99 Retail Industry Trivia Questions with Answers
99 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What is the name of Macy’s annual parade first held in New York City in 1924?
Answer
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Which Canadian retailer launched the President’s Choice private-label brand in 1984?
Answer
Loblaw Companies
Which Spanish retail group owns the fashion brand Zara?
Answer
Inditex
Which retailer operates the Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn?
Answer
Ahold Delhaize
What private-label brand did Costco introduce in 1995 for many of its store-brand products?
Answer
Kirkland Signature
Which U.S. natural-food retailer began in Austin in 1978 as SaferWay Natural Foods?
Answer
Whole Foods Market
In which French town did Carrefour open the world’s first hypermarket in 1963?
Answer
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
Which British retailer was founded in Brighton in 1976 by Anita Roddick?
Answer
The Body Shop
Who founded the London department store Selfridges, which opened on Oxford Street in 1909?
Answer
Harry Gordon Selfridge
Which German retailer introduced the dm drugstore chain in Karlsruhe in 1973?
Answer
dm-drogerie markt
Which British retailer began in 1884 as a market stall founded by Michael Marks?
Answer
Marks & Spencer
Which company launched the online marketplace Taobao in China in 2003?
Answer
Alibaba Group
Which product became the first retail item scanned with a UPC at Marsh Supermarket in 1974?
Answer
Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum
In what Swedish town did IKEA open its first store in 1958?
Answer
Älmhult
In which U.S. city did Trader Joe’s open its first store in 1967?
Answer
Pasadena, California
What was the first product sold by Amazon, according to the company’s early order records?
Answer
Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies
Which British retailer operates the B&Q and Screwfix home-improvement chains?
Answer
Kingfisher plc