Opened in 1975, Zara is a Spanish clothing store. Zara was founded by Amancio Ortega in a central street in downtown A Coruna, Galicai, Spain. Ortega opened the store after working in an “ordinary” clothing store as a seller. He
In 1947, Erling Persson opened the women’s clothing company Hennes, which is Swedish for “hers.” At the time all Persson’s shop sold was women’s clothing and was located in Vasteras, Sweden. As the company continued to grow Persson acquired the
Bloomingdale’s opened their doors for the first time in 1872. The company actually started twelve years earlier in 1860 when the Bloomingdale brothers, Joseph and Lyman, began selling hoop-skirts in their Ladies Notions’ Shop. This store closed as they opened
The Banana Republic clothing stores were founded in 1978. At that time Mel and Patricia Ziegler decided to open a travel-themed clothing store. They began the chain with two stores and actually made the majority of their sales from their
Looking for lingerie then you’ve probably heard of Victoria’s Secret. This is the largest publicly-traded, Limited Brands in the US. Victoria’s Secret is probably best known, though, for its catalogs and fashion show. The first store was opened in 1977
In April 1990 Kirk Perron, Joe Vergara, Kevin Peters, and Linda Ozawa Olds founded Juice Club, Inc. Their first store was located in San Luis Obispo, California. They became well known for their quick-server fruit and vegetable juice drinks better
Fry’s Electronics is headquartered in Sunnyvale California and its first store was opened in 1985. The brother’s Fry, John, Randy, and Dave, got the seed money for their electronics store from their father. Charles Fry had been successful in the