831. 미국 할인점 Big3 역사

[월마트]

설립 1962 - Wal-Mart stores founded by Sam Walton in Arkansas

오픈 1994 - Wal-Mart enters Canada with the acquisition of 122 of the 166 Woolco stores.

오픈 2002 - Ames & Wal-Mart introducing dollar store sections.

기타 2005 - Wal-Mart sales tops 256 billion for fiscal year 2004

오픈 2005 - October: Wal-Mart announces it wants to open more than 555 new units in 2006

기타 2006 - Wal-Mart report sales at year end of $312,4 billion and a net income of $11.2 billion.

 

[K마트]

설립 1899 - S.S. Kresge Company founded by Sebastian S. Kresge

설립 1929 - Kresge Canadian subsidiary S.S. Kresge Company, Ltd. was founded

기타 1966 - K-mart's founder Sebastian S. Kresge died at age 99.

기타 1977 - S.S. Kresge Company is renamed Kmart Corporation

매각 1987 - Kmart sells most U.S. Kresge and Jupiter stores to McCrory Corporation.

기타 1990 - Kmart is changing the red and turquoise logo to a large red "K" with a white "mart."

인수 1990 - Kmart purchases The Sports Authority, a chain of sporting goods super stores.

폐점 1994 - September: Kmart is closing 110 stores.

매각 1997 - Kmart sells the operations of Builders Square and Kmart Canada (127 stores).

기타 1999 - Kmart celebrated its 100th anniversary as a retailer.

폐점 2000 - July 25, Kmart to close 72 stores.

오픈 2002 - K-mart testing a new prototype store and new logo in White Lake, MI.

폐점 2002 - January: K-mart closing 284 underperforming stores in the U.S.

폐점 2003 - January: K-mart closing 326 stores in 44 states.

합병 2004 - Kmart and Sears, Roebuck & Co. to merge to create Sears-Holding Corporation.

 

[Target]

설립 1961 - Target stores founded

인수 1986 - Dayton-Hudson(Target)  acquires 51 Gemco stores

인수 1988 - Target acquires 31 Gold Circle stores

오픈 2001 - Target plans to open 36 new stores in 21 states in the year.

오픈 2002 - Target plans 94 new stores for 2003, analysts say.

매각 2004 - May Company acquires Marshall's Fields from Target Corp.

인수 2004 - August: Target could buy Hudson's Bay of Canada, or just its Zellers division

오픈 2005 - March: Target to open 26 new stores

오픈 2005 - October: Target opens 60 new stores 

오픈 2006 - October: Grand opening of 59 Target stores 오픈 2008 - March: Grand opening of 26 Target stores