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On December 5, 2000, after several dramatically unprofitable years, it announced that 67 stores would be converted to a home decorating superstore chain, House2Home, and the remainder closed. House2Home would fare no better, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on November 7, 2001, and ceasing operations by early 2002 after 19 years of service.
Builders Emporium was a chain of home improvement stores based in Irvine, California, United States.At the time of its closing in 1993, it had 82 stores in Southern California and an additional 15 in Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas; 4,300 employees in total.
Argos was launched with thousands of staff, taking £1 million during a week in November. [10] Argos was purchased by BAT Industries in 1979 for £32 million. In 1980, Argos opened its Elizabeth Duke jewellery counter (named after a director's wife) and by 1982, was the United Kingdom's fourth-biggest jewellery retailer.
Federated Group was started by Wilfred Schwartz in 1970 when he bought a 25,000-square-foot warehouse in Los Angeles from an electronics company and turned part of it into a retail store. [4] In 1976, Federated Group closed two stores and built a 20,000-square-foot "superstore" in Westminster, California. [5]
In 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit awarded Albertsons an injunction against Grocery Outlet over its use of the Lucky brand name in a Rocklin, California, store. [20] In 2009, the company added "Bargain Market" to its store branding. In 2011, Grocery Outlet acquired the Pennsylvania-based chain Amelia's Grocery ...
Handy Dan Home Improvement was an American home improvement store founded by Amnon Barness, an Israeli immigrant. It went out of business in May, 1989. [1] By 1972, the company operated 30 stores in California, Texas, Arizona and Oklahoma. It made an initial offering in November, which led to Daylin, Inc. owning 81% of Handy Dan. [2]
Nectar received the IDEA award from BusinessWeek for devices it designed for Belkin International in 2002 and 2007. [2] [3] It again received an award from IDEA in 2012 for developing Pure Rain, a brand for oxygenating watering systems with a nano bubble generator, for Bluemark Industries. In 2019, Nectar became an ISO 13485:2016 certified ...
Ontario Mills is a shopping and outlet mall located in Ontario, California, within the Los Angeles metropolitan area. [2] With 28 million annual visitors, [3] [4] it is one of the top shopping and tourist destinations in California. It is one of three Mills landmarks in California that are now managed by Simon Property Group since April 2007 ...