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F. C. Nash & Co. – Nash's (Pasadena), at one time had 5 stores in downtown locations in neighboring small cities during the 1950s and 1960s, founded in 1889 as a grocery store, became a department store in 1921, branch stores were unable to compete with larger chains opening in malls built in the late 1960s and early 1970s and had to be ...
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.
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. [13] 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.
But perhaps people are even more nostalgic for its sister store Filene’s Basement, where shoppers could go through bins of discount clothing. Filene’s was acquired by the owner of Macy’s in ...
During 2006, all Marshall Field's stores, most Filene's and all the stores of nine other May-owned chains were renamed Macy's, the conversion officially occurred on September 9, 2006. [16] Many Chicagoans resented the New York City brand replacing their local brand. [ 17 ]
From Wednesday through Sunday (March 10-14) Filene's Basement is having its annual Spring Designer Event, which is when it sells designer clothes at 30-80% off retail. ... Filene's has locations ...
When I first heard about the Filene's Basement bridal sale as a college This post is part of our series on such 'don't miss' sales. Deals worth the wait: Filene's Basement's Running of the Brides
In 1978, Venture Stores purchased 23 Turn Style locations in the Chicago area from Jewel food stores, and expanded to over 40 locations in the Chicago market area, with many city locations. [2] It was the largest discount chain in Chicago with inner-city locations other than Zayre / Ames .