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The remaining Kress stores were sold to McCrory Stores on January 1, 1981. Most continued to operate under the Kress name until McCrory Stores went out of business in 2001. Tiendas Kress , the subsidiary chain in Puerto Rico , survived the parent company until its remaining locations closed in 2022.
Samuel Henry Kress (July 23, 1863 – September 22, 1955) was a businessman, philanthropist, and founder of the S. H. Kress & Co. five and ten cent store chain. With his fortune, Kress amassed one of the most significant collections of Italian Renaissance and European artwork assembled in the 20th century.
Samuel H. Kress, a businessman, founder of the organizations in this section; S. H. Kress & Co., a former chain of "five and dime" stores in the United States Tiendas Kress, the still-operating Puerto Rico subsidiary selling women's clothing
Christmas shoppers filled the S.S. Kresge Store in downtown Lexington on Dec. 9, 1948. S.S. Kresge, a Detroit, Mich., company, brought their 5 and 10 cent stores to Lexington in 1912.
The Kress logo was still faintly painted on the wall by the back entrance in the alley. "Merchandise was unloaded from trucks in the alley into the elevator in the store through a horizontal shaft ...
Originating with Isaac and Rachel Kratzenstein, it became the Kratze Bros. Department Store in 1912. Bought by the Boston Store Company, which was established by Charles Netcher and local businessmen in 1921. In the deal, the building and stock came to $125,000-$150,000, which was “one of the biggest mercantile deals in the history of Escanaba.
S. H. Kress and Co. Building (Daytona Beach, Florida) Kress Building, Asheville, North Carolina. This is a List of S. H. Kress and Co. buildings that are notable. This includes buildings named Kress Building or variations. Historic S. H. Kress & Co. structures include: S. H. Kress and Co. Building (Augusta, Georgia)
He renamed the store Kresge-Newark, expanded it, and started branch stores. The new department store company was completely independent from the S.S. Kresge discount department store company. [ 1 ] By 1924, Kresge was worth approximately $375,000,000 ($3.83 billion in 2009 dollars [ 2 ] ) and owned real estate of the approximate value of ...