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This is a list of department stores of the United States currently operating. ... 239 stores, (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland ...
Lazarus developed or was an early adopter of many shopping innovations such as "one low price" (no bargaining necessary, earlier implemented by the John Wanamaker Store [3]), first department store escalators in the country, first air-conditioned store in the country, and Fred Lazarus Jr. successfully lobbied President Franklin Roosevelt to ...
Parisian Inc. (/ p ə ˈ r iː ʒ ə n /, pə-REE-zhən [1] [2]) was an American chain of upmarket department stores founded and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.Competing mainly through the 1980s against Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Gus Mayer, Parisian underwent a series of restructurings and mergers during its 130-year history, and was taken over by Proffitt’s, Inc. in 1996.
Carrión is a chain of department stores in Central America. The chain is owned by Grupo Roble , itself part of Grupo Poma. It originated in La Ceiba, Honduras in 1970 [1] where it opened under the name Bazar Carrión. It opened in Costa Rica in 2000, in Honduras in 2003, in Nicaragua in 2004, and in Guatemala in 2005. [2]
In 1909, the company moved to the current Lazarus Building, and moved from being predominantly a men's clothing store to a general department store. It was the first building in the city to feature an escalator, in 1909. The model was soon removed, but modern electric escalators were installed in 1947, another first for the city. [3]
The first G.E.M. (Government Employees Mutual) store was opened in June 1956 in Denver by Ronald D. Evans, the former general manager of the G.E.T. (Government Employees Together) store in San Francisco. [2] The second GEM store was opened in Kansas City in July 1957 [3] followed by the third GEM store that was opened in Honolulu a few days ...
Kaufmann's was a department store that originated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The store was owned in the early 20th century by Edgar J. Kaufmann, patron of the famous Fallingwater house. In the post-war years, the store became a regional chain in the eastern United States, and was last owned by Federated Department Stores. At the height of its ...
In 2007, Federated Department Stores became Macy's Group Inc. and rebranded all of the Lazarus stores, including the Kingsdale location, as Macy's. [ 32 ] Although the 2001 deal fell through, Continental Real Estate, developers of Lennox Town Center and parts of Easton and the Arena District , [ 13 ] purchased Kingsdale in late 2009. [ 33 ]