Buckle, Inc
A denim-focused fashion retailer, Buckle runs shopping-mall stores across the US selling jeans, shirts, and accessories, including its own BKE brand alongside national labels. It began in 1948 as a men's clothing shop called Mills Clothing in Kearney, Nebraska, founded by David Hirschfeld; after buying a second store in 1967 named Brass Buckle, the business grew into a denim specialty and later took the name The Buckle. A fun quirk: the company's name comes straight from that original Brass Buckle store.