Hat World

Hat World Inc., founded in 1995, is comprised of more than 850 mall-based, airport, street level and factory outlet stores nationwide, and in Puerto Rico and Canada, operating primarily under the LIDS and HATWORLD retail brands. Indianapolis-based Hat World Inc. is recognized as a leading specialty retail leader of officially licensed and branded athletic fashion headwear. Hat World also operates smaller retail brands LIDS KIDS, HAT SHACK, HAT ZONE, HEAD QUARTERS and CAP CONNECTION. The stores offer a vast assortment of officially-licensed and branded college, MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL teams, as well as other specialty fashion categories all in the latest styles and colors. Select stores also offer licensed apparel and custom embroidery capability. As of 2008, more than 300 stores have an embroidery machine to customize hats. Hat World also sells products and promotes the stores through the Internet sites 'lids.com' and 'lidskids.com'. In addition, licensed LIDS stores operate from street locations and kiosks within major department stores in Hong Kong and China. Hat World is a subsidiary of Genesco Inc.

*Hat World Inc. is a two-time Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award recipient.
*Hat World Inc. appeared in the Top 10 of the Indianapolis Business Journal’s annual list of the area’s fastest growing private companies six straight years (1998-2003).
*Hat World Inc. was in the top 10 percent of fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S. according to Inc. Magazine in 2002.
*No retailer in the world currently sells more officially licensed Major League Baseball apparel than Hat World.

External links

* [http://www.lids.com Official LIDS website]