H-E-B: Here Everything’s Better
September 27, 2020 “Here, Everything’s Better,” might be a catchy slogan, but it really stands for Howard Edward Butt. But, it wasn’t Butt who founded H-E-B, it was his mother, … Read more
Bonefish Grill
September 21, 2020 Tim Curci and Chris Parker of Petersburg, Florida, love fishing. They love catching fish, cooking it and serving it to friends and family. In January 2000 they … Read more
Harbor Freight Tools: Quality is our Obsession
September 14, 2020 Headquartered in Calabasas, California, Harbor Freight Tools is a discount tool and equipment retailer. In a small building in North Hollywood, California, way back in 1977, Eric Smidt and … Read more
maurices
September 6, 2020 “First with more of everything new in fashion.“ When E. Maurice Labovitz opened his first women’s clothing store in 1931, he was determined to make it work. … Read more
U.S. retailers closing in 2020
August 30, 2020 Let’s face it, we’re living in a very different world than we were just a few years ago. Online shopping has made it easy for shoppers to … Read more
Closing doors in 2020
August 23, 2020 Businesses Closing in 2020 in CanadaDue to COVID 19 Online shopping has had a huge impact on brick-and-mortar stores. Now, add a global pandemic to that and … Read more
Stein Mart
August 16, 2020 Stein Mart is a U.S. discount department store chain based in Jacksonville, Florida. In 1908, Russian Jewish immigrant Sam Stein opened his first Stein Mart Greenville, Mississippi. Following Sam’s death in 1932, … Read more
Carter’s: with you from the start
August 9, 2020 If it’s for babies or kids, Carter’s has it. In 1865, William Carter founded the William Carter Company, a retail clothing store for babies and kids, in … Read more
Famous Footwear: make today famous
August 2, 2020 Famous Footwear is a chain of retail shoe stores in the United States. It is currently a division of the St. Louis-based Caleres, with 913 U.S. store locations. In 1960, 29-year-old Neil Moldenhauer … Read more
Aéropostale: fashion destination for teens
July 26, 2020 Aéropostale provides “now” fashions for teens, aged 14 to 17. In 1982, in Thousand Oaks, California, Macy’s department store began offering fashions for teens under the private … Read more