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jewelry, men's clothing, women's clothing, children's clothing, furniture, toys, art supplies, and appliances for the house. This store also contained The Gimbel
Auditorium, Television Headquarters, a salon, and music center. With a wide variety of options Gimbels was a one stop shop that made shopping easy and accessible.
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Department Store offered a variety of merchandise and products, including home appliances, outdoor equipment, furniture, clothing, and much more. With multiple floors in its flagship stores, each floor offered a given category of merchandise. The Philadelphia Gimbels specifically offered fine
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America. Their principles consisted of "courtesy, reliability, good value, and enlightened management". By using middle class values Gimbels attracted shoppers to a store that also could fit their budgets. Keeping the
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Brothers Inc. the largest department store corporation in the world. By 1953, sales had risen to $ 300 million ($ 3.4 billion today). In 1962, Gimbels
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Philadelphia flagship opened in 1893 when the Gimbel brothers bought the bankrupt Haines and Company dry goods store at Ninth and Market Streets. The store gradually expanded eastward to Eighth Street. In 1927 an extension south to Chestnut Street was completed and the store now comprised an
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American culture. As of 1930, Gimbels had grown to 20 stores, whose sales revenue made it the largest department store chain in the world. The company expanded to a peak of 53 stores by 1965, and closed in 1987 with 35 stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey,
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Gimbels chain in the four autonomous divisions that had been established under Gimbel family ownership: Gimbels New York, Gimbels Philadelphia, Gimbels Pittsburgh, and Gimbels Milwaukee. Each division operated independently of each other in advertising and buying. Each
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Gimbels stores in the same division. In 1983, Gimbels New York and Gimbels Philadelphia were combined into a single entity, Gimbels East, in an attempt to reduce corporate overhead.
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Gimbels was a marginal performer with little potential for increased profitability, BATUS in 1986 decided to close its Gimbels division and sell its store properties. Some of the more attractive branches were taken over by
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heavily populated by German immigrants. The new store quickly became the leading department store there. However, with seven sons, Adam Gimbel saw the opportunity to expand elsewhere.
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anchor store opened in 2009, in the lower two levels. That anchor store closed in 2020 and by 2021 all stores in the mall had closed, and the building served only as office space.
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1544:"We Haven't Forgotten: Gimbels Thanksgiving Parade Was The First"
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898:"Gimbels Throws In The Discount Towel At Herald Square"
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1620:"Protest Against Gimbels Department Store, 1935"
1527:Arrigale, Lawrence M.; Keels, Thomas H. (2012).
1184:. University of Pennsylvania. pp. 148–149.
1406:. Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse. p. 30.
1337:"Company News; 2 Divisions Of Gimbels To Merge"
1279:. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press. p. 190.
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1275:Couch, Ernie; Couch, Jill (June 29, 1995).
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1218:. St. Martin's Press. pp. 192, 308.
2404:Defunct companies based in New York City
1686:. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960.
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998:"NY Trivia: Would Gimbels Tell Macy's?"
996:Bernheimer, Kathryn (August 28, 2011).
933:"Are Gimbels' Troubles All Wrapped Up?"
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1703:. Charleston: The History Press, 2011.
1542:Greenberg, Kyrie (November 24, 2014).
783:The New York flagship location in 2008
585:a pedestrian passage under 32nd Street
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1693:. New York: Harper & Row, 1979.
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720:Adam, Frederic, and Bernard Gimbel
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1684:A History of the Department Store
1434:Scardino, Albert (June 7, 1986).
1152:Daykin, Tom (November 19, 2019).
931:Bender, Marylin (July 23, 1972).
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1436:"Gimbels at 86th: A Born Loser"
1212:Whitaker, Jan (April 1, 2007).
1178:Hepp IV, John (July 14, 2003).
1091:Beutner, Jeff (March 8, 2016).
896:Lentz, Philip (July 24, 1986).
442:Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade
228:Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade
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1241:"All-Time 100 Greatest Toys"
374:Gimbels and the middle class
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2399:British American Tobacco
1886:Murray, Sons and Company
1745:British American Tobacco
840:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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568:. Designed by architect
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271:. After a brief stay in
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1920:British American Racing
1800:Imperial Tobacco Canada
1574:Smart Business Magazine
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399:William Randolph Hearst
323:New York Stock Exchange
1945:Frederick & Nelson
1930:Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft
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1878:Ente Tabacchi Italiani
1870:Brown & Williamson
494:Frederick & Nelson
404:Miracle on 34th Street
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610:. The store became a
534:May Department Stores
462:Reading, Pennsylvania
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1935:Eagle Star Insurance
977:. September 10, 1969
683:Relationship to Saks
577:New York City Subway
486:Louisville, Kentucky
252:Gimbels Building in
2278:James Buchanan Duke
2012:Benson & Hedges
1570:"A Class-A Gimbels"
1277:Pennsylvania Trivia
1002:Boulder Jewish News
654:Pittsburgh flagship
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1653:. April 25, 1990.
1440:The New York Times
1343:. March 22, 1983.
1341:The New York Times
1308:The New York Times
1022:. August 7, 1922.
1020:The New York Times
975:The New York Times
938:The New York Times
669:Barnes & Noble
506:BATUS Retail Group
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2002:Alain Delon
1834:Ten Motives
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1779:(Indonesia)
1548:Hidden City
1479:Hidden City
1385:October 14,
1354:October 14,
1321:October 14,
1163:October 14,
1033:October 14,
981:October 14,
952:October 14,
690:Adam Gimbel
648:The Gallery
627:86th Street
593:33rd Street
581:shoplifting
424:I Love Lucy
419:Ethel Mertz
383:Merchandise
319:went public
265:Adam Gimbel
201:Adam Gimbel
117:Liquidation
89:Adam Gimbel
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2147:Parisienne
2047:du Maurier
1862:Batus Inc.
1854:Integrated
1826:Souza Cruz
883:References
694:BATUS Inc.
660:Pittsburgh
530:Kaufmann's
364:Schuster's
343:Pittsburgh
298:retailer,
143:Key people
2142:Pall Mall
2107:Lexington
2072:Hollywood
2027:Carroll's
2017:Caballero
1813:(Ireland)
1771:BAT Ghana
1659:0458-3035
1579:March 10,
1448:0362-4331
1349:0362-4331
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1255:0040-781X
1028:0362-4331
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410:Fitzwilly
392:Publicity
277:Milwaukee
254:Milwaukee
223:in 1910.
209:Milwaukee
205:Vincennes
179:Formerly
123:Successor
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2162:Jin Ling
2157:Player's
2092:Kingsway
2032:Craven A
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1512:July 14,
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620:JCPenney
604:Brooklyn
558:flagship
466:Boscov's
302:, whose
281:boomtown
261:Bavarian
156:Products
59:Industry
2362:Commons
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2207:Viceroy
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2127:Mantano
2062:Gunston
2057:Everest
2052:Dunhill
2007:Belinda
1995:Current
1950:Gimbels
1759:Current
1664:May 15,
1102:May 15,
709:Gimbels
704:Gallery
612:Stern's
608:A&S
518:Stern's
496:,
464:–based
357:Success
239:History
193:Gimbels
103: (
95:Defunct
85:Founder
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2167:Prince
2102:Jadran
2087:King's
2022:Caines
1987:Brands
1955:Kohl's
1846:Former
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2243:Belga
2212:Vogue
2202:Tekel
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1897:(USA)
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1873:(USA)
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1821:(USA)
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308:argot
2253:Free
2233:Alfa
2172:Ritz
2122:Main
2112:Look
2097:Kool
2077:Kent
1907:Sold
1889:(UK)
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1655:ISSN
1631:2017
1624:Clio
1606:2017
1581:2021
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