The Container Store Group, Inc., is an American specialty retail chain which offers storage and organization products, and custom closets.
History
The Container Store was founded in Dallas by Garrett Boone and John Mullen. With the backing of their families, they inaugurated the first The Container Store on July 1, 1978. The store introduced a new retailing category: home storage and organization.[2][3] Kip Tindell and his wife joined the founding team the next year.
In 1982, the company switched to a computerized management system, which almost drove the company into the ground. The Houston store opening in 1988 marked the start of the company's booming sales.[4] It opened its first location outside of Texas in 1991 in Atlanta,[5] its first New York area store in 2000,[6]