Английская Википедия:Breuners Home Furnishings
Breuners Home Furnishings was a chain of furniture stores in Southwestern United States for 148 years before declaring bankruptcy in 2004.
Founded in California during the California Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, its stores served California and Nevada before expanding to the east coast in the late 20th century.[1] In 2004 the company declared bankruptcy,[2] closed all its retail stores. For a time it had been a virtual brand on the Internet until it too went defunct.
History
The store was founded in 1856 by William Robert “Bill” Breuner’s great-grandfather[1] John Breuner (1828–1890) to cater to prospectors during the California Gold Rush.[3] The first store opened in Sacramento, California with subsequent branches in Oakland, San Francisco and later throughout California and Nevada. The company went public in 1968 under Bill Breuner.[1] Breuner sold the company in the 1970s[4] and it was acquired by Marshall Fields in 1983.[1] At its height Breuners operated 40 retail outlets.[1] The stores were large bigboxes around Шаблон:Convert.[5] By the 1990s the company was based in San Diego and in 1995 expanded into the New York and New Jersey markets by acquiring Huffman Koos’ 13 stores for 36.9 million dollars.[6] Breuners also owned Good’s Furniture stores.[2] Private investment company Oak Point Partners acquired the remnant assets, consisting of any known and unknown assets that weren't previously administered, from the Breuners Home Furnishings Corp., et al., Bankruptcy Estates on November 13, 2012. [7]
Legacy
Breuner Marsh, a wetlands area, and Breuner Field, a model airplane field within it, in addition to the Breuner Building in downtown Oakland, are all named after the family.[3]
Slogans
- That's the beauty of Breuners!
- I've been to Breuners, and now I've seen everything!
- You Breuners it, you bought it!
See also
- Levitz Furniture, a company with a similar history
- Montgomery Ward, a now online only, defunct department store chain
- McCreery's Home Furnishings, a fine furniture store serving Since 1955 in Sacramento, CA
- Sacramento Furniture Store, a family owned furniture store in Sacramento, CA
References
- Английская Википедия
- Defunct department stores based in Sacramento
- Defunct furniture manufacturers
- Retail companies based in California
- American companies established in 1856
- Retail companies established in 1856
- Retail companies disestablished in 2004
- 1856 establishments in California
- 2004 disestablishments in California
- California Gold Rush
- Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Defunct department stores based in San Diego
- Defunct manufacturing companies based in California
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