Strawbridge's - The Last of the Great Philadelphia Masitolo kuti Atseke
Pamene ndinkakulira m'dera la Philadelphia, nthawi yambiri yomwe ndimakonda chaka chino inayamba ndi Thanksgiving ndipo inatha kupuma pa Khirisimasi ndi maholide a Chaka Chatsopano. Gimbel's Thanksgiving Day Parade sikunali yaikulu kapena yayikulu ngati chipani cha New York City chomwe chinalimbikitsidwa ndi mpikisano wa Gimbels, Macy's, koma chinali chida chathu ndipo tinachikonda. Banja langa likanatenga tsiku limodzi kuti lipite kumzinda, kukagula ndi kukachezera Khirisimasi m'mabwalo akuluakulu a mumzindawu: Gimbel's, Lit Brothers, Strawbridge ndi Clothier ndi John Wanamaker.
Gimbel anali ndi dipatimenti yowonetsera kwambiri ndipo Santa wawo anali "weniweni" Santa, chifukwa tonsefe tinamuwona iye. Lit Brothers anali ndi mudzi wa Enchanted Colonial Village okhala ndi zithunzi 18 monga Toymaker, Bakery, Blacksmith ndi zina zambiri. Strawbridge ndi Clothier anali sitolo yokongoletsedwa kwambiri ndipo antchito anali ochezeka nthawi zonse. Wanamaker anali ndi Khrisimasi yawo ya Khrisimasi yomwe tinkayenera kuwona chaka chilichonse, ngakhale kuti sinasinthe.
Mu 1977, Gallery ku Market East idatseguka ndipo zonse zinayamba kusintha m'masitolo akuluakulu mumzindawu pamene mzindawu unalandira malo ake oyamba. Lit Brothers analembera kuti asungidwe ndipo atangotseka masitolo ake. Gimbel's, yomwe idatsegulidwa mu 1894 inasunthira kuchoka ku sitolo yawo-yokha pa 8 ndi Market ku Gallery, koma pofika 1986 iwowo anachita malonda, kenaka adatsitsimuka ndi K-Mart.
Wanamaker anatsegulidwa mu 1876 ndipo inali yoyamba yosungiramo katundu ku Philadelphia ndipo imodzi mwa malo oyambirira a sitolo ku United States.
Iwo ankadziwika chifukwa cha mbiri yake yowona mtima ndi kuyambitsa zambiri kubwezeretsa ku America. Mu 1978, patapita zaka zochepa zogulitsa malonda, banja la Wanamaker linagulitsidwa malonda ku Los Angeles, ku Carter Hawley Hale Stores ku California. Mu 1986 Carter Hawley Hale anagulitsa masitolo kumzinda wa Detroit wogulitsa bizinesi A.
Alfred Taubman amene anagulitsa iwo mu 1995 ku May Department Stores. Mzinda wa Wanamaker unatembenuzidwa kukhala Ambuye & Taylor ndipo dzina lina lalikulu la sitolo linatha. (Pasanapite nthawi Khrisimasi Kuwala kwa Khirisimasi imakhalabe.)
Mwambo womaliza wa sitolo yaikulu ya dipatimenti ya Philadelphia inachitikira chakumapeto kwa July 2005 pamene Federated Department Stores, Inc. inalengeza kuti dzina la Strawbridge lidzachotsedwa monga gawo la May Department Stores. Nthawi ina mu 2006, sitolo ya Market Street Strawbridge idzakhala Macy komanso m'madera omwe Macy amapezeka kale ndi Strawbridge, malo a Strawbridge adzatsekedwa.
Justus C. Strawbridge anayamba kutsegula sitolo ku Philadelphia mu 1861 ndipo kenaka adagwirizana ndi Isaac H. Clothier mu 1868. Kwa zaka 128 zotsatira Strawbridge ndi Clothier adakhalabe ndi banja lawo ndipo amadziwika kuti ali ndi ubale wabwino ndi antchito awo ndi makasitomala. Ndi pamene ndinayambira ntchito yoyamba nditamaliza maphunziro a koleji mu 1976.
Zaka za m'ma 1980 zinali zovuta kwa Strawbridge ndi Clothier zomwe zinayambitsa chisokonezo chotsatiridwa ndi mmodzi wa mamembala a banja omwe adasokonezeka ndi kugulitsa kwa malonda ndi zotsatira zosauka.
Pomalizira mu 1996, bungwe la Atsogoleri, makamaka a mamembala a banja la Strawbridge, adagulitsa kugulitsa malo awo ku May Company. Company May yakhazikitsa malo osungiramo zinthu monga Strawbridge chabe - ndi momwe amalonda ambiri adatchulira kale masitolowo. Nthawi zambiri ndimakhala ndi jayi ndi mkazi wanga kuti panthawi yomwe timwalira, padzakhala kampani imodzi, inshuwalansi imodzi komanso sitolo imodzi. Kuyanjana ndi kupeza ndi gawo la miyoyo yathu lero, koma ndi zomvetsa chisoni kuona maina akale a unyamata wathu atatha. Tsoka ilo, palibe zizindikiro kuti izi zidzatha nthawi iliyonse posachedwa.
