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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: Top 5 Dead Department Store Chains |
| Date | Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:34:51 -0500 |
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At 02:50 AM 2/10/2003 -0600, Billy G. Spradlin wrote:
>Another chain I forgot to mention was Howards. Gibsons is still around here
>and there. They still have a big store in Lawton Oklahoma. Dont remember
>Newberrys - were they mainly an east coast based chain?
Newberrys was/is owned by McCrorys, the same chain that owns Kress,
McLellans, Ben Franklin and (as of 1986) TG&Y. Their MO is to buy failing
variety store chains, turn their merchandise mix into something maybe half
a step above a dollar store and then run them into the ground through
corporate incompetence until they're forced to close.
Stewart, whose dad worked for TG&Y and is still bitter about how they
ruined a great chain
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