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  2. Chess King - Wikipedia

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    Merry Go Round Enterprises (MGRE) Chess King was an American men's clothing retailer created by the Melville Corporation . From its founding in 1968, it grew to over 500 locations by the mid-1980s, before an eventual decline, sale, and closure of the chain in 1995.

  3. Merry-Go-Round (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    Merry-Go-Round was an American clothing retail chain owned by Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Inc., that thrived from the 1970s through the early 1990s. The chain fell into bankruptcy during the mid-1990s, and eventually ceased operation in 1996. [ 3 ]

  4. List of defunct retailers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Working Stiff: My Mall Job at Chess King - AOL

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    Southridge was a typical early 1970s shopping experience: one of the new mega malls with dozens of stores on two levels and thousands of parking spaces surrounding the massive enclosed structure.

  6. Leonard "Boogie" Weinglass - Wikipedia

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    In 1987, Merry-Go-Round was ranked 34th on Forbes list of the 200 best companies in America, with a five-year average return on equity of 29.1 percent. In 1988, Merry-Go-Round made its first foray into the Manhattan market, opening a 3,500-square-foot store in the East Village.

  7. Palace Playland - Wikipedia

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    In the 1900s, Palace Playland's startup decade, the then-small amusement park centered on a roller skating rink and adjacent merry-go-round. Simple summer refreshments were served, such as lemonade and salt water taffy. In the 1950s, Palace Playland was operated by future banker and philanthropist Bernard Osher, a Maine native.

  8. Jantzen Beach Carousel - Wikipedia

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    The Jantzen Beach Carousel, also known as the C. W. Parker Four-Row Park Carousel, [2] is a carousel formerly installed at Portland, ...

  9. Charles I. D. Looff - Wikipedia

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    He purchased property at The Pike, an amusement area on Long Beach's waterfront, and built a magnificent merry-go-round there. The family lived in an apartment above the ride. Son, Arthur, also operated Lite-a-Line, a type of redemption game at the Pike that is still in operation today at 2500 Long Beach Boulevard in Long Beach. It was ...