type subsidiary industry retailer ; full service team dealer custom screen printer embroidery and sporting goods operator founded 1995 headquarters zionsville indiana usa number of locations 1131 area served united states canada puerto rico key people griffin r. taylor president glenn campbell co founder executive vice president scott molander co founder chief operating officer products headwear novelties apparel sporting goods parent genesco divisions lids locker room lids clubhouse lids team sports website www.lids.com www.lids.ca and www.lidsteamsports.com hat world inc. is an american retailer specializing in athletic headwear . it primarily operates under the lids and hat world brands with stores in the u.s. puerto rico and canada . the majority of the stores operate in shopping malls and factory outlet centers . the company was founded in 1995 and is based in indianapolis indiana . 1 2 lids sold over 6000 hats during its first five years of operation . hat world inc. was acquired in april 2004 by footwear retailer genesco inc. and now operates as a subsidiary . 3 the first store opened at tippecanoe mall in lafayette indiana . 4 the lids sports group operating within hat world inc. comprises the lids retail headwear stores the lids locker room specialty fan retail chain the lids clubhouse retail stores the lids team sports wholesale team sports business and its internet businesses www.lids.com www.lids.ca and www.lidsteamsports.com . operating out of indianapolis indiana the retail businesses make up more than 975 mall based airport street level and factory outlet locations nationwide and in canada and puerto rico . lids retail stores offer officially licensed and branded college major professional sports teams as well as other specialty fashion categories all in the latest styles and colors . lids locker room is a mall based retailer of sports headwear apparel accessories and novelties . most lids and lids locker room stores also offer custom embroidery capability . lids clubhouse operates team specific professional sports and university athletics retail stores and e commerce websites . lids team sports is a full service team uniform and apparel dealer custom screen printer embroidery and sporting goods distributor . hat world inc. is a subsidiary of genesco inc. 5 references edit lids company information . retrieved 2009 01 14 . genesco inc. lids . retrieved 2009 01 14 . genesco completes hat shack inc. acquisition press release . genesco inc. 2004 04 02 . retrieved 2009 01 14 . http www.highbeam.com doc 1p3 773530721.html http www.internetretailer.com 2011 06 10 hatworld acquires yet another sporting goods retailer external links edit official lids website official lids canadian website official lids team sports website this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lids store & oldid 743483160 categories companies based in indianapolisclothing brands of the united stateshat companiesunited states retail company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 21 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view