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On June 12, 1977, [2] Victoria's Secret was founded by Roy and Gaye Raymond [6] in Delaware. [7] Raymond opened the first Victoria's Secret store at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California. [8] Raymond was inspired to start Victoria's Secret after feeling embarrassed purchasing lingerie for his wife in a department store.
Nov 13, 2013 · In 1977, with $80,000 of savings and loans from family, Raymond and his wife leased a space in a small shopping mall in Palo Alto, California, and Victoria's Secret, was born. To understand how ...
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Sean Parker is worth $3 billion. Mark Zuckerberg is worth $32 billion. Roy Raymond just wanted to buy some lingerie for his wife without feeling like a creep. 20 years later the company he created ...
Sep 2, 1993 · Roy Raymond, who founded the Victoria's Secret retail chain, was found dead on Thursday in San Francisco Bay by the Coast Guard. He was 47. His body was found near the Marin County shoreline ...
Jun 2, 2021 · Victoria's Secret was designed for men to shop for women. When Roy Raymond took a trip to a lingerie store to buy a gift for his wife in the 1970s, he was very uncomfortable indeed. That uncomfortable feeling and the guilt that other men likely felt inspired him to create a lingerie store where men would feel as comfortable shopping as women.
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Jan 22, 2024 · Roy Raymond, together with his wife Gaye, founded Victoria’s Secret in 1977, marking a pivotal change in the lingerie industry. Their collaborative effort was instrumental in shaping the brand’s early identity. Victoria’s Secret emerged from Raymond’s innovative approach to lingerie retail. His concept transformed the intimate apparel ...
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Victoria's Secret is an American lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer. Founded in 1977 by Roy and Gaye Raymond, [6] [7] the company's five lingerie stores were sold to Les Wexner in 1982. [8] Wexner rapidly expanded into American shopping malls, growing the company into 350 stores nationally with sales of $1 billion by the early 1990s, when ...
