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Sheplers history
Sheplers company history timeline
January 1968 The Dry Family sells their Wichita restaurant, Hickory House, and buys the store from Harry Shepler.
1970 In order to serve western customers across the nation, the first Sheplers Catalog was published with a distribution of 80,000 the first year.
Sheplers Denver Store April 1976 The W.R. Grace Co. of New York, one of the nation's largest conglomerates, purchases Sheplers, Inc.
1977 Sheplers third store opens in Englewood, Colorado - an affluent suburb of Denver.
January 1978 Sheplers opens their doors to the people of the Dallas / Ft.
1982 The New York Times Sunday Edition features Sheplers in the "Shopper's World" section.
1984 Sheplers opens a 50,000 square-foot National Distribution Center for it's highly successful Catalog Division in south Wichita, Kansas.
1989 Two years after the buyout, Sheplers Management group exercises their right to retire their debt to KPERS, thus acquiring 100 percent of stock in the company.
Sheplers started Sheplers.com in December of 1998, and 17 years later Sheplers.com has grown to be the world's largeset online retailer of western, outdoor, and work lifestyle.
Sheplers Warehouse - 2014 Gryphon Investors, a San Francisco private equity firm, acquires Sheplers.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boot Barn | 1978 | $1.7B | 4,900 | 1,809 |
| Rod's Western Palace | 1976 | $5.1M | 100 | - |
| Langston's Western Wear | 1913 | $5.4M | 25 | 5 |
| Variety Wholesalers | 1930 | $1.5B | 7,000 | 51 |
| Walls Bargain Center | - | $8.7M | 44 | - |
| Ann & Hope | 1953 | $93.0M | 350 | - |
| Belmont Beverage | 1933 | $1.2M | 15 | - |
| Rainbow Blossom Natural Markets | 1977 | $7.5M | 25 | 11 |
| Dominick's Finer Foods | 1918 | $3.3B | 18,000 | - |
| ALCO Stores | 1901 | $600,000 | 25 | 2 |
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