Duane Reade
The pharmacy and convenience store chain was founded in 1960 in New York City by Abraham, Eli, and Jack Cohen. Initially started as a full-service drugstore, the shop was named after its location between...
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CVS Pharmacy
The first store was opened in 1963 by Stanley and Sidney Goldstein, and Ralph Hoagland, in Lowell, Massachusetts, as the Consumer Value Store. By 1964 there are 17 Consumer Value Stores throughout New England....
eBay
Started in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar as AuctionWeb, eBay has grown to become one of the world’s biggest online marketplaces and auction sites, and it’s probably the first place that springs to mind when...
Waitrose
Waitrose is a portmanteau of the surnames of two of its founders: WAITe and ROSE. Originally a grocery store founded in 1904 by Wallace Waite, Arthur Rose, and David Taylor. The latter left the...
Tesco
The Tesco name is short for Thomas Edwards Stockwell, and COhen. The name came about when Jack Cohen imported a shipment of tea from Thomas Edward Stockwell for his grocery store, and decided to...
ASDA
Stands for ASquith and DAiries. Formed by the merger of the Asquith family’s supermarkets, and Associated Diaries and Farm Stores Limited.