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   Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1280/s_s-kresge: accessed ), memorial page for S. S. Kresge (31 Jul 1867–18 Oct 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 1280, citing Salem Church Cemetery, Gilbert, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

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   Advertisement. Stanley Sebastian Kresge. Birth. 11 Jun 1900. Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA. Death. 30 Jun 1985 (aged 85) Michigan, USA. Burial. Woodlawn Cemetery. Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA Show Map. Plot. Public mausoleum, second floor. Memorial ID. 186770917. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 13. Flowers 4.

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   Who owns Kresge dime store?

   • Kresge, founded in 1899, was a Detroit-born dime store where shoppers could find daily needs such as housewares, linens, clothing, school supplies, and toys. Sebastian Spering Kresge began his dime store career as a partner of J.G. McCrory, owner of a dime store chain. The two opened stores in Detroit and Memphis.

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   Who opened the first S S Kresge store in Detroit?

   • Kresge sold his share in the Memphis store to open the first S.S. Kresge store, on Woodward Avenue in Detroit in 1899. His brother-in-law, Charles Wilson, became his partner and the two of them ran stores in seven different cities for seven years. In this period the downtown Detroit store was called Kresge & Wilson.

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   How many Kmart stores did Sebastian Kresge own?

   • By 1912, when the company was incorporated in Delaware as the S.S. Kresge Company, Sebastian Kresge owned 85 stores with sales of over $10 million. Kresge retired as president in 1925 but continued as chairman of the company. The Kmart brand was established in 1962, with the first store opening in Garden City, Michigan.

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   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 ...

   • Alma mater: Eastman Business College
   • Died: October 18, 1966 (aged 99), East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

   • Born: Sebastian Spering Kresge, July 31, 1867, Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
   • Known for: Kmart

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   Following his 1889 graduation, Kresge worked at a variety of jobs including bookkeeper and half-owner of a bakery. It was while selling hardware that he met F.W. Woolworth, the man who began the “five and dime” stores. Influenced by Woolworth’s success, Kresge invested $8,000 he had saved into the J.G. McCrory store chain in 1897.

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   He was the founder of the S.S. Kresge Company, a chain of dime stores, which developed into full-fledged variety stores. At first, he became the partner with J.G. McCrory, owner of a Five-and-Dime store chain.

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   Kresge incorporated the company in 1912 under his own name as the S.S. Kresge Company. By this time there were 85 stores valued at over $10 million. The era of “five and dimes” ended in 1917 when Kresge’s was forced to raise prices to fifteen cents, due to World War I inflation. In 1921, the company opened “green front” stores that ...