<P> Kohl 's is an American department store retailing chain . The first Kohl 's store was a corner grocery store opened in Milwaukee , Wisconsin in 1927 by Maxwell Kohl . The company 's first department store opened in September 1962 . British American Tobacco Company took a controlling interest in the company in 1972 , and in 1979 , the Kohl family left the management of the company . A group of investors purchased the company in 1986 from British - American Tobacco and took it public in 1992 . </P>
<P> Kohl 's is an American department store retailing chain . The first Kohl 's store was a corner grocery store opened in Milwaukee , Wisconsin in 1927 by Maxwell Kohl . The company 's first department store opened in September 1962 . British American Tobacco Company took a controlling interest in the company in 1972 , and in 1979 , the Kohl family left the management of the company . A group of investors purchased the company in 1986 from British - American Tobacco and took it public in 1992 . </P>
what type of store is kohls considered to be
what type of store is kohls considered to be
American department store retailing chain
American department store retailing chain