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Timeline of former nameplates merging into Macy's. Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company with many stores ...
In 1981 Roper Pump Co. reorganized to Roper Industries. [6] In 1982, Roper moved his appliance production factory (originally Florence Stove Company) from 2207 W Station, Kankakee, IL to a plant in LaFayette, Georgia. The Kankakee factory was razed in 2016. [7] In 1988, Electrolux purchased Roper's lawn and garden products division.
Roper, previously named the Florence-Wehrle Company among other names, was founded in 1883, with it location in Newark, Ohio.The company, once the largest stove producer in the world was purchased by Sears and was later known for its lawn mowers sold by Sears for many years.
Turtle's Records & Tapes – Atlanta, Georgia based chain with most stores located in Georgia and Florida; acquired by Blockbuster in 1993 and converted [150] Virgin Megastores – all Megastores in the United States were closed in 2009 [157] and the remaining airport stores closed a few years later
Atlanta is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Montmorency County. [5] The community had a population of 720 at the 2020 census, [2] down from 827 in 2010. Atlanta has been nicknamed the "Elk Capital of Michigan". [6] Atlanta is home to the annual Sno*Drift rally racing ...
Gibson appliance advertisement, 1948. Gibson was founded by Joshua Hall in Belding, Michigan , in 1877 as the Belding-Hall Company selling cabinets that housed blocks of ice ( ice-boxes ). The area around Belding, Michigan, had a skilled workforce of Danish craftsmen and a good supply of hardwoods including ash .
Roper Technologies, American industrial company; Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing; USS Roper (DD-147), an American navy ship; Roper, a style of cowboy boot with a short heel and round toe; Ropers, mascots of the Will Rogers High School; Roper, a Whirlpool Corporation brand of household appliances; Roper (band), an American Christian pop ...
James Arthur Williams (December 11, 1930 – January 14, 1990) was an American antiques dealer and a historic preservationist based in Savannah, Georgia.He played an active role in the preservation of the Savannah Historic District for over 35 years.