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Learn about Maxwell Kohl, a Polish immigrant who started a grocery store chain and then a department store chain that became one of the largest in the U.S. Find out how he innovated in customer service and inventory management to compete with other retailers.
Kohl's (stylized in all caps) is an American department store retail chain, operated by Kohl's Corporation. It currently has 1,165 locations, operating stores in every U.S. state except Hawaii. The company was founded by Polish immigrant Maxwell Kohl, who opened a corner grocery store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1927.
Herbert Hiken Kohl (February 7, 1935 – December 27, 2023) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served 24 years as a United States senator from Wisconsin, from 1989 to 2013, and earlier served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin .
Nov 23, 2019 · Kohl's was started in Brookfield, Wisconsin, by Maxwell Kohl in 1962. Kohl was a Polish immigrant who had worked in factories in the US for several years before starting his first company, a...
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Maxwell Kohl, who had operated traditional grocery stores since 1927, built his first supermarket in 1946, the first in what would become a southeastern Wisconsin chain known as Kohl's Food Stores.
Feb 14, 2020 · Looking to capitalize on the growth of off-price store models like TJ Maxx and Nordstrom Rack, Kohl's experimented with one of its own called Off/Aisle, a one-off store it opened in Wisconsin...
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Max Kohl. AKA Maxwell Kohl. Born: 12-May - 1901. Birthplace: Poland. Died: 14-Dec - 1981. Location of death: Milwaukee, WI. Cause of death: unspecified. Gender: Male. Religion: Jewish.
- May 12, 1901
- December 14, 1981
