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Home > Company Index > Retail > Home Furnishing & Housewares Retailing > Kirkland's, Inc.

Kirkland's, Inc.
 PROFILE
Kirkland's is the store for decor. The company operates more than 220 stores, which sell decorative home accessories and gifts, including framed art, candles, lamps, picture frames, rugs, garden accessories, coffee-table books, and artificial plants. The stores, located mostly in malls in about 30 states, also feature an assortment of holiday merchandise during peak selling seasons such as Christmas and Easter. Kirkland's, which operates under the store banners Kirkland's and The Briar Patch, also sells merchandise online. Investment firm Advent International owns 44% of Kirkland's; the Kirkland family owns the rest.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
1998 Sales (mil.): 170.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 10.7%
Employees: 1,800
Revenue per employee: $94,444.44

 KEY PEOPLE
• Robert Alderson
    CEO
• Reynolds C. Faulkner
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
805 N. Parkway
Jackson, TN 38305
US
Phone: 901-668-2444
Fax: 901-664-9345
Online: Web Site

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