Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Silverwoods. Silverwoods, originally promoted as F. B. Silverwood, after its founder, was a men's clothing store chain founded in Los Angeles in 1894 by Francis Bernard (F.B. "Daddy") Silverwood, a Canadian-American originally from near Lindsay, Ontario. He was a colorful character covered in the newspapers, a "songster" composer of popular ...
Bullocks Wilshire, located at 3050 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, is a 230,000-square-foot (21,000 m 2) Art Deco building. The building opened in September 1929 as a luxury department store for owner John G. Bullock (owner of the more mainstream Bullock's in Downtown Los Angeles). [ 2 ] Bullocks Wilshire was also the name of the ...
Harris & Frank flagship store at 635-9 S. Hill St. in Downtown Los Angeles, opened in 1925. Harris & Frank was a clothing retailer and major chain in the history of retail in Southern California, which at its peak had around 40 stores across Southern California and in neighboring states and regions. Its history dates back to a clothing store ...
In October of that year, the Los Angeles Times reported that Victoria's Secret was stealing market share from department stores; [32] in 1986, Victoria's Secret was the only national chain devoted to lingerie. [33] The New York Times reported that Victoria's Secret swiftly expanded to 100 stores by 1986.
Coulter's was founded by B. F. Coulter, a minister and entrepreneur from Kentucky, who joined the partnership Coulter & Harper in 1875, selling hardware, homeware and appliances, as well as underwear, at Eighth and Spring streets, moving to 110 Main Street in 1878. On October 22, 1878, [ 1] Coulter opened his own store in the Downey Block at ...
From 1952 to 1992 May opened stores across suburban Los Angeles and Southern California (see table below). May Company-Lakewood opened at Lakewood Center on February 18, 1952, the four-level, 346,700-square-foot (32,210 m 2 ) [ 49 ] May Company-Lakewood was the largest suburban department store in the world.
Federated Department Stores (1994-1995) Bullock's was a chain of full-line department stores from 1907 through 1995, headquartered in Los Angeles, growing to operate across California, Arizona and Nevada. Bullock's also operated as many as seven more upscale Bullocks Wilshire specialty department stores across Southern California.
Under Sandow’s ownership, a 2,000-square-foot Fred Segal store opened in the renovated Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport in 2013. [6] In September 2017, Fred Segal opened their flagship store on the corner of Sunset and La Cienega in West Hollywood , California.