Variety Wholesalers
Variety Wholesalers, Inc. is a privately held company based in Henderson, North Carolina, which owns more than 380 retail stores in the southeast including the Roses and Maxway stores, and employs more than 7,000 workers. History. It originated in 1930 as a small group of retail stores owned by the Pope family. In 1949, John William Pope took over the family business, and starting in 1970, the company expanded by purchasing a number of other retail chains, including the Roses and Maxway stores, to become one of the largest in the US. The company is still privately owned  by the Pope family, and its current CEO is Art Pope. Organization. The Company has three main divisions: "Maxway" stores, which consists of 135 stores in the "junior department store" competitive market. The size of the store ranging from 10,000 square feet to 30,000 square feet and operate under the Maxway and Roses Express names "Super 10" consists of 85 stores. Their size ranges from 5,000 to 10,000 square feet. These stores operate under the names "Super Dollar," "Bill's Dollar Stores," "Super 10", and "Bargain Town" "Roses" stores have 160 locations and are competitive with "discount" and "off-price