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In 1973, its 102nd year in business, it purchased a small discount store chain, the Miami-based Jefferson Stores, renaming these locations Jefferson Ward. [17] Mobil , flush with cash from the recent rise in oil prices and looking to diversify, bought a controlling share of MARCOR in 1974, only to acquire the company outright in 1976.
G.E.M. G. E. M. Membership Department Stores was a chain of discount stores, in the US and Canada. Their first location opened in Denver in 1956. GEM offered something different: membership. The qualifications included government-, religious- and school employees, members of the armed forces, and employees of companies that did “substantial ...
Gold Triangle (discount store chain for electronics, appliances, home building supply, sporting goods, photography, housewares) Founded in 1970 - closed in 1981, 6 Florida locations - 3 Miami, Plantation, Tampa and Orlando. Goldwater's; Goldsmith's Merged into Rich's in mid-1980s. (Macy's in 2005) Hecht's (Macy's in 2006) Castner Knott (Hecht's ...
Kmart (/ ˈ k eɪ m ɑːr t / KAY-mart), formerly legally registered as Kmart Corporation, now operated by Transformco, is a department store chain, and an online retailer in the United States and operates six remaining Kmart big-box department stores — 3 in the US Virgin Islands [5] [6] [7] and one each in Kendale Lakes, Florida (Miami postal address); [4] Bridgehampton, New York; [8] and ...
The Government Center Metrorail station is located inside the building, giving it easy access to public transit. It is located in western downtown, on North First Street between West First and West Second Avenue. The building was completed in 1985. It is named after the former Mayor of Miami-Dade County and Mayor of Miami, Stephen P. Clark ...
Read the fine print before you pick a rental company, and make sure they take your discount off the base rate for maximum savings. Ages 50 and older. Hertz — 20% off base rate. Sixt — 5% ...
FedMart was a chain of discount department stores started by Sol Price, who later founded Price Club. Originally a discount department store open to government employees paying a $2 per family membership fee, FedMart earned four times more than its investors had projected in its first year. Over the next 20 years, FedMart grew to include 45 ...
Dollar General Corporation is an American chain of discount stores headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. As of January 8, 2024, Dollar General operated 19,643 stores [1] [2] in the contiguous United States and Mexico. [5] [10] [11]