Kohl's Corp

Kohl's was established by the Kohl family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1962. Kohl's future of retailing is becoming America's fastest-growing department store.
Their stores are stocked with everything you need for yourself and your home such as shoes, apparel & accessories for children and men, women, plus home products like small electrics, luggage, bedding and more.

Kohl's Corp is a publicly traded company having a good stock performance result. Kohl's Corp is a fortune 500 stock listed company trading under KSS.

Kohl's presents 11.1 million shares of the company's stock to the public in one of the largest initial public stock offerings ever made by a Wisconsin company. Kohl's opens 95 stores including five new markets in California, making it the company's largest state with a total of 62 stores. Kohl’s Corporation is an S&P Fortune 500 company. Customers shop at Kohl's in 40 states through 637 stores.

Kohl's Corporation common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KSS. 2005 was a record year for Kohl’s. Net sales increased 14.5percent to a record 13.4 billion dollars, while comparable store sales raised 3.4percent. Net income increased 19.7percent to a record 842 million dollars or 2.43 dollars per diluted share. In February 2006, they repaid 100 million dollars of their long-term debt. For the nine weeks ended April 1, 2006, total sales increased 13.5 percent while comparable store sales increased 3.6 percent. Their balance sheet remains strong and they continue to generate significant cash flow from operations.

They are well positioned to continue to execute their growth strategies. They have a strong and growing base of stores in many key markets across the country, but there are many more markets where they can expand. They are leveraging their core concept of value, brands, and ease to satisfy existing customer needs, broaden their customer base and improve their customer’s shopping experience.

They have a track record of strong financial performance. Most importantly, they have a team of over 107,000 Associates who are dedicated to serving their customers, as well as an experienced Board of Directors and senior management team that are committed to long-term profitable growth. They thank their shareholders, customers, partners and most of all, their Associates, for another record year and at the same time they look forward to building on this momentum in 2006 and beyond.