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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.
Bailey Brothers (Cleveland, Ohio) Later Bailey's Department Store, closed 1968. [369] [370] B.R. Baker, Toledo [371] Buckeye Mart (Columbus, Ohio) owned by Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.; Columbus stores closed in the mid-1970s; Remaining Ohio stores along with Tempo stores in Michigan were sold to Fisher's Big Wheel Stores and renamed Fisher's Buckeye Tempo.
The company was established as the Rike-Kumler company in downtown Dayton, Ohio in 1853. They would remain independent until 1959 when they joined the Federated Department Stores company, at which time the company owned the then 650,000 sq ft downtown store, a 280,000 sq ft service building, two warehouses, and the Miami Hotel. [6]
As part of the settlement with Campeau, Macy's purchased Bullock's, Bullock's Wilshire and I. Magnin, subsequently beginning a reorganization of its divisions and consolidating the I. Magnin and Bullock's Wilshire stores into a semi-autonomous division under Macy's California. The seven Bullock's Wilshire stores were renamed I. Magnin in 1989.
An F. W. Woolworth Company store closed at the mall in mid-1997. [5] The Lazarus store became Lazarus- Macy's in 2003, then dropped the Lazarus name in 2005. In January 2013, Old Navy moved from its existing store to a space previously occupied by New York & Company , with The Shoe Department Encore replacing Old Navy's former store. [ 6 ]
The company lists 102 Ohio locations on its website and currently operates more than 1,350 stores in the U.S., down from 1,425 in early 2023. Big Lots files for bankruptcy protection
Nonetheless, in April 1988, Federated gave in and agreed to a $6.6 billion takeover by Campeau. It was the largest merger in corporate history, barring the oil sector. Macy's paid Campeau $1.1 billion to acquire the 20-store Bullock's/Bullocks Wilshire and the 25-store specialty apparel chain I. Magnin. [11]
The mall opened in 1974 with anchor stores Sears and Kaufmann's. [3] The Kaufmann's store was the first in the chain to be located in a shopping mall. Goodman Company, a real estate company owned by Murray H. Goodman, built the mall. A 1975 expansion added 25 more stores and a third anchor department store, Ashtabula, Ohio-based Carlisle's. [4]