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The Hobart Corporation is an American mid-market provider of commercial grocery and foodservice equipment. The company manufactures food preparation machines for cutting, slicing and mixing , cooking equipment, refrigeration units, warewashing and waste disposal systems , and weighing , wrapping, and labeling systems and products.
In 1917, Hobart stand mixers became standard equipment on all U.S. Navy ships, prompting development to begin on the first home models. [1] A modern KitchenAid stand mixer. The first machine with the KitchenAid name is the ten-quart C-10 model, introduced in 1918 and built at Hobart's Troy Metal Products subsidiary in Springfield, Ohio. [2]
Tape World – a store concept created by Trans World Entertainment in 1979 but later replaced by its f.y.e. store concept [155] Tower Records – founded in 1960 in Sacramento, California ; all retail stores were liquidated in 2006 [ 156 ] and the name was purchased for use as an online-only retailer
Charles Davis was a department store company established in Hobart, Tasmania in 1847 [1] and is one of Australia's oldest companies. [2] It had several businesses across the surrounding states in industries such as manufacturing, boating including yachts and races [3] and hardware and electrical equipment.
Sun Television and Appliances was a speciality retailer of consumer electronics, home appliances, and office equipment founded in 1949 by brothers Macy and Herbie Block. The company had stores in cities throughout the midwest, and also operated stores in rural areas of the United States, where there was no other competition [1] in Ohio, Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia ...
Lazarus developed or was an early adopter of many shopping innovations such as "one low price" (no bargaining necessary, earlier implemented by the John Wanamaker Store [3]), first department store escalators in the country, first air-conditioned store in the country, and Fred Lazarus Jr. successfully lobbied President Franklin Roosevelt to ...
Birchalls was founded in 1844 by Samuel Tegg, as the Launceston outlet for his Hobart book store. Blake, Huxtable and Duthie purchased it from Samuel Tegg, and in 1863 J. Walch & Sons became the owners. Andrew Birchall became manager and in 1867 became a business partner.
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. was an American retail company that sold home appliances, lawn & garden equipment, apparel, mattresses, sporting goods, and tools. [3] [4] The company had four subsidiary store formats: Sears Hometown, Sears Outlet, Sears Hardware and Appliance, and Sears Home Appliance Showrooms. [5]