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Service Merchandise was a retail chain of catalog showrooms carrying jewelry, toys, sporting goods and electronics. The company, which first began in 1934 as a five-and-dime store , was in existence for 68 years before ceasing operations in 2002.
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 ...
Ellman's – acquired by Service Merchandise in 1985 [39] [40] H. J. Wilson Co. – Southern states, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; acquired by Service Merchandise in 1986 [39] [40] K's Merchandise Mart – liquidated in 2006; Luria's – originally L. Luria & Son, was a chain of catalog showroom stores in Florida, from 1961 to 1997.
Retail store closures in America just hit the highest level since the pandemic — and are expected to rise to about 15,000 in 2025. ... Kohl's will still have more than 1,150 locations. The ...
Another group of about 460 locations were listed for sale by Gordon Brothers last month on the sale site. That list was updated recently with more than 200 more Big Lots locations, with the leases ...
Research published by global retail analyst IHL Group in 2019 suggests that the so-called retail apocalypse narrative was an exaggeration, with "more chains that are expanding their number of stores than closing stores.” [7] That year, retailers in the United States announced 9,302 store closings, a 59% jump from 2018, and the highest number ...
On February 27, 2024, Macy's announced that it would be shuttering 150 locations by 2026, roughly 30% of its total store amount, to focus on small-format stores and an expansion of both Bloomingdale's and Bluemercury. 50 locations were initially set to close in 2024 alone, and the iconic flagship location in San Francisco's Union Square was ...
Saunders’ stats show that department stores have fallen from 14.1% of US retail sales in 1993 to just 9.8% ten years later, to 5.7% in 2013, and to only 2.6% last year.