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Hobby Lobby

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In 1970, David and Barbara Green took out a $600 loan to begin making miniature picture frames out of their home. Two years later, the fledgling enterprise opened a 300-square-foot store in Oklahoma City, and Hobby Lobby was born. Today, with over 1,000 stores, Hobby Lobby is the largest privately owned arts-and-crafts retailer in the world with approximately 50,000 employees and operating in forty-eight states. Hobby Lobby is primarily an arts-and-crafts store but also includes hobbies, picture framing, jewelry making, fabrics, floral and wedding supplies, cards and party ware, baskets, wearable art, home accents and holiday merchandise. Corporate headquarters include a 9.2 million-square-foot manufacturing, distribution, and office complex in Oklahoma City.

SAS Retail Services

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Founded in 1991, SAS Retail Services is an Advantage Solutions company and the retail service provider of choice for over 50,000 retail stores across North America. We are powered by our people who provide in-store merchandising, new store and remodel support and plan-o-gram services to Retailers, expertly designed and delivered to meet our customers and their customers’ needs. Think of us as the unseen architects of the everyday shopping experience, who make more things possible for retailers. We team up with our retailer partners to execute their vision and figure out the best ways to get their products on shelves, online, and, ultimately, into consumer hands, with an unbiased approach to do what is best for their business. As the industry leading retailer-centric merchandisers, our dedicated retail teams use real-time technologies and a wide array of services focused on category updates and resets, image recognition AI, analytics, planogram services and data collection. The data and insights we bring allow our partners to make strategic decisions grounded in our experience and expertise. Our partners depend on our specialized services, integrated technology, unmatched expertise and teammate expertise to execute their vision flawlessly every time. As a people-powered company, our teammates play a critical role in our success together. We cultivate our teammates and connect them to their preferred growth path. Our teammates often start a job at SAS and for those that want it, they find they can build a career with the company.

Walser

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Walser Automotive Group is a family-owned company that’s been part of the Twin Cities community for 70+ years. And we’re still growing, evolving, and investing in what’s next. We create a workplace where people can do meaningful work, keep learning, and build careers they’re proud of. From hands-on training to leadership development, we support growth at every stage. Walser’s people are what sets us apart. From dynamic Employee Resource Groups to our give-back culture, we value connection, celebrate community, and have fun along the way. Walser is a place where people stay, grow, and build their careers.

IKEA

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Beginning as a tiny mail order company in rural Sweden, IKEA has now become a global home furnishing brand that brings affordability, design and comfort to people all over the world. As a brand, we have a great vision - to create a better everyday life for the many people. This goes beyond home furnishing. We want to have a positive impact on the world – from the communities where we source our raw materials to the way our products help our customers live a more sustainable life at home. As an employer, we have a responsibility - to create a better everyday life for the many co-workers. We turn jobs into meaningful work for hundreds of thousands of co-workers around the world. Where you're free to be who you are. And who you are doesn't limit what you do. At IKEA, we believe a better life at work equals a better life.

Carolina Pottery

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Carolina Pottery is a chain of home decor and seasonal stores, each with nearly 100,000 square feet of merchandise! Our stores feature the latest trends in home furnishings at everyday low prices. Whether you are looking to update your interior design and decor or maximize your outdoor space with new outdoor wicker furniture and cushions, Carolina Pottery has what you are looking for! Our store transforms according to season, so depending on time of year you will also find a huge supply of Christmas decor, Fall and Halloween decor, Spring and Easter decor, and more. We also carry a year-round assortment of glassware, housewares, wine and local food products, silk flowers and arrangements, ribbon, candles, lawn and garden decor, and the list goes on. One visit and you'll see, there's more in store at Carolina Pottery!

Savers

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The Savers family of stores is a for-profit, global thrift retailer offering great quality, gently used clothing, accessories and household goods. Our Rethink Reuse business model of purchasing, reselling and recycling gives communities a smart way to shop and keeps more than 700 million pounds of used goods from landfills each year. We also help more than 100 nonprofit organizations by purchasing donated goods from them, which provides a source of revenue to help support their vital community programs and services. We operate over 300 locations. Our brands comprise of Savers (in the U.S. and Australia), Value Village (in the U.S. and Canada), Unique (in the U.S.), and Village des Valeurs (in Quebec). Our corporate offices are in Bellevue, Washington.