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Dayton became a partner in Goodfellow’s Dry Good Company, which was the fourth largest department store in Minneapolis. The following year he toke sole ownership of the store and became president of that company. He remained active in the stores management until his death in 1938. His son and grandson toke over leadership and the company grew into a nationwide retailer.

chain to Interstate Stores in 1966 for $7.5 million, retaining a seat on the company’s Board. When

With these stores removed from both neighborhoods, where are the residents of those neighborhoods supposed to shop? And with the removal of the stores, what impetus do the few other grocers have to keep prices reasonable for people of that socio-economic level?

According to the Kohl’s Corporation Hoover Report (2014), in the late 1920s, a man named Max Kohl opened a grocery store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Hoover Report, 2014, pg. 9). By 1938, Max and his three sons had developed his store into a successful chain and incorporated the business. Max Kohl had experienced enough success by 1962 that he opened a department store right next to his Kohl’s grocery store. In 1972, Max Kohl and his family’s “65 food stores and five department stores were generating about $90 million in yearly sales” (pg. 9) In the same year, the British American Tobacco’s Brown & Williamson Industries (BATUS) purchased 80% of the Kohls’ two operations. Six years later, BATUS proceeded to purchase what remained of

The store was called an “amusement park for food lovers”. The store took concepts from European food markets and brought them to Central Market. The store became very popular in Austin, Texas, and

On March 21, 1905, a Seattle Times newspaper reported, “Wallin & Nordstrom. the Pike Street shoe merchants, today bought the entire stock of the Berry Shoe Company, at 1428 Second Avenue. The purchase price approximates $35,000…” (FOOTNOTE) Comparing $35,000 to $5, John Nordstrom had come a long way. The number of customers started increasing and more stocks were coming in. According to the historical research website History Link, in 1923, they opened a second store in Seattle’s University District (FOOTNOTES).The new store received lots of praise. Carl and John opened more stores, relocated, and redesigned Wallin & Nordstrom as time

In 1905 Florence Butt moved her family to Kerrville, Texas, with a sixty- dollar loan, where she then established Butt’s Staple and Fancy Grocery. A one – roomed grocery store on the bottom floor of the family home. In 1919 her younger son, Howard Butt’s ranned the business, delivering groceries from a wagon. Later on Howard Butt’s introduced low cost distribution, and eliminated the middleman, by maximizing profit and becoming the store manager.

I am very pleased to have received the position proposal of the Bakery/Deli Manager in our store here that you extended. I look forward to accepting this great opportunity to work with this valued company. I believe that I am the perfect candidate for this position and I am confident that I will make a significant contribution to the success and growth of Winn Dixie over the long years to

Due to decay, the city’s downtown area is currently experiencing business loss. Retailers surmise that the major contributing factors are pedestrian safety and aesthetics. The primary issue facing the city, in line with its goals, is economic development and the creation of a “vibrant downtown” which will stimulate retail business activity. Retailers are requesting changes to the aesthetics including adding brick sidewalks and planting areas.

We have completed our project in the city of Ashland, Kentucky. If our marketing research is favorable we will opt for a storefront building in the old downtown section of South Ashland.

The original store was a retail greenhouse building on the ground of Gloria’s family farm land. In 1982 Gloria's family gave them several commercially zoned acres where John and his brother built and constructed a building for retail. The greenhouse was used to grow their products along with having the land; it was beneficial because it provided a very low overhead.

Nordstrom was co founded 1901 by a 30 year old man named John W Nordstrom and his partner Carl Wallin. At age 16, John W of Sweden left his home and moved to Alaska where he struck gold. While in Alaska, he met a man named Carl Wallin, “who owned a shoe repair shop in downtown Seattle” (Nordstrom Employee, 2006). The two decided form a partnership and open a shoe store entitled Wallin & Nordstrom.

In what type of location does a retailer have no adjacent stores to share or generate traffic?

There is about 2.5 million SF of retail space in major centers located within five miles of the site. About 40% of this space is within three miles of the site. The further away the center is from the redevelopment site the less likely it will provide competition with Truman’s Marketplace. In our opinion, retail centers such as Ward Parkway, Stateline Station and those in Leawood are far enough away that they would serve a separate market. Even much of the space within three miles of the site is predominately older, poorly maintained product that may not effectively compete with the proposed project.

of a retail store. In 1980, the company opened the doors of its first retail