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Payless ShoeSource Worldwide, LLC [3] (formerly known as Payless ShoeSource Inc.), is an American multinational discount footwear chain. Established in 1956 by cousins Louis and Shaol Pozez, Payless was a privately held company owned by Blum Capital , and Golden Gate Capital .
800-JR Cigar, Inc., more commonly known as JR Cigar or JRCigars.com, is one of the largest wholesalers and retailers of cigars, cigar related products and pipe tobacco in the United States.
Payless Car Rental, an automobile rental company; Payless DIY, a chain of do-it-yourself stores in Britain, merged in 1990 into rival chain Do It All, which later merged into Focus DIY; Pay Less DIY, a chain of do-it-yourself stores in Ireland, renamed to become Woodie's DIY; Payless (footwear retailer), an international discount footwear retailer
It carries tobacco products including cigars [4] and pipes as well as international magazines and newspapers. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The business stocks 200 types of tobacco. [ 8 ]
Prince Albert is one of the more popular independent brands of pipe tobacco in the United States; in the 1930s, it was the "second largest money-maker" for Reynolds. [3] More recently, it has also become available in the form of pipe-tobacco cigars. (A 1960s experiment with filtered cigarettes was deemed a failure. [4])
In 1856, John Middleton opened a tobacco store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Later, his family added more stores and a mail order business. [1] In 1950, the company began making its own pipe tobacco, and by 1959 sold its stores and concentrated on making and selling tobacco. [2] In 1960, John Middleton Co. moved to King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
The company was founded by H. J. Contos in 1947 in Anderson, Indiana. [1] In 1960, a second store was opened in Lafayette, Indiana. [1] Contos died in 1961, and the company was taken over by his son, Larry D. Contos. [1]
A tobacco pipe, often called simply a pipe, is a device specifically made to smoke tobacco. It comprises a chamber (the bowl ) for the tobacco from which a thin hollow stem (shank) emerges, ending in a mouthpiece. [ 1 ]