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The Hecht's-Wanamaker's transition logo. Woodward & Lothrop collapsed in bankruptcy, filing for Chapter 11 on January 17, 1994, and with it the Wanamaker stores, which were sold to May Department Stores Company on June 21, 1995. Wanamaker's Inc. was formally dissolved, and operations were consolidated with May's Hecht's division in Arlington ...
Wanamaker was the first retailer to place a half-page newspaper ad (1874) and the first full-page ad (1879). [9] He initially wrote his own ad copy, but later hired the world's first full-time copywriter John Emory Powers. During Powers's tenure, Wanamaker's revenues doubled from $4 million to $8 million. [10]
John Wanamaker or Wanamaker's (Philadelphia and New York City flagship stores), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington, DC–based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company in 1995; merged with Federated Department Stores in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.) The Jones Store (Macy's in 2006) Jordan Marsh (Macy's ...
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John Wanamaker (1838–1922), American merchant, founder of Wanamaker's Department Store, considered by some to be the father of modern advertising; Madeleine Wanamaker (born 1995), American rower; Reuben Melville Wanamaker (1866–1924), American judge from Ohio Supreme; Rick Wanamaker (born 1948), American athlete and basketball player
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A city of Topeka building interior permit was issued to The HomeGoods chain of home furnishing stores at Wanamaker Square, 1900 S.W. Wanamaker Road.
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