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Edward Wren Co. (Springfield), also was known as Wren's, sold to Allied Stores in 1952, merged with & rebranded as William H. Block Co. (Indianapolis) in 1984, closed 1987 [421] [422] [423] Zayre was a chain of discount stores that operated in the eastern half of the United States from 1956 to 1990, later sold to Ames (store)
Springfield Mall is a 589,000-square-foot (54,700 m 2) regional shopping mall located approximately 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Philadelphia in Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is located just off Interstate 476 (the "Blue Route") along Baltimore Pike , near its busy intersection with Pennsylvania Route 320 .
By 1988, Wal-Mart was the most profitable retailer in the United States, [7] though it did not outsell K-Mart and Sears in terms of value of items purchased until late 1990 or early 1991. By 1988, Walmart was operating in 27 states, having expanded into Arizona, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Wyoming.
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The majority of the district's buildings were constructed during Springfield's population boom in the 1860s and its subsequent growth in the latter half of the 19th century. These buildings included hotels, drug stores, groceries, clothing stores, and dry goods stores; some of the stores built in this period are still in operation.
The largest shareholder of Walmart is the Walton family, who owns more than half of all Walmart shares. The second largest shareholder in Walmart is the Vanguard Group, who holds around 5% of ...
By 1990, the chain had grown to 89 Channel outlets in nine states, [3] [9] but in early 1991, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and announced a plan to close 34 of 86 stores, mostly in the Baltimore-Washington and New England markets. [9]
Springfield is located in eastern Delaware County at (39.926961, -75.335231 According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 6.34 square miles (16.42 km 2), of which 6.32 square miles (16.37 km 2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km 2), or 0.28%, is water. [1]