Mark Smith
This article showcases our top picks for the best North Carolina based Retail companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Retail industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top North Carolina Retail Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
House of Blueberry
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House of Blueberry is a digital fashion house in the metaverse.
Soli Organic
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Soli Organic is an indoor farming startup that sells fresh organic culinary herbs.
Victra
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Victra an exclusive premium retailer for Verizon that connects technology to life in the most trustworthy, fun, and profitable way.
GreenPlaces
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GreenPlaces all-in-one platform takes the complexity out of becoming a sustainable business
ImpactKarma
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ImpactKarma is an online shopping marketplace that enables companies to quantify and improve their ESG score.
Swap.com
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Swap.com leads the low-priced online pre-owned clothing consignment segment in the U.S. due to its unique deep neural network AI.
Murphy’s Naturals
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Murphy’s Naturals is a celebrate nature and inspire good through natural products.
ChiliSleep
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ChiliSleep offers temperature-regulated sleep products and accessories.
The Looma Project
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The people & stories behind your products.
Growers
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Growers develops a platform that helps ag retailers, advisors, and farmers to work better together.
Windsor Circle
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Windsor Circle is a predictive lifecycle and retention marketing platform that helps retailers grow and increase customer retention.
Elements Brands
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Elements Brands acquires and scales consumer products brands, with a specific focus on the household goods, personal care, and pet markets.
Grocery Shopii
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Through the seamless addition of meal planning to any grocer’s e-commerce, Grocery Shopii expedites online grocery shopping.
Made Trade
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The best online store for exceptionally designed, ethical and sustainable goods.
ScentAir
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ScentAir is a provider of commercial scent solutions for the global hospitality, retail, healthcare, and entertainment industries.
Ecomdash
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Ecomdash is an inventory management software that helps ecommerce companies automate operations, grow & sell across multiple sales channels.
KURE Corp
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KURE offers and eJuice and bottled juice designed for vape and e-cigarettes.
Photofy
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Photofy is a digital content creation platform that empowers collaborative content creation for individual and enterprise use.
Hanesbrands
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Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE:HBI) is a global consumer goods company with more than a century of history and a
SchedulePop
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SchedulePop is an easy-to-use, smart shift management platform for small to medium size businesses and enterprise level organizations.
Village Juice & Kitchen
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Village Juice & Kitchen retails a variety of juices such as pressed, squeezed, ground, pureed, mixed, chopped, and crafted in-house.
WoraPay
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WoraPay helps retailers to significantly increase sales whilst saving time for their clients.
Ryker
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Ryker is an innovative, patent, biomechanically system for rifles and shotguns on the market today.
Sheffield Financial
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Sheffield Financial, LLC provides consumer and commercial retail loans.
MaxPoint Interactive
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MaxPoint Interactive is a digital advertising company that helps retailers and brands increase in-store traffic.
Simple Kneads
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Simple Kneads makes artisan, gluten-free bread, made with whole food ingredients a clean label, no GMOs, and no eggs or dairy.
Adam & Eve
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Adam & Eve is a privately held company that markets adult products.
Point Blank Range
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Point Blank Range, Lake Norman’s premier NSSF Five-Star rated indoor shooting facility, will open a new range in Matthews, NC in response
Family Dollar Stores
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Family Dollar is a neighborhood dollar discount store chain.
Parata Systems
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Parata Systems provides pharmacy automation solutions in the United States.
Clarkston Consulting
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Companies in life sciences, consumer products, and retail, partner with Clarkston to promote business growth and implement new technology.
Fleet Feet, Incorporated
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Fleet Feet is a retail company that provides sports shoes and fitness accessories.
Hanesbrands Inc.
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Hanesbrands Inc. is a manufacturer of several clothing brands including Hanes, Champion, Playtex
ECRS (ECR Software Corporation)
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ECRS is an information technology company that provides retail automation solutions.
4Women.com, Inc.
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4Women.com is a women’s scarf development company that designs and manufactures scarves for women going bald due to sickness.
Remodeez
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Remodeez provides an odorless and non-toxic solution to remove everyday odors.
Stemz
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Stemz is a built-to-work for floral creatives, flower farmers & retail clients.
Luxury Shoe Club
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Luxury Shoe Club is a retail company that offers luxury shoes, sneakers, and boots to its consumers.
Sunrise Technologies
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Dynamics 365 consulting, support, and implementation Microsoft Partner for retail, manufacturing, and distribution.
Belk
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Belk, Inc. is the mainline department store company with 305 stores located in 16 Southern states.
SASR Workforce Solutions
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SASR Workforce Solutions is a staffing and recruiting company.
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
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Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams is a lifestyle furniture brand offers tables, storage, lighting and more.
Food Lion
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Food Lion is a easy, fresh and affordable grocery store for you can count on Food Lion every day.
Urban Skin Rx
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Urban Skin Rx operates as a global brand of clinical skin care products.
Crossrope
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Crossrope is an online store that sells jumping ropes, apparel and fitness accessories.
Leonard Buildings & Truck Accessories
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Provider of quality sheds, buildings, trailers and truck accessories
botsplash
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Enterprise omni-channel conversational and messaging platform
The Fresh Market
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The Fresh Market Your neighborhood food market & premium quality local produce store.
Thomas Golf
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The Company believes it can develop and dominate a new market segment centered on the concepts of aim and alignment.
ProVantage Corporate Solutions
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ProVantage Corporate Solutions is a merchandising service organization specializing in retail services.
