Providing a return on the family’s investment, sharing the Lord’s blessings with our employees, and investing in our community. Serving our employees and their families by establishing a work environment and company policies that build character, strengthen individuals, and nurture families. Offering our customers exceptional selection and value. Honoring the Lord in all we do by operating the company in a manner consistent with Biblical principles. What began as a $600 start-up, continues to grow and expand–enabling customers across the nation to live a creative life®.
Hobby Lobby also maintains offices in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Yiwu, China. Hobby Lobby is primarily an arts-and-crafts store but also includes hobbies, picture framing, jewelry making, fabrics, floral and wedding supplies, cards and party ware, baskets, wearable art, home accents and holiday merchandise.Ĭorporate headquarters include a 9.2 million-square-foot manufacturing, distribution, and office complex in Oklahoma City.Īffiliated companies include Hemispheres, carrying unique home furnishings and accessories from around the world, and Mardel Christian and Education Supply, offering books, Bibles, gifts, church and education supplies as well as homeschooling curriculum. Today, with almost 750 stores, Hobby Lobby is the largest privately owned arts-and-crafts retailer in the world with approximately 32,000 employees and operating in forty-seven states. Two years later, the fledgling enterprise opened a 300-square-foot store in Oklahoma City, and Hobby Lobby was born. In 1970, David and Barbara Green took out a $600 loan to begin making miniature picture frames out of their home.
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