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Robinsons-May was a chain of department stores operating in Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada, from 1993 until 2006. It was created when May Department Stores combined two of its chains, May Company California and J. W. Robinson's chains.
Apr 8, 2006 · Wistful staffers at the once-chic Beverly Hills Robinsons-May are dismantling and selling fixtures before it's replaced by condos.
It was a subsidiary of May Department Stores and merged with May's other Southern California subsidiary, J. W. Robinson's, in 1993 to form Robinsons-May. May Company California was established in 1923 when May acquired A. Hamburger & Sons Inc.. (founded in 1881 by Asher Hamburger).
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In 1877, the May Department Stores Company was founded in Leadville during the Colorado silver rush. In 1889, the headquarters moved to Denver. In 1899, May acquired the E. R. Hull & Dutton Co. of Cleveland, renaming it the May Company, Cleveland, later named the May Company Ohio. In 1905, the headquarters moved to St. Louis. In 1910, the business ...
Around the beginning of the twentieth century, the May Department Stores Company created a real estate division that handled the purchase of land and the construction of the buildings that would house their new stand-alone department stores. Starting in 1947, when they wanted to open a new store for their May Company California division, May entere...
Baltimore's Bygone Department Stores: Many Happy Returns. The History Press. 2012. ISBN 978-1-60949-667-8.Dec 14, 2021 · In 1992, Robinson’s and May Company stores became Robinsons-May, and the sum wound up as far less than the total of the parts.
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Robinsons-May was a chain of department stores operating in Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada, from 1993 until 2006. The double-barreled Robinsons-May name was created in 1993 when the former May Company California was consolidated with their corporate sibling JW Robinson’s.
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May 4, 2024 · Robinsons-May was a chain of department stores operating in Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada, from 1993 until 2006. It was created when May Department Stores combined two of its chains, May Company California and J. W. Robinson's chains.
