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Originally formed in 1960 by John Tebb (piano and vocals) and Howard Newcomb (guitar), they added Don Fortune (drums) and Zenon Kowalski (bass), and became The Casuals in 1961. After turning professional, they moved to Italy and recorded a number of covers of well-known UK material. [ 2 ]
The store's name was chosen, in part, to reflect a more casual shopping experience than was typical of the era. [1] Throughout the 1950s. each store displayed the following poem near its front door: [1] Come in and browse and tarry and chat. Casual Corner is meant just for that. Come in and leisurely look awhile. And find here what’s good and ...
There were 527 John's Bargain Stores in the Northeast and in Puerto Rico at its zenith in the mid-1960s. [2] Between 1961 and 1965 the chain earned $1,000,000 per year or more in profits each year. However, in 1966 they ran a $523,947 (~$3.76 million in 2023) loss. Shoplifting was a problem, among others. John's had an average 32% markup on its ...
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Gus Mayer Stores Inc. is a Birmingham, Alabama, based, family-owned department store.The two-store chain is owned by the Pizitz Management Group. It has locations at The Summit in the Greater Birmingham area and The Mall at Green Hills in Nashville, both of which are known as high-end retail centers.
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A pizza delivery driver in Birmingham, Alabama, was fatally shot while making a stop on New Year's night, police said. Birmingham police received a call around 9 p.m. on Tuesday after receiving ...
Peebles was founded in 1891 by William Smith Peebles, who opened his first store in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Peebles mainly concentrated on small towns that didn’t have department stores, thus avoiding bigger cities and higher rents. In 1981 the company acquired The Collins Company, a line of mid-priced, comparable stores.