Strawbridge's - The Last of the Great Philadelphia Department Stores Ukuvalwa
Ngesikhathi ngikhula endaweni yaseFiladelphia, esinye sezikhathi engizikhonzile zonyaka sathoma nge-Thanksgiving futhi sagcina ngamaholide kaKhisimusi noNyaka Omusha. I-Gimbel's Thanksgiving Day Parade yayingakaze ibe mkhulu noma inkulu njengoba i-New York City ixhaswe yi-Gimbels 'umncintiswano, iMacy, kodwa yayiyi-parade yethu futhi siyayithanda. Umndeni wami wawuzohlala uthatha usuku olulodwa ukuya edolobheni, ukuyothenga futhi uvakashele ukukhangisa kukaKhisimusi eminyangweni emikhulu yedolobha: Gimbel's, Lit Brothers, Strawbridge no Clothier noJohn Wanamaker.
UGimbel's wayenomnyango omkhulu wokudlala futhi uSanta wabo "unguSanta" wangempela, ngoba sonke sasimbonile. I-Lit Brothers yayineGolobheni le-Enchanted Colonial elinemifanekiso engu-18 efana ne-Toymaker, i-Bakery, i-Blacksmith nokunye okuningi. I-Strawbridge neClothier yayiyi-store ehlotshiswe kakhulu futhi abasebenzi behlale benobungane kakhulu. Abakwa-Wanamaker babe nombukiso wabo wokukhanya kaKhisimusi ukuthi kwakudingeka sibone njalo ngonyaka, nakuba kungakaze kuguquke.
Ngo-1977 igalari e-Market East yavulwa futhi konke kwaqala ukuguqula izitolo ezinkulu zedolobha njengoba idolobha lamukela isitolo sayo sokuqala. I-Lit Brothers zanikezelwa ukukhokha futhi ngemuva kokuvala izitolo zayo. I-Gimbel, eyayivulwe ngo-1894 isuka esitolo sayo sokuma-yedwa ku-8 neMakethe eya kwiGalari, kodwa ngo-1986 nabo baphuma ebhizinisini, ekugcineni bathatha isikhundla se-K-Mart.
I-Wanamaker yavulwa ngo-1876 futhi yayisitolo sokuqala eMnyangweni wezeMpilo eFiladelphia kanti enye yeyokuqala, uma kungesiyo isitolo sokuqala eMnyangweni we-United States.
Kwaziwa ngegama layo eliqotho futhi laqala ukuvuselela okuningi kokuqala eMelika. Ngo-1978, emva kweminyaka yokunciphisa ukuthengisa, umndeni wakwaWamaker uthengisa izitolo eziseCoster Hawley Hale Stores eCos Angeles, eCalifornia. Ngonyaka ka-1986 uCarter Hawley Hale wathengisa izitolo ku-Detroit ibhizinisi langempela lempahla A.
U-Alfred Taubman owabathengisa nabo ngo-1995 kuya eMayini eMayini. Isidumbu saseNowamaker saguqulwa saba yiNkosi & Taylor kanti elinye igama lesitolo lomnyango seliphelile. (Okungenani i-Christmas Light Show ihlala.)
Isigameko sokugcina esitolo semikhumbi esivela kuFiladelphia senzeke ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi 2005 lapho i-Federated Department Stores, Inc. yamemezela ukuthi izokhipha igama leStrawbridge njengengxenye yokuhlangana noMnyango weMeyi kaMeyi. Esikhathini esithile ngo-2006, isitolo se-Market Street Strawbridge sizoba iMacy nasezindaweni ezigciniwe zendawo lapho iMacy ivele ikhona khona neStrawbridge, izakhiwo ze-Strawbridge zizovalwa.
U-Justus C. Strawbridge waqala ukuvula isitolo eFiladelphia ngo-1861 wabe esehlukanisana no-Isaac H. Clothier ngo-1868. Eminyakeni engu-128 eyalandela uStrawbridge noClothier bahlala bengabanikazi bezinkampani ezizimele ngobuhlobo obukhulu nabasebenzi kanye namakhasimende. Yilapho ngangiqala ukufaka khona umsebenzi ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni ngo-1976.
Ema-1980 kwakunzima ku-Strawbridge noClothier okwakubhekene nokuhlwithwa okunomthelela ohleliwe ngumunye wamalungu omndeni owawunqatshelwe ukuthengiswa kwesitolo kanye nemiphumela embi engezansi.
Ekugcineni ngo-1996, ibhodi labaqondisi, eyakhiwa amalungu amaningi emndenini waseStwbridge, yavuma ukuthengisa izitolo zabo eMayini Inkampani. I-May Company yaqamba kabusha izitolo njengeStrawbridge kuphela - okuyiyona ndlela abathengi abaningi ababekade bayiqamba ngokuthi izitolo. Ngivame ukulala nomkami ukuthi ngesikhathi sokufa, kuyoba nebhange elilodwa, inkampani yomshuwalense kanye nesitolo esisodwa somnyango esisele. Ukuhlangana nokuthengwa kuyingxenye yempilo yethu namuhla, kodwa kuyadabukisa ukubona amagama omdala wobusha bethu elala. Ngeshwa, azikho izimpawu ukuthi lo mkhuba uzoyeka noma kunini ngokushesha.
