In Atlanta we had "Riches Department Store". Riches had quite a history in the city. It also provided much needed competition between the big name department stores.
Federated then bought them out. Just a few months ago the Riches name was replaced with Macy's. Very sad.
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Same thing here in the Hartford, CT area. We used to have a once very fine department store called "G.Fox". It was gobbled up by Filene's, which is now being re-named Macy's. :-(
The store was originally "M. Rich & Sons" on Forsyth Street in downtown Atlanta. They had a famous clock on the north wall of the store - "meet me at the clock" was a standard rendezvous. We used to go with my grandmother down to Rich's to shop and eat lunch at the Magnolia Room. White gloves and patent leather shoes!
Of course Federated had already extinguished Davison's, our other local department store, 15 years or so ago. It was originally The Davison-Paxon Company - my grandmother had one of the original charge-a-plates with that name on it.
The competition is now between Macy's and Wal-Mart. Nordstroms and Dillards have simply busted Macy's out of the upscale market. The only reason I go in their store at all any more is to hit the clearance racks for my daughter's prom dresses (those are the only good deal left in the place.)
In Atlanta we had "Riches Department Store". Riches had quite a history in the city. It also provided much needed competition between the big name department stores. Federated then bought them out. Just a few months ago the Riches name was replaced with Macy's. Very sad.
Same here in Cincinnati/Columbus. Lazarus was a department store here in Ohio that had been around a LONG time. Now it is Macy's, but we still refer to the stores as "Lazarus" stores, and we always will!