Record #:

2151

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Led by durable goods, like appliances, cars, and trucks, retail sales rebounded statewide to $78 billion in 1994, compared to $71.2 billion in 1993. However, weak apparel sales and new competition hurt chain stores like Cato's and Family Dollar Stores.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Feb 1995, p93-95, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Retail trade; Stores, retail

Record #:

11710

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Mack's Stores, Inc., a variety chain store, began operations in Sanford in December 1923. Today, Mack's operates ninety-six stores in the North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. The company employs over 1,600 and projected sales for 1977 are expected to exceed $45 million.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 35 Issue 11, Nov 1977, p146, 256, il

Subject(s):

Retail trade; Chain stores; Mack's Stores, Inc.

Record #:

13295

Author(s):

McConville, Edward M.

Abstract:

In 1962 the Record Bar was a single mom-and-pop store in a dying section of downtown Durham. By 1982, it had grown into the second-largest national retail chain in the record industry with sales in 1981 of $65 million. The retail chain has 136 stores in twenty-eight states.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 2 Issue 2, Feb 1982, p47-48, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Retail trade; Chain stores; The Record Bar (Durham); Record industry--Durham