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1800s-The store was founded in 1865 in Brooklyn, New York, as Wechsler & Abraham by Joseph Wechsler and Abraham Abraham.In 1893, the Straus family (including Isidor Straus and Nathan Straus), who acquired a general partnership with Macy's department stores in 1888, bought out Joseph Wechsler's interest in Wechsler & Abraham and changed the store's name to Abraham & Straus.
The Eastern Hills Mall location opened in 1972, Lockport Mall store in 1974, and Olean Center Mall in 1976. A store opened in 1979, as part of an expansion to the Summit Park Mall. After the closure of the local Hens & Kelly chain in 1982, AM&A's moved into its former location at Northtown Plaza. The McKinley Mall Location opened in 1985. All ...
"Hills is, the low cost living, anti-inflation department store." "We're a different kind of department store- you oughta be shopping Hills! (Check us out!)" "We're a different kind of discount store, and the proof is in the price!" "Hills Department Stores - Famous for Low Prices Everyday" "Hills has the hits - LPs or Cassettes" (TV commercial ...
Gimbels Building in Milwaukee. The company was founded by a young Bavarian Jewish immigrant, Adam Gimbel, who opened a general store in Vincennes, Indiana. [2] [3] After a brief stay in Danville, Illinois, Gimbel relocated in 1887 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, [2] which was then a boomtown heavily populated by German immigrants.
By that time, his father, then 65, had built Academy into a $350 million retail chain and was ready to turn control of the business over to his 30-year-old son. David Gochman initially served as vice-president of store operations and general counsel, but in the following year he succeeded his father as Academy's chairman, president, and CEO. [6]
Ahold also began building a few stores under the Edwards Super Food Stores banner in New York and New Jersey. Ahold also acquired 26 independent Mayfair Foodtown stores in that area, converting them to Edwards. In 1998 and 1999, several Super Stop & Shop stores were built in the Poughkeepsie area. A newer Stop & Shop in Saugus, Massachusetts.
The May Department Stores Company was an American department store holding company, formerly headquartered in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. [1] It was founded in Leadville , Colorado, by David May in 1877, moving to St. Louis in 1905. [ 2 ]
Rent-A-Center is an American public furniture and electronics rent-to-own company based in Plano, Texas. [3] The company was incorporated in 1986 and as of 2014 operates approximately 2,972 company-owned stores in the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico, accounting for approximately 35% of the rent-to-own market in the United States based on store count.