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Loehmann's was an American off-price department store chain that sold designer clothes and accessories. It filed for bankruptcy three times and closed all its stores in 2014, but continued as an online retailer until 2018.
Jan 24, 2014 · Through March (in most cases), Loehmann’s, which has been in bankruptcy proceedings three times, will be liquidating 39 stores around the country; the company is owned mostly by a Westchester...
- Ginia Bellafante
On Wednesday night, the last of 39 Loehmann’s stores closed for business, including four in New York City, where the company got its start in the 1920s.
- The Origins of Loehmann’s
- Frieda Loehmann
- How Did Loehmann’s Fare Over time?
- The Decline of Loehmann’s
- References
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The retailer traced its roots to a woman named Frieda Mueller. She was the child of German Lutheran immigrants in Cincinnati. As a teenager, Fried Mueller became Frieda Loehmann when she married a flutist named Charles Loehmann. Her husband’s music career ended when he suffered paralysis of the lips. Subsequently, the couple started a store caterin...
Frieda brought her family with her when she took a job as a buyer in Brooklyn. There, she honed her skills and built her connections until she became confident enough to strike out on her own. Initially, Frieda ran her business with her eldest son Charles close to home. Later, she became successful enough to establish herself in a building situated...
Loehmann’s went public in the 1960s. It seems to have done well for itself for a couple of decades. Then, the store chain started seeing rapid changes in ownership, which couldn’t have done wonders for the stability of its operations. Another now-defunct company called Associated Dry Goods bought it in 1983. Just a short while later, a third now-de...
The 2010s were not a good time for brick-and-mortar store chains. A lot of people have pointed fingers at Amazon and other online retailers, which offer more convenience than their brick-and-mortar counterparts can manage. That has become even more popular in recent times because the decline of brick-and-mortar store chains has sped up thanks to th...
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Learn about the origins, rise, and fall of Loehmann’s, an off-price department store chain that started in New York City. Find out how Frieda Loehmann, the founder, revolutionized the fashion industry with her business strategy and how the store chain faced multiple bankruptcies and challenges in the 2010s.
- Michael John Adams
Jan 10, 2014 · From its inception in the 1920s and well into its heyday in postwar America, Loehmann’s was decidedly not for the faint of heart or those in need of hand holding. Department stores and...
Jan 11, 2015 · Loehmann's, the nearly 100-year-old seller of discount designer clothing, this week filed for bankruptcy protection for the third time.
Dec 23, 2013 · After almost 100 years in business, a few bankruptcy scares, and an untold number of deeply discounted sales of Italian designer cashmere sweaters, last-season’s It bags, and lightly damaged black-tie gowns, Loehmann’s is officially shutting down.
