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The chain operated over 2,000 stores worldwide. Stores included lunch counters and fountain service as well as full department stores. It also operated Jupiter stores which were a smaller-scale version of Kresge's and located in downmarket or declining commercial districts (the equivalent of a "dollar store" division of Kresge's). Jupiter ...
In May 1985, Service Merchandise acquired the H. J. Wilson Co. for approximately $200 million. Raymond Zimmerman, the CEO, was attracted to Wilson's stores to gain a stronger foothold in the Sun Belt states. [3] [4] Several of these Wilson's locations included an off-priced apparel department of about 15,000 square feet (1,400 m 2).
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.
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 ...
Car insurance in America now costs a stunning $2,329 ... Kohl's will still have more than 1,150 locations. The department store chain is focusing on shuttering locations that have been struggling ...
Articles about department stores in the United States whose nameplates are no longer active, i.e., the company was merged or dissolved and its brand retired. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
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.
Ellman's was a major catalog merchant. [1] It was located in suburban locations of Georgia and North Carolina, mainly Atlanta and Charlotte.Directly competing with Service Merchandise, Ellman's was ultimately bought out by Service Merchandise in 1985 and all stores were converted to Service Merchandise.