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Two were five-and-ten-cent stores, and McCrory brought on Kresge to help manage them. In 1897, Kresge traveled to Memphis and opened a store there as an equal partner to McCrory. Later that year, the duo also opened a Detroit store on Woodward Avenue. By 1899, Kresge was the full owner and manager of that store, and the S.S. Kresge Co. was born.
Sebastian Spering Kresge (July 31, 1867 – October 18, 1966) was an American businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores, the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the Kresge-Newark traditional department store chain. The discounter was renamed the Kmart Corporation in ...
- Eastman Business College
- October 18, 1966 (aged 99), East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Sebastian Spering Kresge, July 31, 1867, Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Kmart
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Dec 23, 2014 · You would not believe how many retail businesses were in Downtown Columbus around a half-century ago-so many it's hard to believe they're all gone. In just the three blocks of North High Street between Broad and Spring streets, for example, you once could find department stores H.L. Green, F.W. Woolworth, S.S. Kresge, W.T. Grant, The Union, the ...
Jun 22, 2021 · A list of stores opened by the S.S. Kresge Company between February 1959 and December 1973, including S.S. Kresge variety stores, Jupiter Discount Stores, and K mart discount department stores, with store numbers, opening dates, and opening day sales records.
With many Kmarts closing throughout the country (including multiple in Ohio and one in Grove City in particular), let’s take a look back at their predecessor: S.S. Kresge at their 85 South High Street location in Columbus in this photograph taken all the way back in 1955.
The official S.S.Kresge Company, bringing Kmart and Sears back in business
Jun 9, 2016 · A sign in December 1974 announces the S.S. Kresge Co. store is closing forever. Photo/Tribune archives. The shelves are nearly bare on Dec. 26, 1974, the last day of business for the S.S. Kresge ...