Strawbridge's - The Last of the Great Philadelphia Department Stores Ukuvalwa Lapho ngakhulela endaweni yaseFiladelphia, esinye sezikhathi engizithandayo ngonyaka sathoma nge-Thanksgiving futhi sagcina ngamaholide kaKhisimusi noNyaka Omusha.
I-Gimbel's Thanksgiving Day Parade yayingakaze ibe mkhulu noma inkulu njengoba i-New York City ixhaswe yi-Gimbels 'umncintiswano, iMacy, kodwa yayiyi-parade yethu futhi siyayithanda. Umndeni wami wawuzohlala uthatha usuku olulodwa ukuya edolobheni, ukuyothenga futhi uvakashele ukukhangisa kukaKhisimusi eminyangweni emikhulu yedolobha: Gimbel's, Lit Brothers, Strawbridge no Clothier noJohn Wanamaker.
UGimbel's wayenomnyango omkhulu wokudlala futhi uSanta wabo "unguSanta" wangempela, ngoba sonke sasimbonile. I-Lit Brothers yayineGolobheni le-Enchanted Colonial elinemifanekiso engu-18 efana ne-Toymaker, i-Bakery, i-Blacksmith nokunye okuningi. I-Strawbridge neClothier yayiyi-store ehlotshiswe kakhulu futhi abasebenzi behlale benobungane kakhulu. Abakwa-Wanamaker babe nombukiso wabo wokukhanya kaKhisimusi ukuthi kwakudingeka sibone njalo ngonyaka, nakuba kungakaze kuguquke.
Ngo-1977 igalari e-Market East yavulwa futhi konke kwaqala ukuguqula izitolo ezinkulu zedolobha njengoba idolobha lamukela isitolo sayo sokuqala. I-Lit Brothers zanikezelwa ukukhokha futhi ngemuva kokuvala izitolo zayo. I-Gimbel, eyayivulwe ngo-1894 isuka esitolo sayo sokuma-yedwa ku-8 neMakethe eya kwiGalari, kodwa ngo-1986 nabo baphuma ebhizinisini, ekugcineni bathatha isikhundla se-K-Mart.
I-Wanamaker yavulwa ngo-1876 futhi yayisitolo sokuqala eMnyangweni wezeMpilo eFiladelphia kanti enye yeyokuqala, uma kungesiyo isitolo sokuqala eMnyangweni we-United States. Kwaziwa ngegama layo eliqotho futhi laqala ukuvuselela okuningi kokuqala eMelika. Ngo-1978, emva kweminyaka yokunciphisa ukuthengisa, umndeni wakwaWamaker uthengisa izitolo eziseCoster Hawley Hale Stores eCos Angeles, eCalifornia. Ngo-1986 uCarter Hawley Hale uthengisa izitolo ku-Detroit ibhizinisi langempela lezindlu, u-A. Alfred Taubman, owathengisa nabo ngo-1995 ukuya eMayini. Isidumbu saseNowamaker saguqulwa saba yiNkosi & Taylor kanti elinye igama lesitolo lomnyango seliphelile. (Okungenani i-Christmas Light Show ihlala.)
Isigameko sokugcina esitolo semikhumbi esivela kuFiladelphia senzeke ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi 2005 lapho i-Federated Department Stores, Inc. yamemezela ukuthi izokhipha igama leStrawbridge njengengxenye yokuhlangana noMnyango weMeyi kaMeyi. Esikhathini esithile ngo-2006, isitolo se-Market Street Strawbridge sizoba iMacy nasezindaweni ezigciniwe zendawo lapho iMacy ivele ikhona khona neStrawbridge, izakhiwo ze-Strawbridge zizovalwa.
U-Justus C. Strawbridge waqala ukuvula isitolo eFiladelphia ngo-1861 wabe esehlukanisana no-Isaac H. Clothier ngo-1868. Eminyakeni engu-128 eyalandela, uStrawbridge noClothier bahlala enkampanini enomndeni futhi eyaziwa ngobuhlobo bayo obukhulu nabasebenzi kanye namakhasimende. Yilapho ngangiqala ukufaka khona umsebenzi ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni ngo-1976.
Ema-1980 kwakunzima ku-Strawbridge noClothier okwakubhekene nokuhlwithwa okunomthelela ohleliwe ngumunye wamalungu omndeni owawunqatshelwe ukuthengiswa kwesitolo kanye nemiphumela embi engezansi. Ekugcineni, ngo-1996, ibhodi labaqondisi, eyakhiwa amalungu amaningi emndenini waseStwbridge, yavuma ukuthengisa izitolo zabo kwiNkampani yeMeyi. I-May Company yaqamba kabusha izitolo njengeStrawbridge kuphela - okuyiyona ndlela abathengi abaningi ababekade bayiqamba ngokuthi izitolo. Ngivame ukulala nomkami ukuthi ngesikhathi sokufa, kuyoba nebhange elilodwa, inkampani yomshuwalense kanye nesitolo esisodwa somnyango esisele. Ukuhlangana nokuthengwa kuyingxenye yempilo yethu namuhla, kodwa kuyadabukisa ukubona amagama omdala wobusha bethu elala. Ngeshwa, azikho izimpawu ukuthi lo mkhuba uzoyeka noma kunini ngokushesha.