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The first Chess King branch opened in the Dedham Mall in Dedham, Massachusetts (just outside Boston), in March 1968. [2] In 1970, The New York Times described the store's concept as "teen-male apparel dress shops whose stores are highly identifiable, with bold coloring and designs aimed at appealing to the 12-to-20 male market."
Chess King – sold to Merry-Go-Round in 1993; liquidated along with that chain in 1995; Christopher & Banks – bankrupted in 2021 from financial loss, because of the COVID-19 pandemic; County Seat – founded in 1973, the denim-focused mall retailer expanded in the 1980s to nearly 500 stores. It filed for bankruptcy in 1996 and shuttered ...
Chess King (sold to Merry-Go-Round in 1993; defunct as of 1995) Chess King Garage; Foxmoor (sold in 1985; [5] purchased by Edison Brothers Stores in 1990; [6] closed in Edison Brothers liquidation in 1999) Free Fall; Putnam Stores; Melville executives in 1971
By the 1980s, Melville was still the largest footwear retailer in the US. The company had diversified to add such chains as Chess King, Foxmoor and CVS Pharmacy. It began to phase out six of its seven footwear factories in 1983, and in 1985 it closed 72 Thom McAn outlets. In 1988, it purchased the athletic shoe chain FootAction. [1]
In May 1993, it purchased the Chess King clothing chain from the Melville Corporation. [4] It filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1994 and began liquidation sales by February 1996. [ 5 ] At its end, the company operated just over 500 locations, [ 3 ] primarily in enclosed malls .
Michael Yezukevich, a chess instructor, is trying to find a Quincy location to host a chess club. Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. "People don’t understand how many competitive chess players there are all ...
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The book World Cup Chess by Kavalek gives a complete account of the 1988-1989 series. The Chess World Cup was a FIDE event in 1982, a GMA event in 1988-89, then again in 1991-92 (but abandoned), returned to being a FIDE event in 2000 and this is where our article Chess World Cup picks up the trail. Articles should perhaps be retitled to reflect ...