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Filene's (/ f aɪ ˈ l iː n z /, originally William Filene & Sons Co.) was an American department store chain; it was founded by William Filene in 1881. The success of the original full-line store in Boston, Massachusetts , was supplemented by the foundation of its off-price sister store Filene's Basement in 1908.
Filene's in an early 20th-century postcard. The building was completed in 1912 as a new flagship location for William Filene and Sons' department store, better known as Filene's. By 1929 Filene's expanded the flagship building, converting the whole block around Washington, Summer, Hawley and Franklin streets into one department store. [2]
Rollman's (Cincinnati) Downtown store location—N.W. corner of 5th and Vine Streets—was taken over by Mabley & Carew after primary and branch Rollman's stores were liquidated in the early 1960s [402] Rudin's (Mount Vernon), sold to Uhlman's in 1979 [403] John Shillito Company (Cincinnati), division of Federated Department Stores.
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Filene's Basement, the Boston-based discount chain that claims to be the very place where bargains are born, is on its deathbed. Vendors, who have been stiffed for months, have threatened to push ...
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The economic crisis took its toll on the chain, and owner Retail Ventures, Inc announced on January 20, 2009 its plans to close 11 of the chain's 36 stores. [10] The store closures did not help, and on April 22, 2009, Retail Ventures, Inc. announced that it had sold the remaining 25 Filene's Basement stores to the Buxbaum Group, a company that specializes in liquidations.
This story was updated on 9/2/11 at 1:40 pm Be on the look out for going-out-of-business sales at a Filene's Basement near you. The Massachusetts-based discount retailer announced Wednesday ...