Variety Wholesalers

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Super 10 is owned by Variety Wholesalers, Inc.  a closely-held North Carolina corporation with principal corporate offices located at 225 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, North Carolina and 218 S. Garnett Street in Henderson, North Carolina. The corporation operates over 440 retail stores as of 2007 in 14 states in the southeastern United States.

John W. Pope, Sr. (1924 - 2006) was the founder of the company. James Arthur "Art" Pope is the chairman and chief executive officer of VW and of Variety Stores. Art is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A. with Honors, and received his J.D. from Duke University. He was also elected to and served four terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives (1989-1992, 1999-2002).

Variety Wholesalers, Inc. was incorporated in North Carolina on July 25, 1957.

Variety Stores, Inc. (formerly "Rose's Stores, Inc."), was incorporated in Delaware on May 5, 1927 and is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Variety Wholesalers, Inc.

The retail stores operated by the Company are grouped into three main divisions. The Super 10 Division consists of 195 stores ranging in size from 5,000 to 10,000 square feet and are chiefly competitive with dollar stores such as Family Dollar and Dollar General. These stores operate under the names "Popes," "Eagles," "Super Dollar," "Bill's Dollar Stores" and "Super 10." The Maxway Division consists of 153 stores ranging in size from 10,000 square feet to 30,000 square feet and are chiefly competitive with junior department stores such as Peebles, Goody's, TJ Maxx, etc. The Roses Division consists of 98 stores ranging in size from 30,000 square feet to 70,000 square feet and are chiefly competitive with discount stores such as K-Mart, Wal-Mart, etc. All three divisions offer an extensive assortment of retail merchandise including both hardlines (toys, health and beauty aids, housewares, furniture, sporting goods, snacks, etc.) and softlines (clothing, accessories, jewelry, etc.).

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[BillyGr]

I think this topic needs to be renamed - maybe Variety Wholesalers?  This must have been messed up in the moveover.