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Merry-Go-Round. Merry-Go-Round was a national clothing retail chain owned by Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Inc., that thrived from the 1970s through the early 1990s. The chain fell into bankruptcy during the mid-1990s, and eventually ceased operation in 1996. [3] It was famous for its ability to profit from short-lived fashion fads [1] and also ...
Together with business partner Harold Goldsmith, who died in a private airplane crash in Aspen, CO in 1991, Weinglass built Merry-Go-Round into an international publicly traded retailer with over $1 billion in annual sales, 1,500 stores and 15,000 employees. In 1987 Merry-Go-Round was ranked 34th on Forbes list of the 200 best companies in ...
Fate. Bankruptcy. Headquarters. United States. Parent. Merry Go Round Enterprises (MGRE) Chess King was a United States men's clothing retailer created by the Melville Corporation. From its founding in 1968, it grew to over 500 locations by the mid-1980s, before an eventual decline, sale, and closure of the chain in 1995.
History. Glen Echo Park carousel, Montgomery County, Maryland. Glen Echo Park carousel building. Its founder, Gustav Dentzel, had immigrated to the United States in 1860, from Germany. Having carved carousels for his father before immigrating he opened a cabinet making shop on Germantown Ave. in Philadelphia. He soon tired of the cabinet making ...
R. H. Macy was a merchant by trade who descended from one of the seven founding families of Nantucket. Legend has it the iconic red star store logo was borrowed from a tattoo on his arm — a ...
Two Guys is a former discount store chain founded in 1946 by brothers Herbert and Sidney Hubschman in Harrison, New Jersey, originally selling major appliances such as televisions. The chain acquired the manufacturers of the Vornado appliance brand in 1959, and spread beyond the New York City metropolitan area to more than 100 locations in ...
L. S. Ayres and Company was a department store based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and founded in 1872 by Lyman S. Ayres.Over the years its Indianapolis flagship store, which opened in 1905 and was later enlarged, became known for its women's fashions, the Tea Room, holiday events and displays, and the basement budget store.
1915. Defunct. 1970. Fate. Merged with Chance Rides. Area served. Worldwide. The Allan Herschell Company was a company that specialized in the creation of amusement rides, particularly carousels and roller coasters. The company manufactured portable machines that could be used by traveling carnival operators.