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G. Sommers & Co. was an American wholesale catalog retailer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] The above may be inaccurate, since one of their main offices was at 6th and Wacouta Streets in St. Paul, Minnesota according to a paper weight the company gave out with a picture of the store on it.
After leaving the wholesale business, they opened Service Merchandise, Inc., the first of what evolved into a chain of catalog showrooms. It opened in 1960 at 309 Broadway in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. [1] Older logo mainly used in the 1970s–1985. During the 1970s and 1980s, Service Merchandise was a leading catalog-showroom retailer.
In 1982, the discount pioneer John Geisse founded The Wholesale Club of Indianapolis, which he sold to Sam's Club (a division of Walmart) in 1991. [2] In 1983, James (Jim) Sinegal and Jeffrey H. Brotman opened the first Costco warehouse in Seattle. [3] [4] Sinegal had started in wholesale distribution by working for Sol Price at FedMart. [5]
Tracksuits were associated with the youth culture of the time, particularly hippies and university students. [5] Tracksuits at the time were made out of cotton, polyester, terry cloth, or a mix. In the late 1970s velour became popular, so much so that it became the most used form of fabric on a tracksuit.
"Trade catalog" derives from the expression "to the trade," and the materials were originally produced by manufacturers and wholesalers for their salesmen to market to retailers. The Trade Literature Collection is internationally known as an extraordinary source for the history of American business, technology, marketing, consumption, and design.
Starter was founded in New Haven, Connecticut by David Beckerman, a University of New Haven alumnus, to manufacture team uniforms for high school athletic programs. [6]In 1976, the company entered into non-exclusive licensing agreements with a number of professional sports leagues, paying royalties of 8–10% for the right to manufacture and market copies of professional athletic apparel.