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In 1919, J.W. Longaberger began an apprenticeship with The Dresden Basket Factory. After the company failed during the Great Depression, [7] Longaberger continued to make baskets on the weekends. Eventually, he and his wife Bonnie Jean (Gist) Longaberger raised enough money to purchase the closed basket factory and start a business of their own ...
Merry-Go-Round – Merry-Go-Round had more than 500 locations during its heyday in the 1980s. It went bankrupt in 1995. [65] Mervyn's – a California-based regional department store founded in 1949. Mervyn's ill-fated expansion out of West Coast markets in the months before a recession sent the company into bankruptcy in 2008. [66] [67]
Dave W. Longaberger (1934–1999) was an American businessman who founded the now-defunct Longaberger Company, which made handcrafted maple wood baskets and accessories and became notable in the Newark, Ohio area for the "Big Basket Building" that became the company headquarters in 1997. [1]
Checked Out. Countless grocery store chains have come and gone over the years, many that were household names at one point in time. With competition from upstarts, razor thin profit margins, and ...
1. Pup 'N' Taco. The dreaded, “What sounds good to eat?” wasn’t such a back-and-forth debate when Pup ‘N’ Taco was around. The fast-food joint offered hot dogs, tacos, burgers, and ...
Zanesville residents Curt and Dee Luburgh courted the owners of the Longaberger Homestead in Frazeysburg for three years before they finally got a yes to take over the full 37 acres.“The last ...
The merged company was renamed Vornado, Inc. On January 31, 1962, the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VNO. At its peak, there were more than 100 Two Guys locations nationwide, including Upstate New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California, Maryland, and Virginia. [6]
On April 17, 2018, The Bon-Ton announced plans to go out of business after being purchased by two liquidators. [73] Borders, which included its namesake chain, along with Waldenbooks, filed for bankruptcy and closed all of its stores in 2011. [74] Brooks Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2020. [75]