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Appropriate for the pun in its name, County Seat specialized in blue jeans and other casual wear. In 1977, the chain grew to 183 stores, and also began to sell sports clothing. [2] In 1983, it was sold to the Carson Pirie Scott department store chain of Chicago, who bought County Seat for $71 million (~$183 million in 2023). [3]
County Seat – founded in 1973, the denim-focused mall retailer expanded in the 1980s to nearly 500 stores. It filed for bankruptcy in 1996 and shuttered stores, and another bankruptcy in 1999 put the company out of business. [55] Cygnet Shops – women's fashion store that closed in 1975
County Seat. If you were looking for affordable jeans in the '70s, chances are you stopped into a County Seat store to score a deal on a pair of Levi’s. While half of the products at the store ...
These were sold in 1988, as was the County Seat clothing chain. In 1989, Carson Pirie Scott & Co. was acquired by P.A. Bergner & Co. (founded in Peoria), who operated the Bergner's , Charles V. Weise, Myers Brothers and Boston Store chains.
From B. Dalton Bookseller to the County Seat, here are some of our favorite mall stores that live on only in our memories (or online). Mall Gone: Sam Goody, K-B Toys, and Other Mall Stores We Miss ...
There have been several theories of how the town received its name
In 1791, with the expansion of Sussex County to the south and west, the county seat was moved to Georgetown. [6] The county seat of St. Jones (renamed Kent County in 1681 [6]) is at Dover. [6] After 2000, a fourth "Appoquinimink County" was proposed to be carved out of New Castle County. The effort intended to end the zoning restrictions of the ...
County Seat County Named for Fairfield: Freestone: Unknown. Falfurrias: Brooks: La Mota de Falfurrias, the grove of trees where Edward Lasater established a ranch Farwell: Parmer: John V. Farwell, a Chicago merchant and a principal in the Capitol Syndicate, which built the present Texas State Capitol and owned the gigantic XIT Ranch ...