Retail Designs, Inc. was founded on January 6, 1975, by John Mitchell in Brentwood, TN, a suburb of Nashville, TN. Mitchell, a native of Asheville, NC, attended Carson Newman College and graduated from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN.
Mitchell worked for McKesson Drug Company as a student. Then, he joined McKesson’s “modernization” department full-time after he graduated from optometry school. Next, Mitchell left McKesson to manage 13 Wilson Quick Drug stores in Nashville, TN. Finally, he decided to put his pharmacy design and retail knowledge to work by creating his own company.