Strawbridge's - The Last of the Great Philadelphia Masitolo Kufupika Pamene ndinali kukula m'dera la Philadelphia, nthawi yanga yomwe ndimakonda chaka chino inayamba ndi Thanksgiving ndipo inatha kupuma pa Khirisimasi ndi maholide a Chaka Chatsopano.
Gimbel's Thanksgiving Day Parade sikunali yaikulu kapena yayikulu ngati chipani cha New York City chomwe chinalimbikitsidwa ndi mpikisano wa Gimbels, Macy's, koma chinali chida chathu ndipo tinachikonda. Banja langa likanatenga tsiku limodzi kuti lipite kumzinda, kukagula ndi kukachezera Khirisimasi m'mabwalo akuluakulu a mumzindawu: Gimbel's, Lit Brothers, Strawbridge ndi Clothier ndi John Wanamaker.
Gimbel anali ndi dipatimenti yowonetsera kwambiri ndipo Santa wawo anali "weniweni" Santa, chifukwa tonsefe tinamuwona iye. Lit Brothers anali ndi mudzi wa Enchanted Colonial Village okhala ndi zithunzi 18 monga Toymaker, Bakery, Blacksmith ndi zina zambiri. Strawbridge ndi Clothier anali sitolo yokongoletsedwa kwambiri ndipo antchito anali ochezeka nthawi zonse. Wanamaker anali ndi Khrisimasi yawo ya Khrisimasi yomwe tinkayenera kuwona chaka chilichonse, ngakhale kuti sinasinthe.
Mu 1977, Gallery ku Market East idatseguka ndipo zonse zinayamba kusintha m'masitolo akuluakulu mumzindawu pamene mzindawu unalandira malo ake oyamba. Lit Brothers analembera kuti asungidwe ndipo atangotseka masitolo ake. Gimbel's, yomwe idatsegulidwa mu 1894 inasunthira kuchoka ku sitolo yawo-yokha pa 8 ndi Market ku Gallery, koma pofika 1986 iwowo anachita malonda, kenaka adatsitsimuka ndi K-Mart.
Wanamaker anatsegulidwa mu 1876 ndipo inali yoyamba yosungiramo katundu ku Philadelphia ndipo imodzi mwa malo oyambirira a sitolo ku United States. Iwo ankadziwika chifukwa cha mbiri yake yowona mtima ndi kuyambitsa zambiri kubwezeretsa ku America. Mu 1978, patapita zaka zochepa zogulitsa malonda, banja la Wanamaker linagulitsidwa malonda ku Los Angeles, ku Carter Hawley Hale Stores ku California. Mu 1986 Carter Hawley Hale anagulitsa masitolo ku bizinesi ya malonda a Detroit A. Alfred Taubman amene anagulitsa iwo mu 1995 mpaka May Department Stores. Mzinda wa Wanamaker unatembenuzidwa kukhala Ambuye & Taylor ndipo dzina lina lalikulu la sitolo linatha. (Pasanapite nthawi Khrisimasi Kuwala kwa Khirisimasi imakhalabe.)
Mwambo womaliza wa sitolo yaikulu ya dipatimenti ya Philadelphia inachitikira chakumapeto kwa July 2005 pamene Federated Department Stores, Inc. inalengeza kuti dzina la Strawbridge lidzachotsedwa monga gawo la May Department Stores. Nthawi ina mu 2006, sitolo ya Market Street Strawbridge idzakhala Macy komanso m'madera omwe Macy amapezeka kale ndi Strawbridge, malo a Strawbridge adzatsekedwa.
Justus C. Strawbridge anayamba kutsegula sitolo ku Philadelphia m'chaka cha 1861 ndipo kenako anagwirizana ndi Isaac H. Clothier mu 1868. Kwa zaka 128 zotsatira, Strawbridge ndi Clothier anakhalabe ndi banja lawo ndipo ankadziwitsa kampani kuti anali paubwenzi wabwino ndi antchito awo ndi makasitomala. Ndi pamene ndinayambira ntchito yoyamba nditamaliza maphunziro a koleji mu 1976.
Zaka za m'ma 1980 zinali zovuta kwa Strawbridge ndi Clothier zomwe zinayambitsa chisokonezo chotsatiridwa ndi mmodzi wa mamembala a banja omwe adasokonezeka ndi kugulitsa kwa malonda ndi zotsatira zosauka. Potsiriza, mu 1996, bungwe la Atsogoleri, makamaka a mamembala a banja la Strawbridge, anavomera kugulitsa masitolo awo ku May Company. Company May yakhazikitsa malo osungiramo zinthu monga Strawbridge chabe - ndi momwe amalonda ambiri adatchulira kale masitolowo. Nthawi zambiri ndimakhala ndi jayi ndi mkazi wanga kuti panthawi yomwe timwalira, padzakhala kampani imodzi, inshuwalansi imodzi komanso sitolo imodzi. Kuyanjana ndi kupeza ndi gawo la miyoyo yathu lero, koma ndi zomvetsa chisoni kuona maina akale a unyamata wathu atatha. Tsoka ilo, palibe zizindikiro kuti izi zidzatha nthawi iliyonse posachedwa.