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Bella Cabakoff was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and moved to Columbus, Ohio as a toddler. [4] At 21, she became the youngest buyer for the Lazarus department store chain. In 1951, after spending over 20 years with Lazarus, she and her husband Harry Wexner opened a women's clothing store named Leslie's (after their son) on State Street.
Lazarus developed or was an early adopter of many shopping innovations such as "one low price" (no bargaining necessary, earlier implemented by the John Wanamaker Store [3]), first department store escalators in the country, first air-conditioned store in the country, and Fred Lazarus Jr. successfully lobbied President Franklin Roosevelt to ...
Blockbuster Video – sold to Dish Network in 2011; [126] all company-owned stores were closed January 12, 2014, but 1 franchise store remains open in Bend, Oregon. [127] Bookstop; Borders Books – filed for bankruptcy in 2011; [128] some locations purchased by Books-A-Million; borders.com website acquired by Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Value City Department Stores was an American department store chain with 113 locations. It was founded in 1917 by Ephraim Schottenstein, a travelling salesman in central Ohio. The store was an off-price retailer that sold clothing, jewelry, and home goods below the manufacturer suggested retail price. The chain focused on buyout and closeout ...
The Book Loft of German Village is an independent bookstore in the German Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.Opened in 1977 and described by the Columbus Business First as "iconic" and a "tourist destination", [1] the store has also been called "a national treasure" by The New York Times. [2]
The Amazon.com founder is currently the third richest man in the world, with an estimated net worth of $197.6 billion, according to Forbes. Bezos announced his move to Miami from Seattle in ...
Constructa-Neff Vertriebs-GmbH (former Neff GmbH, stylized as NEFF in its logo) is a German manufacturer of high-end kitchen appliances headquartered in Munich, Germany.The company was founded by Carl Andreas Neff in 1877 and has been a wholly owned subsidiary of BSH Hausgeräte GmbH since 1982.
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