Bi-Mart

Bi-Mart
Company typePrivate, employee-owned
IndustryRetail
Founded1955, Yakima, Washington, U.S.
HeadquartersEugene, Oregon
Number of locations
80 Bi-Mart locations, 4 Cascade Farm and Outdoor locations
Key people
Marty Smith
(CEO)
Richard Truett
(President & Co-CEO)
Chris Peddicord
(Vice President)
Don Lerber
(Director of Advertising)
ProductsClothing, footwear, housewares, sporting goods, automotive, hardware, toys, electronics, foods, beer, seasonal goods
RevenueIncrease US$878 million (2021)
Number of employees
Increase 3,200 (2021)
Websitewww.bimart.com

Bi-Mart is an employee-owned chain of retailers located in the western U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.[1] A typical Bi-Mart houses merchandise includes electronics and small appliances, housewares, hardware and power tools, sporting goods, automotive, apparel, canned and packaged food, personal care products, and, through the end of 2021, a pharmacy at many locations. The median size of a Bi-Mart store is 31,000 square feet (2,900 m2).[2] As of January 2023, there are 75 store locations.[3] Like Costco and Sam's Club, Bi-Mart stores are membership stores; unlike those chains, its members-only policy started as a workaround to fair trade laws established in the United States in the 1930s such as the Miller-Tydings Act and those related to suggested retail prices.[1] Membership for an entire family costs $5 and never expires.

  1. ^ a b "About Bi-Mart". Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  2. ^ Marcus Hathcock (October 30, 2009) [original January 23, 2008]. "Bi-Mart coming to town? Commercial zone's biggest hole may be filled soon". Sandy Post. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  3. ^ "Store Locator - Bi-Mart". www.bimart.com. Retrieved 2024-01-18.