Shoppers World (retail chain)

For other uses, see Shoppers World (disambiguation).

Shoppers World is a retail chain of discount department stores headquartered in New York.^[1] It has approximately 40 locations, mostly in the eastern United States. It is operated by the SW Group, controlled by the Dushey family.

Shoppers World

Company type	Private
Industry	Retail
Founded	1972; 53 years ago (1972)
Headquarters	New York City, U.S.
Number of locations	36 (March 2018)
Area served	Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia
Key people	Sam Dushey Sr., Founder Sam Dushey, CEO
Products	Clothing, footwear, bedding, jewelry, beauty products, housewares, electronics, movies, toys, and furniture
Revenue	US$ 250 million (2015)
Owner	SW Group, LLC
Website	shoppersworldusa.com

History

Shoppers World traces its founding to the 1930s, when Sam Dushey Sr. founded "The Mart" in Baltimore, Maryland. In the 1950s, Dushey opened the Pitkin Bargain Center on Pitkin Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Dushey opened the first Shoppers World store in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1972.^[2]

In 2015, CEO Sam Dushey went undercover in Shoppers World stores for an episode of the TV show Undercover Boss.^[3]