Kohl's

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Kohl's Corporation (KOHL'S is stylized in all caps) is an American department store retail chain. It has 1,174 locations as of February 2024, operating stores in every U.S. state except Hawaii. The company was founded by Polish immigrant Maxwell Kohl, who opened a corner grocery store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1927. It went on to become a successful chain (Kohl's Food Stores) in the local area, and in 1962 the company branched out by opening its first department store. British American Tobacco (BAT) took a controlling interest in the company in 1972 while still managed by the Kohl family, and in 1979, the corporation was sold to BATUS Inc. A group of investors purchased the company in 1986 from BATUS and took it public in 1992. Kohl's is headquartered in the Milwaukee suburb of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. It became the largest department store chain in the United States in May 2012, surpassing its competitor JCPenney. The company is listed on both the S&P 400 and the Fortune 500. In...

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