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 Hobby Lobby store in Onalaska, Wisconsin | |
| Formerly | Hobby Lobby Creative Centers |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | August 3, 1972, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. (as Hobby Lobby Creative Centers) |
| Founder | David Green |
| Headquarters | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , U.S. |
Number of locations | 1,001 |
Area served | United States |
Key people | |
| Products | Arts and crafts supplies |
| Revenue |  $7.9 billion (2023)[1] |
| Owner | Green family |
Number of employees | 43,000+ (2020)[2] |
| Website | www |
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. The Green family founded Hobby Lobby to express their evangelical Protestant beliefs and the chain incorporates American conservative values and Christian media.[3]
In 2009, the company participated in the illegal smuggling of objects looted from Iraq.[4][5][6]
- ^ a b "Hobby Lobby Stores". Forbes.com LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
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