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Arthur Argo (1935–1981) was a Scottish traditional folk musician, promoter and collector [1] and the great grandson of Gavin Greig. Argo came from a family with a rich traditional song heritage. Argo worked alongside Hamish Henderson collecting field recordings from the North East of Scotland [ 2 ] and beyond.
The 1960s brought us The Beatles, Bob Dylan, beehive hairstyles, the civil rights movement, ATMs, audio cassettes, the Flintstones, and some of the most iconic fashion ever. It was a time of ...
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F. C. Nash & Co. – Nash's (Pasadena), at one time had 5 stores in downtown locations in neighboring small cities during the 1950s and 1960s, founded in 1889 as a grocery store, became a department store in 1921, branch stores were unable to compete with larger chains opening in malls built in the late 1960s and early 1970s and had to be ...
Gamble-Skogmo Inc. was an American conglomerate of retail chains and other businesses that was headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.Business operated or franchised by Gamble-Skogmo included Gambles hardware and auto supply stores, Woman's World and Mode O'Day clothing stores, J.M. McDonald department stores, Leath Furniture stores, Tempo and Buckeye Mart Discount Stores, Howard's ...
In 1937 Arthur B. Baer (1895–1970), the only son of Julius Baer (1861–1940), became president. At one point, Stix's largest shareholders were Arthur B. Baer, Sidney Baer and Leo C. Fuller, who were also the senior officers of the company. However, they hired a series of more experienced retailers to run the business as general managers.
The company continued to grow, purchasing grocery firm City Stores, who had recently opened the 58,000 sq. foot Shoppers Paradise hypermarket in Bedworth. [69] [70] Fine Fare announced that they would be the third UK retailer to withdraw from the full price records market in 1973, [71] and that they planned to open 8 new superstores. [72]