Hobby Lobby

== History ==
In 1972, [[David Green (entrepreneur)|David Green]] opened the first Hobby Lobby store in northwest [[Oklahoma City]].  Green left his supervisor position with [[variety store]] [[TG&Y]] to open a second Hobby Lobby in Oklahoma City in 1975. He opened an additional store in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] the next year. Hobby Lobby grew to seven stores by mid-1982, and the first store outside Oklahoma opened in 1984. When Green expanded the scope of the business to include [[furniture]] and [[Luxury goods|high-end]] [[Cookware and bakeware|cookware]] during the early 1980s, it led to losses as the economy slowed. He returned to an arts and crafts emphasis and by late-1992, the chain had grown to 50 locations in seven [[U.S. state]]s.<ref name="1991-one">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19921227&id=370fAAAAIBAJ&pg=4737,8058159 |title=Hobby Lobby will open 42,000 square feet store|work =Southeast Missourian}}</ref>

As a [[Christian]]-owned company, Hobby Lobby incorporates [[Conservatism in the United States|American conservative]] values and [[Christian media]].<ref name="Reynolds 2015">{{cite web | last=Reynolds | first=Matt | title=How Christian Institutions Can Stay Christian Amid Secular Pressure | website=ChristianityToday.com | date=September 29, 2015 | url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/october/christian-institutions-can-stay-christian-outside-pressure-.html | access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Mayer 2021">{{cite web | last=Mayer | first=Marissa | title='Sharing the Lord's Blessings': The Reason Hobby Lobby Is Raising Its Minimum Wage to $18.50 | website=Pure Flix Insider | date=December 16, 2021 | url=http://insider.pureflix.com/news/hobby-lobby-raises-minimum-wage-shares-blessings | access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> David Green, the son of a preacher,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Solomon|first=Brian|date=October 8, 2012|title=Meet David Green: Hobby Lobby's Biblical Billionaire|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2012/09/18/david-green-the-biblical-billionaire-backing-the-evangelical-movement/#7f0e80755807|journal=Forbes}}</ref> declares on the Hobby Lobby web site, "Honoring the Lord in all we do by operating the company in a manner consistent with Biblical principles."<ref name="ourstory">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbylobby.com/about-us/our-story|title=Hobby Lobby: Our Story|date=2020|website=Hobby Lobby|access-date=April 11, 2020}}</ref> Similar to [[Chick-fil-A]], all stores are closed on Sundays to "allow employees time for family and worship," according to signs posted on the front doors of their retail stores.<ref name="Tampa">{{cite news |last1=Thurston |first1=Susan |title=Hobby Lobby's religious convictions aren't for sale |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/retail/hobby-lobbys-religious-convictions-arent-for-sale/2160568/ |access-date=15 December 2021 |publisher=Tampa Bay Times |date=20 January 2014 |ref=Tampa}}</ref>

Hobby Lobby announced on September 14, 2020, that the company's full-time minimum hourly wage would be raised to $17 effective October 1, 2020, increased from the $15 minimum wage established in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ky3.com/2020/09/14/hobby-lobby-to-raise-companys-minimum-wage-in-october-for-full-time-workers/|title=Hobby Lobby to raise company's minimum wage in October for full-time workers|author=Travis Leder|date=September 14, 2020|access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref> It continued that trend by raising the minimum full-time hourly wage to $18.50, effective Jan. 1, 2022, while increasing its part-time minimum hourly wage by 18% to $13. Hobby Lobby says it has raised its minimum wage twelve times over the thirteen years through 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tyko |first1=Kelly |title=Hobby Lobby raises minimum wage to $18.50 an hour for full-time workers starting Jan. 1 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2021/12/14/hobby-lobby-minimum-wage-increase/8897355002/ |access-date=15 December 2021 |date=14 December 2021}}</ref>