American specialty retailer known for licensed athletic headwear and its in-store custom embroidery personalization service. [2, 7, 13]
ORIGIN
USA
PRICE TIER
affordable
Lids is an American specialty retailer focused on officially licensed athletic and fashion-oriented headwear. While the original Lids Corporation was founded in Boston in 1993, the current iteration of the company began as Hat World in 1995 in Indianapolis, Indiana, after its founders identified hats as an undervalued niche in mall retail. The brand is the largest retailer of its kind in North America, operating over a thousand mall-based stores where sports fans can find a vast collection of fitted hats, snapbacks, and beanies representing teams from major leagues like the MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL, as well as collegiate teams.