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Cost Plus, Inc. Company Profile Cost Plus adorns dining rooms and picnics with wicker, wine, and cheese. The retailer operates about 270 stores under the Cost Plus World Market and World Market banners that sell furniture, rugs, baskets, ceramics, and other home decor, as well as exotic food and beverages (about 40% of sales).
For starters, financial health plays a large role in the viability of retailers. Both Sports Authority, which is closing 140 stores, and Sport Chalet, which is closing all 48 stores, were burdened with unsurmountable debt after being purchased by other firms, the Los Angeles Times reports.