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Intersport
INTERSPORT International Corporation ("IIC"), commonly known as INTERSPORT, is an international sporting goods retailer with its headquarters based in Bern, Switzerland.
Esprit Holdings
manufacturer of clothing, footwear, accessories, jewellery and housewares
Seattle's Best Coffee
American specialty coffee retailer and wholesaler
Lambiek
Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968 by Kees Kousemaker (, – Bussum, ). His son Boris Kousemaker has been the owner since 2007. From 1968 to 2015, it was located in the Kerkstraat, but in November 2015, the store moved to Koningsstraat 27. As of 2018, Lambiek is the oldest comics store in Europe, and the oldest worldwide still in existence.
Soriana
Organización Soriana is a Mexican public company and one of the largest retailers in Mexico, operating more than 824 stores. It is a grocery and department store chain headquartered in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The company is fully capitalized in Mexico and has been publicly traded on the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores) since 1987 under the ticker symbol Soriana.
Bic Camera
Japanese consumer electronics retailer
Ulla Popken
German clothing retailer
ALE-HOP
thumb|ALE-HOP store in Lisbon ALE-HOP is a chain of variety stores in Europe based in Valencia, Spain, originally from Gata de Gorgos (Alicante). Vicente Grimalt, the founder and manager of the brand began selling products in 1968 from his hometown on the street, including carrycots and hats. In 1990 he founded Clave Denia S.A.U. dedicated to wholesale. After that Grimalt created the brand "ALE-HOP", opening the first store on Calle Paz in Valencia.
BACS
thumb|Official opening of BACS with Dennis Gladwell, Chairman of BACS (right) Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs), previously known as '''Bankers' Automated Clearing System''', is responsible for the clearing and settlement of UK automated direct debit and Bacs Direct Credit and the provision of third-party services. Bacs became a subsidiary of Pay.UK (formerly known as New Payment System Operator (NPSO)) on 1 May 2018, and responsibility for direct debit, Bacs Direct Credit, the Current Account Switch Service, Cash ISA Transfer Service and the Industry Sort Code Directory was given to Pay.UK.
Casey's General Stores
'''Casey's Retail Company (doing business as Casey's''') is a chain of convenience stores in the Midwestern and Southern United States. The company is headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines. As of October 1, 2023, Casey's had 2,500 stores in 16 states. Following 7-Eleven's purchase of Speedway, Casey's is the third-largest convenience store chain in the United States (after 7-Eleven and Circle K/Couche-Tard) and the largest that is wholly American-owned. It is one of two Iowa-based Fortune 500 companies. Casey's is famous for their pizza, including a breakfast pizza and a taco p
5àsec
5àsec ( ) is a franchising network specialized in cleaning and ironing clothes.