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Organized Living company history timeline

1985

In 1985, Mark Ferrel founded the company as Containers Unlimited, in Kansas, with its first location in Overland Park.

1993

In 1993, the then-two store chain changed its name from Containers and More to Organized Living.

2000

As of mid-2000, the chain had grown to 11 stores.

2004

After private equity firm Saunders Karp & Megrue bought a majority stake in the company, the former head of Bath & Body Works, Beth Pritchard, was hired in January 2004 to grow the chain into a national presence.

2005

Pritchard was released in May 2005 during the bankruptcy proceedings.

2012

Schulte Corp., one of the company's biggest creditors, obtained rights to the Organized Living name in the bankruptcy proceedings, and operated OrganizedLiving.com as an online retailer through 2012.

2013

On January 1, 2013, Schulte Corp. changed its corporate name to Organized Living and relaunched OrganizedLiving.com as its new website.

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1919
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