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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]
The mall, formerly known as the Harrisburg East Mall, opened in 1969, initially with Wanamaker's, and Gimbels as anchors, with JCPenney opening later. [1] During construction a natural limestone cave known variously as Big Pit, Paxtang or Crystal Paradise Cave known for its anthodite and speleothem formations was uncovered.
Wanamaker's became Hecht's in 1995 and was later converted to Strawbridge's. Prior to The Rouse Company's purchase of the center in December 1997, Lord & Taylor had committed to opening a store at the mall. Nordstrom also considered opening a location in South Jersey but they did not commit to the mall's expansion plans. The Strawbridge's store ...
Strawbridge died not long after the sale. "He was the store, and the store was him," said his attorney Peter Hearn to the Philadelphia Daily News . [ 6 ] Store employees and the public-at-large felt a sense of loss as well: many employees rushed to pay off their credit card accounts in full before the sale was finalized, "hoping that the ...
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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.
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