of almost $19 billion in 2020. The company was founded by Max Kohl in 1962.
Kohl’s is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee.
It operates stores in 49 states, including a growing number of stores in Puerto Rico. Kohl’s has a total of 1,158 stores as of February 2021.
The company also operates a website, Kohls.com, which sells apparel, shoes, beauty products, home decor, and more.
In 1962, Max Kohl opened the first Kohl’s department store in Brookfield, Wisconsin. The company rapidly expanded throughout the Midwest during the 1970s and 1980s.
Kohl’s went public in 1992 and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KSS.
In 2003, Kohl’s entered into a strategic partnership with Amazon.com to sell Amazon products through its stores and website. In 2013, Kohl’s began accepting Amazon returns at all of its stores nationwide.
In 2017, Kohl’s announced that it would begin accepting returns for select online retailers such as Walmart and Target at all of its stores nationwide.
Who is Kohl’s owned by?
Kohl’s is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KSS. It is not owned by any one person or entity.
