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The Fair The Fair Savings Bank Department Store, later abbreviated to the Fair Store (1888 - 1965) Escanaba, Lansing, Flint opened its doors in 1888 and operated on Ludington Avenue. Allowed their clerks to unionize, even as their competitors resisted. [210] Federal's Detroit, discount department store, closed in 1980. Numerous locations ...
F.A.O. Schwarz – sold to Toys 'R Us after bankruptcy in 2009; all stores closed except original NYC flagship store, which closed in 2015. [178] The chain was bought out by ThreeSixty group and opened two new locations in Rockefeller Center, and LaGuardia airport, with plans to open up to 30 more in the future.
A grocery store chain that flourished throughout Indiana and Ohio, eventually opening dozens of stores, Marsh Supermarkets filed for bankruptcy in 2017. Founded in 1931, it lasted for 88 years ...
The craft store world got a little smaller in November 2019, when A.C. Moore's parent company announced it would close the chain's 145 stores, mainly found on the East Coast. Major competitor ...
The original anchor store was local department store Gilchrist's, [1] which was expanded in 1984-85 and substantially renovated between 2000 and 2003. The Gilchrist's store was then replaced by Jordan Marsh in 1977 (became the first Macy's in 1996) while Sears was later added to the mall in 1999. Toys R Us was added next to Macy’s in the 80s ...
Wanamaker's, Montgomery Ward, Barneys, and Marshall Field's. The palaces of retail legend once beckoned shoppers with their merchandise, restaurants, and holiday spectacles. Here's a nostalgic ...
In downtown Scranton, PA the major downtown department stores were the Globe (went out of business in about 1994) and Openheim's (went out of business in the 1970's). The Globe Store was actually integrated into the Steamtown Mall. It was one of the three anchor stores (Boscov's and Montgomery Ward were the other two anchors).
The department stores went out and other specialty stores left. By 2000, the Omni mall closed, although the hotel and the memories remain. Dadeland shopping center in October 1962.