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Bradlees sold various retail items in its stores, including clothing, jewelry, health care, beauty products, footwear, furniture, electronics, housewares, and bedding. At its peak in the 1990s, Bradlees operated over 105 stores in seven states across the Northeast, with close to 10,000 employees.
Bradlees closed all stores in 2001. ... The chain grew to 31 stores and closed in 2017. P.S. Did you know The Providence Journal office is located where the first Benny’s store was?
In 1978, Britt's and J. M. Fields closed and were replaced by Hess's and Jefferson Ward (the discount store arm of Montgomery Ward), respectively. [6] Jefferson Ward later became Bradlees in 1985. After Bradlees closed in 2001, it was subdivided between Ross Dress for Less and Dick's Sporting Goods.
Ames. Bradlees was part of the Stop 'n Shop Companies which was a grocery chain also based in Mass. While there were Bradlees discount stores in the mid Atlantic region, with a buying office on Broadway in the garment center district in NYC; the grocery stores were only in the New England area.
Toys R Us was added next to Macy’s in the 80s but moved to a new location in 1991. The new location is down a street close to the original. The mall's former Bradlees store was then replaced with a new Filene's store in 2002 (became second Macy's in 2006). Ownership of the mall has changed hands several times over the past decade.
The Bradlee-Quinn Years (1979—2017) ... Whatever her contractors couldn't restore, they replaced with similar of-the-time pieces so the house looks as close as possible to the way it did in its ...
Zayre was one of only a few stores to remain open 24 hours a day during the weeks preceding Christmas each year. By the end of the 1960s, Zayre Corp. diversified into specialty retailing. Among Zayre's early acquisitions was the Hit or Miss chain, an off-price chain specializing in upscale women's clothing.
Bradlees' closing was completed in November, 1996. [37] Montgomery Wards closed its store at the end of 1997. [37] [38] By early 1998, after Wards' closing, the mall was only 50% occupied. [39] The movie theatres, operated at that point by Loew's Theatres and having seven screens, closed in July, 1999. [40]