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A $500,000 (~$7.05 million in 2023) expansion of the store occurred in 1924, adding 70,000 square feet (6,500 m 2) to the original location. In 1932, the store expanded northward with the purchase of the Hudson's store at 410 Main Street. From the 1940s until its closing, the store was known locally for its elaborate Victorian Christmas windows.
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.
"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 ...
The Southern Family Markets banner was created in 2005 when C&S acquired 104 stores from BI-LO, which operated stores under the BI-LO, Bruno's Supermarkets, Food World, FoodMax and Food Fair brand names. [18] Eight of these locations in the Knoxville, Tennessee, market were sold to K-Va-T Food Stores before ever converting to the Southern ...
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.
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.
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 ]
Four years later, the store adopted the new self-service supermarket model recently pioneered by Piggly Wiggly. A second store opened later in 1914, several stores opened a year later and by 1917, the chain had 15 stores. Initially the stores sold only grocery items but soon after added meats, produce, milk, dairy, and some frozen foods.