Ace Hardware

My wife & I have noticed that maybe they are trying to start a “budget friendly” “destination shop” experience… if that’s even the right way to say it? Locally, we’ve…

Shakey’s Pizza

Until early 2000s I think there were thousands in the USA. Now until 50 or so in California and Washington. Huge in The Philippines though.

Rise and fall of Philips

Philips, ones one of the biggest consumer electronics companies in the world with products in almost every market. From TV’s to vacuum cleaners and from computer chips to there own…

AND1

If you were the a kid in the late 90s or early 2000s like me, there’s a good chance you loved watching people like the Professor, Spyda, or Escalade and…

HEB

Heb is a successful chain of grocery stores in Texas. They’re generally liked in their area. It would be interesting to see why they’re successful.

Reddit

valued at $3 billion usd

Discover Financial Services

Started as an offshoot of Sears in the mid-1980’s Discover credit cards are now technically the most accepted cards in the world. They operate their own payment processing network, have…

UnitedHealth Group

How did UnitedHealthcare get so large? Most people probably don’t even know what UnitedHealthcare is, but don’t let that fool you. UnitedHealth Group is one of the largest companies in…