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Younkers Inc. is an American online retailer and former department store chain founded as a family-run dry goods business in 1856 in Keokuk, Iowa. The retailer had evolved over more than 150 years to include a presence in locations throughout Iowa and bordering states in the Midwest region of the United States. It is pronounced yong-kers.
Younkers was founded in Keokuk, Iowa in 1856. They opened their first store in Des Moines in 1874 and moved their headquarters to Des Moines in 1879. Their flagship store moved to this location in November 1899. [2] The original Tea Room opened in 1913 and was replaced in 1927.
Yonkers (/ ˈ j ɒ ŋ k ər z / [5]) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of New York and the most-populous city in Westchester County.A centrally located municipality within the New York metropolitan area, Yonkers had a population of 211,569 at the 2020 United States census. [6]
DELTA TWP. — The new, expanded Zap Zone XL is a month away from opening, but on Wednesday morning the 125,000-square-foot former Younkers department store at the Lansing Mall already looked ...
The Bon-Ton was a popular store destination on the classic radio show Fibber McGee and Molly, [2] which aired from 1935 to 1959. Following World War II, the Grumbacher family expanded operations even further. In 1946, an additional Bon-Ton was opened, in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Jonas Leopold Brandeis, founder. J.L. Brandeis & Sons, commonly referred to by Midwesterners as Brandeis, was a chain of department stores located in the Omaha, Nebraska area started by Jonas L. Brandeis in 1881. It was purchased by Younkers for $33.9 million (~$78 million in 2023) in 1987, [1] when the stores were converted to the Younkers name.
June 16, 1926 (age 86) Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Nationality (legal) American. Known for. co-founder of Younker Brothers. Spouse. Anna Berkson. Marcus Younker (August 7, 1839 – June 16, 1926) was a Polish-born American retail executive who co-founded the Younker Brothers department store.
March 12, 2024 at 1:02 PM. Dismembered body parts found scattered across New York’s Long Island were identified by their families and police on Monday as a man and woman from Westchester. Police ...