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Starting in 1972 ADG borrowed the Robinson's name to open a separate division of department stores, Robinson's of Florida, on Florida's Gulf Coast and Orlando, based in St. Petersburg, Florida. It had been founded in the 1970s as an attempt by ADG to emulate its upscale J. W. Robinson's' stores on the fast-growing Florida Gulf Coast. This newly ...
Robinsons Department Stores Online Pte Ltd (formerly known as Robinsons & Co. Pte Ltd) is an online retail company based in Singapore. The company owned Robinsons department stores in Singapore and Malaysia, which closed in 2021. It also operated the largest department store in the Middle East at the Dubai Festival City before its closure in ...
Robinsons, former department store chain owned by Robinson & Co. in Singapore and Malaysia; Robinson Department Store, department store based in Thailand; Robinson Department Store, also known as Robinson's, a former Japanese department store; J. W. Robinson's, a chain of department stores that operated in Southern California and Arizona
The area become the location for well-known retail stores in the 19th century. John Little , Singapore's oldest department store , was established on 30 August 1842 on Commercial Square. [ 7 ] Robinsons , another of the early department stores, was first established on Raffles Place in 1858 as a "family warehouse".
The second basement to Level 3 would be for food and beverage outlets and shops, and Levels 4 to 6 would be an extension of the former Robinsons. The renovation works were completed in December 2006, and there is now a Gap store on Level 2 and an Esprit store on Level 3. There was a shopping mall decentralisation strategy over the years.
On 21 November 1972, a fire broke out at a Robinson & Co. department store in Raffles Place, Singapore. The fire killed nine people and is regarded as one of the worst fires in Singapore's history. A subsequent investigation revealed the cause of the fire was a short circuit.
Orchard Road, often known colloquially as simply Orchard, is a major 2.5 km (1.6 mi)-long road in the Central Area of Singapore. [4] A famous tourist attraction, it is an upscale shopping area, with numerous internationally renowned department stores, shopping malls, restaurants, and coffeehouses located in its vicinity. [4]
Robinsons Malls is one of the largest shopping malls and retail operators in the Philippines. [1] It was incorporated on September 9, 1997, by entrepreneur John Gokongwei Jr. to develop, conduct, operate and maintain the Robinsons commercial shopping centers and all related businesses, such as the lease of commercial spaces within the compound ...