Re: Retailers of Yesteryears
My apologies. That was a typo.
Arakawa's closed in 1995.
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Some facts about GEM:*
Started in Hawaii in 1958 by Glenn Kaya, after it's start in Denver in 1957.
GEM was an acronym for "Government Employee Mutual". GEM originally was a members-only store.
GEM used to operate departments by leasing out space to independant companies, including some well known today such as ABC stores, Wong's Drapery, C.S. Wo, Mid Pacific Lumber, Kim Chow and Houoli.
At its peak, GEM had up to 50 locations, including locations in Honolulu, St. Louis, Denver, Los Angeles, Kansas City and Minneapolis. The first Hawaii location was at GEM Kapalama.
Seibu of Japan bought GEM and in 1993 closed the business.
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*Source: the Companies we Keep by Bob Sigall and his students at HPU.
My apologies. That was a typo.
Arakawa's closed in 1995.
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Some facts about GEM:*
Started in Hawaii in 1958 by Glenn Kaya, after it's start in Denver in 1957.
GEM was an acronym for "Government Employee Mutual". GEM originally was a members-only store.
GEM used to operate departments by leasing out space to independant companies, including some well known today such as ABC stores, Wong's Drapery, C.S. Wo, Mid Pacific Lumber, Kim Chow and Houoli.
At its peak, GEM had up to 50 locations, including locations in Honolulu, St. Louis, Denver, Los Angeles, Kansas City and Minneapolis. The first Hawaii location was at GEM Kapalama.
Seibu of Japan bought GEM and in 1993 closed the business.
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*Source: the Companies we Keep by Bob Sigall and his students at HPU.
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