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World Market

Retail

World Market, formerly Cost Plus World Market, is an American chain of specialty/import retail stores, selling home furniture, decor, curtains, rugs, gifts, apparel, coffee, wine, craft beer, and international food products. The brand's original name came from the initial concept, since abandoned, of selling items for "cost plus 10%". The company was owned by Bed Bath & Beyond from 2012 to 2021, and is currently headquartered in Alameda, California.

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World Market at a glance

World Market is a retail company, founded in 1958. Its most recent funding round, Seed, closed in April 2017. Xcout recorded 616 job postings from World Market in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Tableau.

Industry
Retail
Founded
1958
Job postings recorded (90 days)
616
Xcout AI Rank
1/100
Xcout Green Rank
1/100

World Market funding rounds

Every round on record:

DateRoundAmountInvestors
SeedUndisclosed1 named

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Hiring at World Market

Xcout recorded 616 job postings from World Market in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since September 2026.

Tools named in World Market's job postings

Tableau

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Hiring vs the trend

Lagging in AI hiring

Based on 125 job postings in the last 8 weeks (17 Aug – 11 Oct 2026), compared with 153 enterprise consumer cyclical companies.

This describes a hiring pattern — how often World Market’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.

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Investors

Tech stack

PythonAzureSnowflake

World Market competitors

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TJX CompaniesTJX · RetailFramingham, United States
58% matchPublic

The TJX Companies, Inc., alongside its various associated businesses, functions as a major discount retailer focusing on clothing and household decor. Its operations are organized into four primary divisions: Marmaxx, HomeGoods, TJX Canada, and TJX International. The enterprise markets an extensive selection of goods, including clothing for all family members (such as shoes and complementary items); a broad array of home furnishings and accessories (ranging from essential household goods, furniture, floor coverings, and lighting fixtures to gift items, soft textiles, decorative pieces, dining wares, and kitchen utensils), alongside growing departments for pet supplies, children's products, and gourmet foodstuffs. Jewelry, additional accessories, and various general merchandise are also available. By the close of February 23, 2022, TJX maintained a considerable retail network across several continents. In the United States, this footprint included 1,284 T.J. Maxx, 1,148 Marshalls, 850 HomeGoods, 59 Sierra, and 39 Homesense physical stores, complemented by online portals like tjmaxx.com, marshalls.com, and sierra.com. Its Canadian presence featured 293 Winners, 147 HomeSense, and 106 Marshalls outlets. European consumers could visit 618 T.K. Maxx and 77 Homesense locations, with an e-commerce option at tkmaxx.com. Furthermore, Australia hosted 68 T.K. Maxx establishments. Established in 1962, the firm's corporate headquarters are located in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Market cap—
Employees364,000
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