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The Vermont Country Store, Inc. is an American catalog, retail, and e-commerce business based in Vermont. The company was established in 1946 and is operated by the Orton family. The company was established in 1946 and is operated by the Orton family.
In October 2017, Country Curtains shareholders voted to liquidate the company, and its retail stores, catalog and internet operations ceased operations at year end. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In February 2018, The Vermont Country Store purchased Country Curtains’ designs.
The Leader (1888 - 1918 at least), D.K. Moses opened in 1888 and in 1904 when it reopened after a fire it was two stories in height with a basement store and covered 22,000 square feet. Whereupon, it was described as “one of the most complete department stores to be found in the north country.” In 1918 the store employed 23 female clerks. [210]
The Ortons launched the original Vermont Country Store catalog business in Fall 1945. [1] The couple opened the Vermont Country Store in 1946. [1] The store was a replica of an original store that Vrest Orton's father had owned and operated in North Calais, Vermont. [1] Mildred Orton co-ran the business until her retirement in 1978. [1]
In 1946, he bought a former country inn and co-founded the Vermont Country Store with his wife on the property. [2] This store serves as both a specialty store and a repository for historical documents and objects related to Vermont. [10] He expressed conservative political views. [2] He died on December 2, 1986, in Springfield Hospital. [11]
Starting with a "country-looking" pig Ann Clark had drawn, they found companies to make the products and took them to a wholesale show in Philadelphia. The cookie cutters were the star of the show.
Vermont's oldest professional theatre, the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, was founded in 1935. The Vermont Country Store, a catalogue, retail, and e-commerce business, was established here in 1946 by Vrest and Ellen Orton. [6]
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