Founded in 1995 and comprised of more than 800 mall-based, airport, street level and factory outlet stores nationwide, and in Puerto Rico and Canada primarily under the Lids and Hat World retail brands, Indianapolis-based Hat World Inc. is recognized as a leading specialty retail leader of officially licensed and branded athletic fashion headwear. Hat World also operates smaller retail brands Lids Kids, Hat Shack, Hat Zone, Head Quarters and Cap Connection. Most stores offer a vast assortment of college, MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL teams, as well as other specialty fashion categories all in the latest styles and colors. Some stores also offer a strong complementary line of licensed apparel, and custom embroidery capability. The company serves the core fan and fashion-conscious and trend-savvy mid-teen to mid-20s customer. It also sells its products and promotes its stores through the Internet sites lids.com™, hatworld.com™, lidskids.com™, and hatshack.com™. In addition, licensed Lids stores operate from premier street locations and kiosks within major department stores in Hong Kong and China. Hat World is a subsidiary of Genesco Inc.