Defunct Store Socks
Description: Damon Records was a United States record label. Victor "Vic" L. Damon started a recording business, Damon Transcription Laboratory in 1933 in Kansas City (Midland Building at 1221 Baltimore). He later moved the studio to 117 W. 14th Street and operated it, under the name Damon Recording Studios, until retirement in 1973. His assistant, Chuck Chapman, kept the studio running until 1975, then moved into the Cavern Sound facility in Independence, Missouri, for two more years operating as Cavern/Damon.
Description: The first County Seat store opened in Minneapolis in 1973 and was an offspring of the grocery store chain Super Valu Stores. County Seat grew to be one of the nation's largest mall-based specialty retailers of casual wear for teens and young adults with more than 630 jean stores in 46 states. Jeans and jean jackets account for more than 50 percent of the company's sales in 1993. Teens do their shopping in the malls, according to County Seat research, and the company expected its growth to continue with the growth of regional malls. The chain closed in 1999 following Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Description: Show everyone you're a preferred reader in this shirt. On March 4, 1933, Lawrence Hoyt opened a rental library in a leased space inside a Bridgeport, CT department store under the name Walden Book Company. By 1948 it had grown to over 250 locations in various department stores. In 1962, the company opened its first "Waldenbooks" store in the Northway Mall in Pittsburgh, PA. The 1970s were a time of extraordinary growth for Waldenbooks, with new stores opening around the country at the rate of one per week. Waldenbooks had opened its 500th store in 1978 and by 1981 it had become the first bookstore chain to have stores in every state. By the time the company was celebrating its 50th anniversary in 1983, Walden was operating 830 store...
Description: Remembering Buffums Department Store in Long Beach. California. Buffums, originally written as Buffums' with an apostrophe, was a chain of upscale department stores. Buffums had a large downtown store, and starting in the 1950s, slowly grew to be a small regional chain of 16 speciality department stores across Southern California. Over the years, the stores gained a reputation as the “Grand Dame” of department stores in the area. The stores’ interiors were known for large chandeliers and other upscale touches. The chain marketed itself as “Buffums Specialty Store,” in an attempt to differentiate itself from other local chains. Its most famous advertising line was “I’ve been to Buffums.”
Description: Gemco was established in Anaheim, California, in October 1959. Business and profitability continued to be healthy for over 20 years, until a series of unsuccessful leveraged takeover attempts from other companies were made on its parent company. To avoid such hostile takeover attempts, eventually decided it was best to liquidate Gemco entirely. This liquidation occurred from September 1986 to November 1986.
Description: Impress your friends with this Camelot Music Repeat Performer card shirt. Camelot Music was founded in Massillon, Ohio, in 1956. In 1965 the company opened its first retail store, in Canton, Ohio. As of 1998, the company operated 455 stores in 37 states nationwide. Camelot Music received the recording industry's prestigious N.A.R.M. (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) Retailer of the Year Award an unprecedented six times. Camelot Music, by all industry standards, was clearly the nation's leading mall music retailer. In late 1998, Camelot was acquired and consolidated.
Description: Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics retail chain in the Northeastern United States. It was founded in 1969 in New York City by Eddie Antar and Sam M. Antar and initially operated as ERS Electronics (named for Eddie, Rose, and Sam; Rose and Sam were Eddie Antar's parents). The chain expanded in the New York metropolitan area and became known for discount pricing and extensive radio and television advertising featuring spokesperson Jerry Carroll. At its peak, Crazy Eddie operated 43 stores in four states and reported more than $300 million in sales.[1] The company engaged in fraudulent business practices, including underreporting income, skimming sales tax receipts, and paying employees off the books. During the process of becoming a publ
Description: Remembering Fries and Schuele Department Store in Cleveland. FRIES & SCHUELE CO., one of Cleveland's pioneer dry goods stores, was also the west side's oldest department store. The original company was founded in 1868 and closed in 1979. It was located on West 25th Street near Lorain Ave across from the Westside Market. As an incentive to customers they gave out Blue Stamps.
Description: Remembering the G Fox Department Store. Hartford, Connecticut. G. Fox & Co. was a dominant retail store in the southern New England area for most of the twentieth century. It was the largest privately held department store in the nation when it was sold to the May Department Stores Company in 1965. The G. Fox flagship store was known for customer attractions, including a large walk-through Christmas display and a talking myna bird housed in a huge cage located on the fifth floor. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places within Hartford’s Department Store Historic District.
Description: Remembering Hens & Kelly Department Store in Buffalo NY. Hens and Kelly, established in 1892 by Mathias J. Hens and Patrick J. Kelly, was a chain of department stores based in Buffalo, New York. The downtown store was located at 478 Main Street at the corner of Mohawk Street. They were early adopters of S&H Green Stamps as a promotional incentive for repeat customers. This was a rewards program that provided stamps with each purchase. These stamps could be used to buy products from a catalogue at a later date.
Description: Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics retail chain in the Northeastern United States. It was founded in 1969 in New York City. They had 43 stores and went belly up due to fraud. Cool, new, popular, recent, trending, top pick, best seller, top seller, editors pick, number 1 ranked, hot, must-have, recommended, liked, great artwork, awesome design, recommended choice, featured, All designs, best-selling graphics, best trending.
Description: Remembering the well-loved Lazarus Department Store in Columbus Ohio. Lazarus was a regional department store retail chain operating primarily in the Midwest. Lazarus developed or was an early adopter of many shopping innovations such as "one low price" (no bargaining necessary, earlier implemented by the John Wanamaker Store), first department store escalators in the country, first air-conditioned store in the country, and Fred Lazarus Jr. successfully lobbied President Franklin Roosevelt to permanently fix Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday in November, ensuring a stable timetable for the official beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
Description: Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics retail chain in the Northeastern United States. It was founded in 1969 in New York City. They had 43 stores and went belly up due to fraud. Cool, new, popular, recent, trending, top pick, best seller, top seller, editors pick, number 1 ranked, hot, must-have, recommended, liked, great artwork, awesome design, recommended choice, featured, All designs, best-selling graphics, best trending.
Description: Remembering Henshey's Department Store in Santa Monica, California. Henshey's was a cool department store in Downtown Santa Monica, California. It was founded by Harry Henshey and was the first department store on Los Angeles' Westside. It opened in 1925 as the Bay Department Store, at four stories and 25,000 square feet, far larger than any store in the city. It later expanded to 65,000 square feet.The Henshey's building was a steel frame and brick structure in the Beaux Arts Classical Revival style featuring "bays of paired windows embellished with terra cotta details, as well as an imposing cornice and a terra cotta frieze." It had the first escalators on the Westside, but retained one elevator with a human operator until its closure.
