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Raymond Zimmerman. Products. Jewelry, gifts, home decor products, sporting goods, electronics, toys. Service Merchandise was a retail chain of catalog showrooms carrying jewelry, toys, sporting goods and electronics. The company, which first began in 1934 as a five-and-dime store, was in existence for 68 years before ceasing operations in 2002.
Ellman's – acquired by Service Merchandise in 1985; H. J. Wilson Co. – Southern states, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; acquired by Service Merchandise in 1986; K's Merchandise Mart – liquidated in 2006; Luria's – originally L. Luria & Son, was a chain of catalog showroom stores in Florida, from 1961 to 1997.
Department stores merged with Federated and May Timeline of former nameplates merging into Macy's. Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The ...
Best Products Company, Inc. Best Products Company, Inc., or simply Best, was a chain of American catalog showroom retail stores founded by Sydney and Frances Lewis in 1957 and formerly headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The company was in existence for four decades before closing all of their stores by February 1997 and completely liquidating ...
Initially established as the Air Force (USAF) Security Group in June, 1948, the USAF Security Service ( USAFSS) was activated as a major command on 20 October 1948. [2] (. For redesignations, see Successor units .) The USAFSS was a secretive branch of the Air Force tasked with monitoring, collecting and interpreting military voice and ...
The Secret Service is tasked with safeguarding the payment and financial systems of the United States from a wide range of financial and cyber-based crimes. Financial investigations include counterfeit U.S. currency, bank and financial institution fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, illicit financing operations, and major conspiracies.
Ellman's was a major catalog merchant. It was located in suburban locations of Georgia and North Carolina , mainly Atlanta and Charlotte . Directly competing with Service Merchandise , Ellman's was ultimately bought out by Service Merchandise in 1985 and all stores were converted to Service Merchandise.
The mall was expanded substantially in the 1980s, adding a long wing created from the closed R. H. White building which led to a new JCPenney store. In 1992, Sage-Allen closed their store at the mall and was replaced by a Service Merchandise store. In 1999, Service Merchandise closed their store and the long side wing leading to it was emptied out.