Though Kohl's election was done according to the Basic Law, some voices criticized the move as the FDP had fought its 1980 campaign on the side of the SPD and even placed Chancellor Schmidt on some of their campaign posters.

In 1986, more controversy was caused by an essay published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on 25 April 1986 entitled " Land Without A History " written by one of Kohl's advisors, the historian Michael Stürmer, in which Stürmer argued that West Germany lacked a history to be proud of, and called for effort on the part of the government, historians and the media to build national pride in German history.

Though Stürmer insisted that he was writing on behalf of himself and not in an official capacity as the Chancellor's advisor, many left-wing intellectuals claimed that Stürmer's essay also expressed Kohl's views.

A red-green coalition government led by Schröder replaced Kohl's government on 27 October 1998.

A grand coalition was formed under Lothar de Maizière, leader of the East German wing of Kohl's Christian Democratic Union, on a platform of speedy reunification.

The size and layout lives on in many Kohl's stores with the exception of having cash registers within each department ( Kohl's purchased many of the former Mervyn's locations ) The average store had 80-130 employees.

After German reunification on 3 October 1990, she became a member of the Bundestag and, as other leading members of the last GDR government, was also appointed to the Federal Minister for Special Affairs in Chancellor Helmut Kohl's cabinet.

The other variety of strip mall in the U. S. is usually anchored on one end by a big box retailer, such as Wal-Mart, Kohl's or Target, and by a large supermarket on the other.

An outlet of Kohl's now occupies the building that formerly housed the Major's outlet on Staten Island.

In 2009, Newsweek magazine cited Kohl's in their " Green Rankings " which examines 500 of the largest corporations on their environmental track record.

Kohl's writing had significant influence on other education writers and theorists including John Holt, Jonathan Kozol, Richard Farson, Ivan Illich, Paul Goodman, George Dennison, James Herndon, Charles E. Silberman, John Taylor Gatto, Neil Postman and others.

In 1994, the mall quickly hit a decline when both Hess's ( which folded ) and Kmart ( which moved to a location south of the mall on U. S. Route 9W ) left the mall within months of one another ( later this new K-mart location also went out of business and was to be replaced by a Kohl's department store ).

Former Dance Teacher, Ashley Blumenshine was allegedly caught by police having sex with a male 16 year-old student in the parking lot of a Kohl's at around 6: 00 p. m. on a school night.

Despite the increase in occupancy brought on by the opening of Kohl's, Forest Fair Mall was sold in 1995.

Just a few miles south of Kohl's and Target off of the Suncoast Parkway at County Line Road and Anderson Snow Road is a new plaza called The Shoppes of Avalon.

Midtowne Park is a new shopping center which opened in 2008 that features Kohl's, Dick's Sporting Goods, Staples, AT & T, Hardee's, and Ulta.

Since then, major retailers have opened in town, including Kmart, Kohl's, Target, Lowe's, and Sports Authority.

The mall is anchored by Shopko ( North end ), Kohl's ( East end ), and Younkers ( in the South end at the former Montgomery Ward location, this Younkers location opened a few months before the closing of their Port Plaza Mall store in downtown Green Bay ).

Kohl's design office opened in January 2007, located in the heart of New York's garment district.

In late 2010, Kohl's opened 40 new stores in the 2011 fiscal year.

Big-box stores such as Kohl's, Lowe's, Dress Barn, Gordmans, and a Wal-Mart SuperCenter have opened in the years following Coral Ridge's opening.

A large strip mall along Highway 1 at the former 12 < sup > th </ sup > Street Gate entrance to Fort Ord opened in late 2007, housing popular retail stores such as Target, R. E. I., Michaels, Old Navy, Kohl's, and Best Buy.

After A & P purchased the Kohl's Food Stores chain in Wisconsin, many of those stores were re-branded as Kohl's Food Emporium ; new stores were opened as such.

In February 2008, Kohl's announced that Panettiere would be their next Candie's spokesperson.

In addition, in 2008, Kohl's started to sell reusable shopping bags.

In 2008, Buchman announced that she would be discontinuing her higher priced line to design exclusively for Kohl's.

In 1986, BATUS sold the Kohl's department stores and two Marshall Field's divisions, The Crescent and Frederick & Nelson ; BATUS closed Gimbels the same year, with many locations being absorbed by sister division Marshall Field's, as well as Allied Stores ' Stern's and Pomeroy's divisions.

Kohl's entered mid-Atlantic markets in 1997 ( opening in many former locations of Clover, an offshoot of the Strawbridge's corporation brand department stores in the Philadelphia region ); Texas, Missouri and the Northeast in 1999 ( the latter market resulting from its purchase of many former Caldor locations ); Georgia and the Southeast in 2001 ; New England in 2002 ; California and the Southwest in 2003 ; and the Northwest in 2006.

" or " SWS " In the 1990s, Venture would employ two other slogans ; the first, tied to a companywide remodeling initiative aimed at making the stores more like Kohl's, was " See What's New For You !".

Currently, Cincinnati Mall is a two-story enclosed mall comprising less than 10 stores and services, as well as a food court and a movie theater ; anchor stores include Bass Pro Shops, Burlington Coat Factory, Danbarry Dollar Saver Cinemas, Kohl's, and Babies " R " Us.

Located at the intersection of Interstate 85 and Highway 280 ( Exit 58 ) in Opelika and home to more than 70 businesses, TigerTown's tenants include The Home Depot, Target, Best Buy, Starbucks Coffee, Olive Garden, Kroger, PETCO, Office Depot, Dick's Sporting Goods, World Market, Hobby Lobby, Kohl's, Bed Bath & Beyond, T. J. Maxx, Kroger, Old Navy, and more.

The Bullhead City area is home to the region's only Outlet Mall, Target, Ross, Kohl's, Bed, Bath and Beyond, PetSmart, Wakimoto Farmer's Market, Lake Mohave Scuba, Jo-Ann Stores, Staples, and Sam's Club.

The Whittwood Town Center ( formerly the Whittwood Mall ) anchored by JC Penney, Target, Sears, Vons, and Kohl's has made way for Red Robin and Black Angus.

The city is host to national retailers such as Starbucks, Target, Best Buy, Kohl's, Walmart, Lowe's, The Home Depot as well as homegrown business such as Navarro and Sedano's.

Fayetteville Towne Center Shopping Mall include Target Corporation | Target, Kohl's, Bonefish Grill, Carrabbas, Panera Bread, and many other stores and restaurants.

There is also a new development called the Monroe Marketplace which contains businesses such as Target, Kohl's, and Giant.

These include: Target, Kohl's, Barnes & Noble, HEB Grocery, Lowe's, Home Depot, Gold's Gym, Santikos Silverado 16 Movie Theater, T. J. Maxx and countless other stores and restaurants.

The Hawley Lane Mall located off Route 108, or Nichols Avenue, in the Nichols section of town, features Best Buy, Kohl's and Target.

An Internet service provider in 2003 brought suit against Best Buy, Kohl's, and Target Corporation, arguing that the take-down notice provisions of the DMCA are unconstitutional.

Many of its former store locations were purchased by Wal-Mart, although other locations became The Home Depot, Forman Mills, Shaw's Star Market, Target, Kohl's, Ocean State Job Lot, Bob's Stores, Marshalls, Dollar Tree, ShopRite, National Wholesale Liquidators, or Stop & Shop.

Until 2009, Mudd products could be found in the United States at Kohl's, JC Penney, Sears, Shoe Dept., Target, Famous Footwear, Bealls, Bon Ton, Carson Pirie Scott, and Stage.

It was rumored that the new retail stores to occupy New Roc would be Target and Kohl's.