Department store has its headquarters. As of 2016, there were 95 El Corte Inglés department stores. Other competitors such as Simago and Galerías Preciados closed in the 1990s. However, El Corte Inglés faces major competition from French discount operators such as Carrefour and Auchan. In Sri Lanka there are few department stores. Most are based on Colombo, the country's capital. Notable department stores are Odel, the Food City chain by Cargills (Ceylon) PLC and the Arpico chain operated by David Pieris & Co. The largest department store chain in Sweden is Åhléns, which operates stores throughout the country. Its flagship Stockholm store,
Kevin A. Ohlson States Department of Justice. On September 15, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Ohlson to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, to the seat vacated by Judge Andrew S. Effron, who took senior status on September 30, 2011. This is an Article I Judicial appointment with a term of fifteen years. His nomination received a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. His nomination was returned to the President on January 3, 2013, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate. President Obama renominated him on March 21,