Retail companies established in 1998

Bershka () is a Spanish clothing retailer founded in 1998 in Spain. It is part of the Spanish Inditex group (which also owns brands such as Zara, Massimo Dutti, Pull&Bear, Oysho, Uterqüe, Stradivarius and Zara Home).

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong Group (), formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing. With revenues more than US158.8 billion in 2024, JD.com is China’s largest retailer by revenue, and ranks 47 on Fortune Global 500. It is one of the two massive B2C online retailers in China by transaction volume and revenue, and is a major competitor to Alibaba-run Tmall. JD.com’s portfolio spans across retail, technology, logistics, health care, industrials, property management, private label, insurance, and international business.

Vertu (stylised VERTU) is a Hong Kong based manufacturer and retailer of luxury mobile phones. The company was originally established in London in 1998 as a subsidiary of the Finnish telecommunications company Nokia.

European convenience store group

American petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company

Lululemon, commonly styled as lululemon ( ; all lowercase), is a Canadian-American multinational athletic apparel retailer headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, and incorporated in Delaware, United States, as Lululemon Athletica Inc. It was founded in 1998 as a retailer of yoga pants and other yoga wear, and has expanded to also sell sportswear, lifestyle apparel, shoes, accessories and personal care products. The company has 767 stores () and also processes sales online through its website.

international book and music retailer (1971-2011)

Polish company

Qnet Ltd, formerly known as QuestNet and GoldQuest, is a Hong Kong–based multi-level marketing (MLM) company owned by the QI Group. QNet was founded in 1998 by Vijay Eswaran and Joseph Bismark. The company's products include energy, weight management, nutrition, personal care, home care and fashion accessories on an e-commerce platform.

east Asian hypermarket

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Oodji (in 1998-2011 – OGGI) is a youth fashion chain operating in Russia and former Soviet countries. The brand is specialized in the development and production of clothes and the distribution through a wide network of brand shops.

Fitness and nutrition company

series of officially licensed retailers which sell merchandise for the National Basketball Association

Indian retail company

Rotiboy is a Malaysian bakery chain based in Rawang, Selangor owned by Rotiboy Bakeshoppe Sdn Bhd. It is known for their signature coffee-flavoured crusted buns modified after the Mexican concha.

Puregold Price Club, Inc. or simply Puregold (stylized in all caps) is a chain of supermarkets in the Philippines trading goods such as consumer products on a wholesale and retail basis. It currently has approximately more than 400 operating stores and over 20 food service stalls.

Kozmo.com was a venture capital–funded online company that promised free one-hour delivery of "videos, games, DVDs, music, mags, books, food, basics and more" and Starbucks coffee in several major cities in the United States. It was founded in March 1998 by young investment bankers Joseph Park and Yong Kang in New York City, and was out of business by April 2001. The company is often cited as an example of the dot-com bubble. In January 2013, the brand was bought by Yummy.com and announced that they would relaunch soon. In March 2018, Kozmo was relaunched as a warehouse club. The Kozmo.com web

children's clothing brand

European sporting goods retail chain cooperative

Cdiscount is a French e-commerce platform, ranking as the third largest in the country after Amazon.fr and Veepee.fr. The platform offers a wide range of products, including electronics, household appliances, and food.

eMusic is an online music and audiobook store that operates by subscription. In exchange for a monthly subscription eMusic users can download a fixed number of MP3 tracks per month. eMusic was established in 1998, is headquartered in New York City with an office in London, and is owned by TriPlay.

Taken over by X5 Group and rebranded in 2010-11

retail company based in Beijing