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Aldens was founded by Benjamin J. Rosenthal [1] in 1889 in Chicago under the name Chicago Mail Order and Millinery Company and was incorporated on December 15, 1902. [2] The company primarily sold fashion apparel and accessories for women and men via its catalog. [2] In 1906, the name was changed to Chicago Mail Order Company. [2]
Whenever I feel like treating myself, I head straight to Amazon’s style section. Recently, I took it upon myself to sift through the site’s 10,000 cold-weather pieces — all under $50. It was ...
Chas A. Stevens was a Chicago department store. It started in 1886 as a catalog business and eventually grew to 29 locations in the Chicago metropolitan area. [1] In 1988 the chain filed for bankruptcy and liquidated. Its flagship State Street store was the hub of fashion during the 1940s, 50s and 60s in Chicago. It featured six floors of ...
MainStreet was a department store chain based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The chain was launched in November 1983 by Federated Department Stores (now known as Macy's, Inc.). [1] Throughout the 1980s, the chain expanded to twenty-nine stores in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Minnesota.
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By 1910, the company employed close to 2,000 men and women at shops in and around Chicago. [1] In 1912, Louis became vice-president of the company. [4] In 1920, Albert Kuppenheimer retired from the company. He died in California in 1931 at the age of 64 although his residence in Chicago was the Drake Hotel. [5]
The company grossed $19 million (~$226 million in 2023) in 1946. [4] Also that year, the company name was officially changed to Henry C. Lytton & Co. to commemorate Lytton's 100th birthday. Lytton remained president until his death in 1949 at age 102.
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