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    E. J. Korvette, also known as Korvette’s, was an American chain of discount department stores, founded in 1948 in New York City. It was one of the first...
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  • throughout the United States, and in 1971, it acquired discount retail chain E.J. Korvette. By 1975, Arlen owned and managed over 42 million square feet of shopping...
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    of its time (Two Guys, Great Eastern Mills), more fashion aware than E. J. Korvette, and a more affordable option compared to traditional department stores...
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  • Massachusetts) (New England, Mid-Atlantic) Britt's Department Store (national) E. J. Korvette (East Coast and Midwest) last stores were closed in 1980 after filing...
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    all 145 stores were closed by May 1999. In 1951, while shopping at an E. J. Korvette store in New York City, newlyweds Carl and Dorothy Bennett were inspired...
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    open-air shopping mall anchored by JCPenney, discount department store E. J. Korvette, and an Acme "A-Frame" style supermarket. By the late 1970s, The Plaza...
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  • (~$275 million in 2023), in part to prevent a takeover from competitor E. J. Korvette. Founder George Farkas retired that year due to failing health and one...
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    that Macy's and Abraham & Straus (A&S) would open stores across from E. J. Korvette. Construction of the mall commenced in 1970 and it opened on August...
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    Springville. New Springville remained largely rural until 1964, when the E. J. Korvette department store chain opened an outlet on the site of a former chicken...
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  • E. J. Korvette F. W. Woolworth Company – successor corporation is Foot Locker Inc. Fred's G. C. Murphy GEM Gemco H. L. Green Hills Hudson Brothers' J...
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