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Sanger–Harris of Dallas, Texas, was the result of the 1961 merger of then four-unit Sanger Brothers Dry Goods Company of Dallas, founded in 1868 by the five Sanger brothers [1] and acquired by Federated Department Stores in 1951; and the two-unit A. Harris and Company of Dallas, founded in 1887 and acquired by Federated in 1961.
In 2014, Garden Ridge converted all stores to the At Home brand and floorplan. [7] The rebranding project changed the use of orange color for advertising to a soft grey and blue, and added a house symbol for the "o" in At Home. [8] The rebranding cost around $20 million. [8] At Home publicly filed an S-1 on September 4, 2015, to go public. [9]
The Sanger Harris department store building was the downtown store of the Sanger Harris department store chain (now part of Macy's). [3] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . It is currently the El Centro College at Dallas College .
The Container Store was founded in Dallas by Garrett Boone and John Mullen. With the backing of their families, they inaugurated the first The Container Store on July 1, 1978. The store introduced a new retailing category: home storage and organization. [2] [3] Kip Tindell and his wife joined the founding team the next year.
Storage system heights are not limited by the reach height of the order picker, as the picker rides along on the platform as it is moved vertically or horizontally to the various storage locations. Shelves or storage cabinets can be stacked as high as floor loading, weight capacity, throughput requirements, and/or ceiling heights will permit.
The company, first known as Trinity Steel, was founded by C. J. Bender in Dallas in 1933. W. Ray Wallace, an engineering graduate of Louisiana Tech, worked for Dallas's Austin Bridge Company in 1944 before joining the company in 1946 as its seventeenth employee. At the time Trinity Steel manufactured butane tanks in a Dallas County mule barn.
B&F System, Inc. (BNFUSA) is a wholesaler and drop ship supplier established in the Dallas, Texas area and founded in 1950. The company imports directly from affiliated factories. [ 1 ] In addition to selling to independent retailers, B&F also sells to certain Fortune 500 companies and some of the nation's largest retailers.
For a list of companies based within Dallas city limits, go to List of companies in Dallas. The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is home to over 20 corporate headquarters, making the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex one of the largest corporate headquarters concentration in the United States.