bargain outlet type public traded as nasdaq olli industry retail headquarters harrisburg pennsylvania products housewares food flooring books toys hardware electronics clothing lawn and garden health and beauty sporting goods pet supplies automotive seasonal website http www.olliesbargainoutlet.com ollie s bargain outlet is a chain of retail stores founded in 1982 1 by the late morton bernstein . the first store was opened in mechanicsburg pennsylvania just outside harrisburg . the chain now has 213 locations as of june 2016 in pennsylvania new jersey maryland delaware ohio virginia west virginia north carolina kentucky new york connecticut tennessee south carolina indiana georgia alabama florida michigan and mississippi . 2 the president and ceo is mark butler . ollie s bargain outlet deals in surplus merchandise obtained from various retailers suppliers or manufacturers throughout the country whether in the form of closeouts bankruptcy sales or other similar means of buying stock at below wholesale costs . ollie s stores features its namesake co founder oliver e. rosenberg in the form of humorous caricatures throughout its stores interiors merchandising displays and on its logo and exterior signage . rosenberg died in 1996 at age 75 . he was a harrisburg resident and capital area realtor and entrepreneur but he is perhaps best remembered for his association with ollie s bargain outlets . an 18 by 18 inch commemorative paver with his trademark humorous visage can be found near the entrance to the children s playground inside adams ricci community park in enola pennsylvania . ollie s store ypsilanti michigan in 2008 the chain consolidated its four distribution warehouses into one located in york pennsylvania . in 2014 the chain opened its second distribution center in commerce georgia . 3 contents 1 initial public offering 2 nascar sponsorship 3 references 4 external links initial public offering edit an ipo was launched on july 16 2015 at 16.00 share . 4 nascar sponsorship edit in the 2006 nascar busch series ollie s sponsored the 43 car of kertus davis at dover . the following year the company sponsored jamie mcmurray s 37 car in the same busch series race held at dover . in 2008 ollie s sponsored the ollie s bargain outlet 360 challenge with kasey kahne dave blaney and tony stewart . in 2010 ollie s sponsored the 33 chevy silverado driven by ron hornaday for the pocono raceway truck series race . his team kevin harvick inc. has been sponsored by ollie s since the beginning of 2010 . after much exposure during the 2012 daytona 500 where tommy baldwin racing s dave blaney was leading at the time of the red flag ollie s extended their sponsorship of the team s 36 for later races . references edit ccmp news . ccmpcapital.com . 2012 09 28 . retrieved 2013 06 03 . ollie s history . ollie s bargain outlet . retrieved 2015 06 22 . morgan jamie . ollie s bargain outlet . scw mag.com . retrieved 2013 06 03 . stock exchange nasdaq . ollie s ipo . nasdaq.com . retrieved 2015 07 18 . external links edit official website this 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 ollie % 27s bargain outlet & oldid 739920692 categories retail companies established in 1982discount stores of the united statescompanies based in harrisburg pennsylvaniacompanies listed on nasdaq1982 establishments in pennsylvaniaretail company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall 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 17 september 2016 at 22 49 . 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