Record #:

16275

Author(s):

Donsky, Martin

Abstract:

Bill Zimmer bought his first jewelry store in Wilmington in 1946 and changed the name to Reeds. By 1979 his family-owned company had grown to twenty-four stores. Nationwide there are 32,000 separately owned jewelry stores competing in a $13 billion market. Donsky describes what happened when son Alan Zimmer came into the business in the 1980s and took the company public and growing it to sixty-three stores.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 9 Issue 8, Aug 1989, p52-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Jewelry stores--Wilmington; Reeds Jewelers (Wilmington)