With its corporate office in Northbrook, Illinois, Euromarket Designs Inc., doing business as Crate & Barrel, is a global retailer of home furnishings. Crate & Barrel offers a wide selection of quality home furnishings, home accents, and other products. The retailer has a unique vignette presentation style, where objects are arranged in groups similar to how they may be found in a home. Currently, the business owns and operates over 100 Crate & Barrel, CB2, and Hudson Grace stores across the United States and Canada, as well as franchise locations in nine other nations.
Founded by Gordon and Carole Segal, Crate & Barrel opened its first location on December 7, 1962. 1516 North Wells Street in Chicago, Illinois's formerly bohemian Old Town district, was the first home of Crate & Barrel. Gordon and Carole Segal were inspired by the elegant European home goods they saw during their honeymoon in the Caribbean. The first store was established in response to a boom in international trade in home furnishings brought on by early 1960s GATT negotiations. Crate & Barrel Holdings has 22 locations throughout 22 countries, including 22 in the Philippines, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Taiwan.
