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Eight of the fifteen stores are located in Seattle (in the Fremont, Green Lake, Columbia City, View Ridge, West Seattle, Ballard and Central District neighborhoods). The West Seattle location reopened on October 2, 2019. [4] The other seven are located in Issaquah, Kirkland, Burien, Bothell, Redmond, Edmonds and Bellevue.
The company was founded by Bill Ellison in 1954 at a former movie theater in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. [8] [9] By 1970, the chain had six thrift stores in the states of California, Oregon, and Washington under various names, including Value Village and Thrift Village.
A Deseret Industries store in Federal Way, Washington. This location was relocated to a new building in Puyallup. DI was established in August 1938 by church president Heber J. Grant toward the end of the Great Depression. [3] The goal was to collect donated goods, employ people to collect and repair items, and sell items through thrift stores.
At the same time, Ernst announced the cancellation of plans for 13 new stores and the closure of nine stores. [21] On July 12, 1996, Ernst filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced the closure of 25 stores. [22] [23] The filing came after Ernst reported a loss of nearly $116 million in the company's past three quarters. [22]
In 2016, an investigation by the Omaha World-Herald found that executives managing its local Goodwill stores received salaries of up to $400,000 with its CEO, Frank McGree, also collecting a 2014 bonus of $519,000—while over 100 of his store workers were paid less than minimum wage. The investigation found that 14 executives (including the ...
This is a list of large or well-known interstate or international companies headquartered in the Seattle metropolitan area.. As of December 2021, the Seattle metropolitan area is home to ten Fortune 500 companies: Internet retailer Amazon (#2), Costco Wholesale (#12), Microsoft (#15), coffee chain Starbucks (#125), Paccar (#159), clothing merchant Nordstrom (#289), Weyerhaeuser (#387 ...
Issaquah (/ ˈ ɪ s ə k w ɑː / ISS-ə-kwah) is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 40,051 at the 2020 census . [ 5 ] Located in a valley and bisected by Interstate 90 , the city is bordered by the Sammamish Plateau to the north and the " Issaquah Alps " to the south.
Pages in category "Defunct department stores based in Washington State" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .