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The first Globe Discount City opened in Houston in November 1960 by United Mercantile Inc. United had formed earlier in 1960 to operate the existing seven-store chain of Danburg's Department Stores which had existed since the 1930s and the forthcoming big-box Globe retail locations – the first three of which were each built with over 100,000 square feet of space. [2]
The history of shopping malls in Texas began with the oldest shopping center in the United States, Highland Park Village, which opened in 1931 in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. [1] The latter and Greater Houston area are both home to numerous regional shopping malls and shopping centers located in various areas of the city.
With 3 million square feet (280,000 m 2) of space that includes 2,400,838 square feet (223,045.1 m 2) of gross leasable area with 400 stores, the Galleria is the largest mall in Texas and tied as the second largest shopping mall in the United States.
The original anchor stores were Dillard's, Mervyns, and Sears. [4] In 1989, The Parks was expanded and Houston-based Foley's (now Macy's) was added as the fourth anchor store. [5] Five years later, JCPenney was added as the fifth anchor store. It expanded again in 2002 with a new wing featuring Galyan's (now Dick's Sporting Goods) and The Great ...
Herbert R. Gibson and his wife, Belva, opened Gibson Products Co., a wholesale novelty company, in 1936 in Abilene, Texas. [1] By the late 1950s, Gibson had decided to refocus on discounting, and he opened the first Gibson's Discount Center in Abilene in 1960. [2] The company grew mostly by franchising the store concept to others.
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In September 2013, one year after its launch, more than 6.2 million of the total 10.35 million British iPhone owners used Apple Maps. Google Maps had the second largest market share on British iPhones with over 1.8 million British iPhone users. [114] In 2024, Google Maps has approximately 1.8 billion users while Apple maps has 500 million users ...
Big R Stores was founded in 1964 in Watseka, Illinois as a farming supply store by Bill Crabtree and his wife, Pat Crabtree. [1] Their son-in-law, Jerry Gibbs, bought a majority share of the chain in 1976. In 2018, Gibbs sold the chain to Bill and Pat's son Joda Crabtree and business partner Matt Whebbe, who became the chief executive officer.