Clas Ohlson company was founded in 1918 by the technically minded Clas Ohlson (1895–1979), as a mail order business based in the Swedish village of Insjön, Dalarna. Initially, only manuals and technical literature were sold, thus allowing people who lived in rural communities to obtain literature that would otherwise be unavailable. He opened his first shop in Insjön in 1926, but it was not until 1989, when the company opened a store in a shopping centre in central Stockholm, that it expanded into the retail business. The first store outside Sweden was opened 1991 in Oslo in Norway and in 1999, the
John T. Floore Country Store into a professional relationship together: Floore would partner with the Willie Nelson Music Company, with the stipulation that Nelson perform at Floore's on a monthly basis. Consequently, The John T. Floore Country Store became closely associated with Nelson and his musical career. Nelson has even paid tribute to Floore in his single "Shotgun Willie" in which he mentions Floore by name. Reportedly, parts of the 1994 film "8 Seconds" were filmed in the store. John T. Floore Country Store The John T. Floore Country Store (known colloquially as Floore's Country Store, or just Floore's) is a music venue and dance