United States Business Stats
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- Companies > Corporate governance (overall rating): Overall rating of each country's adherence to the corporate governance guidelines set forth in three prominent economical essays. The ratings are out of 10, with 10 meaning full adherence.
- Companies > Specific companies > Apple Store first opening: First opening of Apple Stores.
- Companies > Specific companies > Apple Stores: Countries compared by number of Apple stores located at its territory. The Apple campus, located in Cupertino (California) hosts not only the company headquartes, but the original Employee Store (now named Apple Company Store), which is the only place in the world where legitimate merchandise with the Apple logo (such as t-shirts, hats and the like) can be purchased. Another special case is China, that currently hosts 10 official Apple stores, but also numerous fake ones. These imitations try to mimic the look and feel of the orginal stores, with varying degrees of success. Other countries are known to host unauthorized stores too.
- Companies > Specific companies > Coffee Republic outlets: Shows the current number of Coffee Republic Outlets. Coffee Republic is a coffee bar and deli franchise chain founded in 1995 in the UK. Their outlers are fashioned in a New York coffee bar style, similar to that of the Starbucks chain. In 2009, after years of financial difficulties, the company was acquired by an arab investment company.
- Companies > Specific companies > IKEA > Debut: The year in which the first IKEA opened in each country. The first IKEA opened in Sweden in 1958.
- Companies > Specific companies > IKEA > No. of stores: The number of IKEA outlets in each country.
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Did you know
- United we stand? The United Kingdom and United States are both in the top ten for Gross Domestic Product - and for child poverty.
- The United States has 22 times the external debt of China, despite the fact that the United States' GDP is twice the size.
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