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Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., formerly Hobby Lobby Creative Centers, is an American retail company. It owns a chain of arts and crafts stores with a volume of over $5 billion in 2018. [ 1 ] The chain has 1,001 stores in 48 U.S. states.
As a result of the case, Hobby Lobby agreed to return the artifacts and forfeit $3 million. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement returned 3,800 items seized from Hobby Lobby to Iraq in May 2018. [2] In March 2020, Hobby Lobby president Steve Green agreed to return 11,500 items to Egypt and Iraq. [3] [4]
Thom Walla, Merlin Hayes, and Mary Hayes founded HobbyTown Unlimited, Inc. in 1985 and opened the first franchise store in 1986. As of 2023, HobbyTown USA has 106 franchise stores are located in 35 states in the continental United States. The company describes itself as the largest brick-and-mortar hobby retailer in the world. [3]
The craft store chain is expected to open a new location in the SLO Promenade. LGBTQ group protests new Hobby Lobby in SLO: ‘We strongly urge you to shop elsewhere’ Skip to main content
By August 1972, the focus was on arts and crafts, and the business had thrived to such an extent that Green and his wife were able to open a 300 square-foot store in northwest Oklahoma City called Hobby Lobby. In 1975, Green left his 13-year career with TG&Y and opened a second Hobby Lobby location with 6,000 square feet of space. [2] [3]
Hobbycraft in High Wycombe Hobbycraft, Borehamwood Hobbycraft in Tunbridge Wells, using the former logo. It was started by the Haskins Group, a nursery and garden supplier in the south of England, and was bought by investment group Bridgepoint in April 2010, [5] [6] and in 2024 they sold the business to Modella Capital.