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43572
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"Born in Monroe in 1888, a home-grown department store became, for generations of North Carolinians, the gold standard of Christmas shopping." W.H. Belk and his brother John expanded the business by partnering with investors in other towns,. One example being Hudson Belk in Raleigh. In the 1960s, Belk began the shift from a value orientation to a fashion orientation. Belk Inc. was sold in 2015 to Sycamore Partners.
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13270
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William Henry Belk opened his first department store in Monroe in 1888. Womick recounts the history of the company founded by this pioneering merchant.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 78 Issue 7, Dec 2010, p42-46, 48, 50, 52, il, por Periodical Website
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12541
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William Henry Belk is an initial member of the NORTH CAROLINA magazine Business Hall of Fame. He was the founder of the Belk department store organization and known as a pioneer merchant in the state and throughout the Southeast.
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6581
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William Henry Belk opened his first department store in Monroe in 1888. Today, there are almost 400 Belk stores in 17 states and Puerto Rico. It is the largest family- and management-owned group of department stores in the nation. The article discusses the growth of the company and its plans for the future.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 38 Issue 1, Jan 1980, p32-33, il
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10921
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William Henry Belk opened his first department store in Monroe in 1888. Today, there are almost 400 Belk stores in 14 states and Puerto Rico. It is the largest family-and management-owned group of department stores in the nation.
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10363
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Ervin recounts the life of William Henry Belk, who opened his first department store in Monroe in 1888, and developed it into a chain of stores through several states.
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13078
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Consisting of over 400 hundred corporations, spread across 16 states, the Belk Company, proprietors of the Belk Department Stores, is a family run operation that continues to expand. Undertaking his first commercial venture in 1888, William Henry Belk turned a dry goods store in Monroe, into the largest and most modern department store chain in the Carolinas.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 24 Issue 21, Mar 1957, p17-18, il
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12150
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William Henry Belk opened his first department store in Monroe, North Carolina, in 1888. Offering fixed prices instead of forced haggling, Belk's store flourished. Spreading to South Carolina by 1895, William Henry Belk had officially begun his franchise which would go on to total more than five hundred stores.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 24 Issue 14, Dec 1956, p20-21, il
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