American & Efird Global
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World’s foremost manufacturers of sewing threads and industrial yarns
Sonic Automotive
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Sonic Automotive, as a Fortune 500 company and member of the Russell 2000 Index, is among the largest automotive retailers in the United
Rack Room Shoes
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Rack Room Shoes Fashionable footwear for the entire family.
CandleScience
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CandleScience is an e-commerce business that develops, designs, tests and distributes wholesale candle making and soap making supplies.
Ingles Markets
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Ingles Markets, Inc. is an American regional supermarket chain based in Black Mountain, North Carolina.
Retail Business Services
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Retail Business Services provides expertise, insights, and analytics to local brands to support their strategies with services.
Sherrill, Inc.
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Sherrill is a business supplies and equipment company offering climbing gear, product development, and onsite testing.
Baker Interiors Group
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Baker Interiors Group is a furniture and retail company located in .
Overton’s
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Overton’s offers watersports equipment, marine electronics, boating accessories, anchor and docks, fishing accessories, and more.
MicroD
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For over 20 years, MicroD has led the way with innovative furniture merchandising solutions like EDI, catalog data, and website solutions.
Impact Fulfillment Services
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Impact Fulfillment Services specializes in supply chain,display engineering, planning, packaging, warehouse, and distribution services.
Nationwide Marketing Group
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Nationwide Marketing Group is a retail company specializing in appliances, furniture, and bedding items.
The Cato Corporation
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The Cato Corporation (Cato) is a women’s fashion specialty retailer.
Bob Barker Company
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Bob Barker Company is a wholesale company that provides detention products and jail supplies.
ThunderWorks
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ThunderWorks develops and produces products to help with calming pet cats and dogs.
Lowe’s Ventures
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Lowe’s has evolved from a tiny North Carolina hardware store to one of the world’s leading home improvement businesses.
Hafele America
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Hafele America is a wholesale company that offers furniture fittings and architectural hardware.
Replacements, Ltd.
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Replacements, Ltd. is a retail company providing dinnerware and stoneware.
Diamond Dynasty Virgin Hair
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Providing the industry’s best virgin hair extensions, lace frontal wigs, 360 frontal wigs and Brazilian virgin hair bundles of human hair.
Endura Products
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Endura Products is a building materials company that provides door frames, components, and accessories.
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
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Pepsi Bottling Ventures is a brand of manufacturing, selling, and distributing some recognized consumer brands.
House Autry Mills
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House-Autry Mills is a leading supplier to restaurant chain groups and independent operators in most states across the country.
Leafio
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Designed to autonomously plan demand, execute order generation, and keep every level of the supply chain balanced.
Beanstalk Data
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Beanstalk Data is the CRM Marketing Master for Consumer facing companies.
JLS Trading Company
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JLS Trading Company is a retail company that specializes in packaging, trading, wholesale purchasing, and marketing new products.
Tactical Gear Distributors
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Tactical Gear Distributors deals in wholesale of performance firearms, ammunition and gear for military and shooting sports retail.
Spruce Natural Labs
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Spruce Natural Labs is an online store that delivers an array of CBD products such as gummies, lotions, oils, and creams.
Feetures
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Feetures is an online store that retails a wide collection of sporting socks for men and women.
Phoozy
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Phoozy delivers drop, float and thermal protection solutions for electronic gadgets that enable users to seek adventure without limitations.
SHOE SHOW, INC.
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Shoe Show, Inc. is an American footwear retailer
Legacy Classic Furniture
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Legacy Classic Furniture is a manufacturer and supplier of home furnishings.
Vertical Supply Group
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Vertical Supply Group manufactures, designs, and supply a wide range of arborists, climbers, technical rescue, and work-at-height products.
KLINGSPOR Abrasives
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KLINGSPOR Abrasives is a business supplies and equipment company providing laser welded and safety products.
DAE Systems
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DAE Systems offers engineering products and quality management services for aerospace, marine, defence and rail industries.
First Union Corporation
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First Union provides financial and investment banking , mortgage, leasing, insurance, private equity, and securities brokerage services.
Amerock
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Amerock Products is a retailer or producer of a variety of home goods products.
Friday POS
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cloud based restaurant management system, restaurant POS, Restaurant inventory management Software
Carrot-Top Industries
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Carrot-Top Industries is an online shop that sells country flags, state flags, territory flags, military flags, flagpoles and banners.
Reeds Jewelers
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Reeds Jewelers is the largest family-owned retail jewelry chain in North America.
The Catholic Company
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The Catholic Company is an online and catalog seller of high quality Catholic books and gifts.
International Business Concepts
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International Business Concepts is a competitive force in the retail sales and marketing industry that represents world-renowned brands!
WineFetch
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WineFetch is an e-commerce and marketing platform for the retail wine and spirits industry
Home Meridian International
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Home Meridian International is a furniture company offering furniture design and marketing services.
Pretzel Crisps
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Pretzel Crisps is a manufacturer and distributor of snack food products.
Shop
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Shop is a technology company that offers a shopping site for customers with real-time tracking of the delivery and orders.
RegO Products
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RegO Products is a manufacturer and supplier of a wide range of liquid pressure controls and pressure regulating valves.
Araknis Networks
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Our exclusive Araknis products are expertly engineered to deliver best-in-class performance and support a wide variety of networking needs.
Parrish Tire Company
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Parrish Tire Company specializes in retail, wholesale, commercial sales, and servicing automotive tires.
Crown Automotive
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Crown Automotive is a car dealership that enables customers to purchase new and used cars.
