Bernice Bowles "Fitz" Fitz-Gibbon worked for what large department store that closed in 1987?
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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon Bernice Bowles "Fitz" Fitz-Gibbon (1894 – February 22, 1982) was an American advertising executive and a pioneer in retail advertising, working at Marshall Field's, Macy's, Gimbels and Wanamaker's. She was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame in 1982. She was named #62 on the 100 people of the 20th century by "Advertising Age". She was also honored by Retail Advertising Confederation and the Copywriters Club of New York.
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Gimbels Gimbel Brothers (Gimbels) was an American department store corporation from 1887 until 1987. Adam Gimbel opened the first store in Vincennes, Indiana that would later lead to his son Bernard opening the first store in the chain of Gimbels Department Stores in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.The company is known for creating the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade, the oldest parade in the country. Gimbels was also once the largest department store chain in the country. By the time it closed in 1987, Gimbels had 35 stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Connecticut.
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TJ Maxx TJ Maxx (often stylised as T•j•maxx) is an American department store chain, selling at prices generally lower than other major similar stores. It has more than 1,000 stores, making it one of the largest clothing retailers in the United States.
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Siegel-Cooper Company The Siegel-Cooper Company was a department store that opened in Chicago in 1887 and expanded into New York City in 1896. At the time of its opening, the New York store was the largest in the world.
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Bergner's Bergner's is an upscale midwestern department store established in 1889. The current flagship store is located in Peoria, Illinois at The Shoppes at Grande Prairie.
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Edwin Davis Company The Edwin Davis Company was a department store based in Kingston-upon-Hull that traded from around 1840 until 1978.
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Filene's Filene's was an American department store, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts; it operated throughout New England and in New York. It was owned by Federated Department Stores from 1929 until 1988, at which time it was acquired by The May Department Stores Company. In 2005, Federated Department Stores bought May Department Stores, which resulted in Federated reacquiring Filene's. In September 2006, Federated retired the Filene's brand and converted the majority of its stores to Macy's over the course of 2006-07.
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Lamonts Lamonts was a chain of department stores founded in Seattle, Washington. The chain was started in 1970 when Pay 'n Save renamed its suburban branches of Rhodes, a department store chain the company acquired in 1965. Lamonts remained a division of Pay 'n Save until 1985. During the 1990s, the chain filed for bankruptcy twice and closed several stores before being sold to Gottschalks in 2000. Gottschalks itself went into bankruptcy and liquidated in 2009.
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Macy's, Inc. Macy's, Inc., originally Federated Department Stores, Inc., is an American holding company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the owner of department store chains Macy's and Bloomingdale's, which specialize in the sales of clothing, footwear, accessories, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares; and Bluemercury, a chain of luxury beauty products stores and spas. As of 2016, the company operated approximately 888 stores in the United States, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Its namesake locations and related operations account for 90% of its revenue.
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Bretton's Bretton's was a high-end department store in Canada from 1985 to 1996.
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Macy's Macy's, originally R. H. Macy & Co., is a department store owned by Macy's, Inc. It is one of two divisions owned by the company, with the other being Bloomingdale's. s of 2016 , the Macy's division operates 728 department store locations in the continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam, including the Herald Square flagship location in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
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Geraldine Stutz Geraldine Stutz (August 5, 1924 – April 8, 2005) was an American retail groundbreaker. She was appointed president of Henri Bendel in 1957, serving for 29 years until stepping down in 1986.
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Dash's Designer Dash's Designer, more commonly called Dash's, was an off-price, high-end men's clothing store chain based in Washington, D.C., Georgetown, Maryland and Tysons Corner, Virginia.
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Meis (department store) Meis was a department store based in Terre Haute, Indiana. Existing from 1928 to 1989, the chain operated ten stores at its peak. It was sold to Elder-Beerman.
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Loeb's (department store) Loeb's is an American department store based in Meridian, Mississippi. It operates an online specialty store. Loeb's was founded in 1887 by Alex Loeb as Alex Loeb, Inc. Today, Loeb's legal name is "Loeb's, Inc." Loeb's is located on Front Street, Meridian.
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Harzfeld's Harzfeld's was a Kansas City, Missouri-based department store chain specializing in women's and children's high-end apparel.
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L. Strauss &amp; Co. L. Strauss & Co. was a distinctly upscale department store chain headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The store was founded in 1853 and declared bankruptcy 140 years later in 1993. The store originally was named the Eagle Clothing Company. Eagle Clothing became one of the city's retailing leaders and reportedly pioneered in the use of fixed prices for customers. In 1879, Leopold Strauss acquired the store and later changed the name to L. Strauss and Company.
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Raleigh Haberdasher Raleigh Haberdasher, more commonly called Raleigh's, was a high end, local men's and women's furnishings store based in Washington, D.C.
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Lechmere Lechmere ( ; sometimes described as Lechmere's) was a New England retail store that closed in 1997. It had 24 stores located throughout New England and New York, offering electronics and appliances.
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Pasadena Town Square Pasadena Town Square is a regional shopping mall located in Pasadena, Texas, southeast of Houston. When the mall opened in 1982, it originally featured Joske's, Foley's, and Palais Royal as its anchor stores. Even at the time the mall was unusual in the Houston area due to the fact that it was one of only a few malls in the Houston area which were not located near a highway. Joske's became Dillard's in 1987. Sears was added as the fourth anchor in 1997.
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Cox's Cox's was a department store in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With a four-story flagship store in the downtown business district of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Cox's had seven retail stores in shopping malls throughout the Pittsburgh area.
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Bayshore Town Center Bayshore Town Center (formerly called Bayshore Mall) is a shopping mall/mixed use complex including retail, restaurants, entertainment, office and residential in Glendale, Wisconsin. It is anchored by Barnes & Noble, Boston Store, and Kohl's. Originally an outdoor strip mall built in 1954, it was converted into an enclosed mall in 1974. By 1989, it held the last remaining location of local department store T. A. Chapman Co.