Bloomingdale’s: a store like no other!
January 17, 2021 Bloomingdale’s Inc. is an American luxury department store chain that was founded by brothers, Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale in 1861. It became a division of the Cincinnati-based … Read more
Moe’s Southwest Grill: Welcome to Moe’s
January 10, 2021 The name, Moe, is an acronym for “Musicians, Outlaws and Entertainers.” The music and artwork at Moe’s Southwest Grill restaurants are a throwback to its name. Moe’s Southwest Grill, referred to … Read more
Longhorn Steakhouse: You Can’t Fake Steak
January 3, 2021 In 1981 George McKerrow, Jr. founded the Longhorn Steakhouse in Atlanta, Georgia. The first location, originally called LongHorn Steaks Restaurant & Saloon, opened on Peachtree Street … Read more
Goodbye 2020, Hello New Year!
December 27, 2020 Here we are, right in the middle of the holiday season and who ever thought the whole world would be in lockdown? Usually, at this time of … Read more
Lane Bryant: A Body for Every Body
Let’s start at the beginning…Lena Himmelstein was an orphan, raised by her grandparents in Lithuania. In 1895, with the country still under rule of the Russian Empire, she immigrated to New … Read more
Sleep Country Canada: why buy a mattress anywhere else?
Sleep Country Canada operates retail stores in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. The first four Sleep Country locations were launched in Vancouver in 1994 by partners, Christine Magee, Stephen K. Gunn and Gordon … Read more
Petco: Where the healthy pets go.
Petco, is an American pet retailer in the United States, that sells pet products and services, as well as certain types of live animals. Petco has 1,468 retail stores in the United States. … Read more
Chick-fil-A” “Eat Mor Chikin”
Chick-fil-A is one of the largest American fast food restaurant chains and the largest whose specialty is chicken sandwiches. There are 2667 Chick-fil-A restaurant locations in the United States. Seventy-four years ago, in 1946 … Read more
The Keg Steakhouse and Bar Canada
November 22, 2020 The Keg was created by Vancouver entrepreneur George Tidball in 1971. Mr. Tidball’s first restaurant location was in the lower level of an old industrial building in … Read more
Hudson’s Bay Compay: Paying homage to two of the oldest retailers in the United States and Canada: Part Two–Hudson’s Bay Company.
November 15, 2020 In Part One of this two-part series, we took a deep dive into the history of Brooks Brothers, the oldest store in the United States. In Part … Read more