I-Strawbridge-I-Last of the Great Philadelphia IiSitolo zoLondolozo
Xa ndakhula kwindawo yaseFiladelphia, enye yam maxesha amthandayo alo nyaka iqale ngeNkolelo yokuBonga kwaye yahlala ngeeholide yeKhisimusi kunye neNtshonalanga. I-Gimbel's Thanksgiving Day Parade yayingakaze ibe mkhulu okanye inkulu njengoko i-parade yaseNew York City ixhaswe ngumqhubi weGimbels, iMacy, kodwa yayiyi-parade yethu kwaye siyayithanda. Intsapho yam isoloko ithatha olunye usuku ukuya edolophini, ivenkile uze u tyelele iiboniso zeKrisimesi kwiivenkile ezinkulu zedolophu: iGimbel's, Brothers Brothers, Strawbridge, Clothier kunye noJohn Wanamaker.
I-Gimbel yayinomnyango omkhulu wokudlala kunye noSanta wabo wayeyinyaniso "yaseSanta", ekubeni sonke sasiyibonile. Abazalwana be-Lit Brothers babenesiXeko saseColonal Enchanted esineziganeko ezili-18 ezifana ne-Toymaker, i-Bakery, i-Blacksmith kunye nezinye ezininzi. I-Strawbridge neClothier yayiyi-store ehlotshiswe kakhulu kwaye abasebenzi babehlala benobungane. I-Wanamaker yayineNkqakrazo yokuKhanya kweKrisimesi yokuba kufuneka sibone minyaka yonke, nangona ingazange iguquke.
Ngowe-1977 igalari kwi-Market East yavulwa kwaye yonke into yaqala ukutshintsha kwiindawo ezinkulu zeedolophu zedolophu njengoko idolophu yasekuhlaleni yamkela i-mall yayo yokuqala. Abazalwana baseTransfeld bafakela i-bankruptcy kwaye ngokukhawuleza emva kokuvala izitolo zayo. I-Gimbel, eyayivulwe ngowe-1894 isuka kwivenkile yayo yecala kwi-8 kunye neMakethe ukuya kwiGalari, kodwa ngo-1986 nabo baphuma kwishishini, ekugqibeleni bathatyathwa ngu-K-Mart.
I-Wanamaker yavulwa ngo-1876 kwaye yayiyindawo yokugcina yesebe e-Philadelphia kunye nenye yeyokuqala, ukuba ayilona ivenkile yokuqala yeSebe e-United States.
Yaziwa ngokuba yinyani yayo yokwethembeka kunye nokuvuselela ukubuyiswa kwezinto ezininzi zokuqala eMelika. Ngowe-1978, emva kweminyaka yokunciphisa ukuthengisa, intsapho yaseWamaker ithethengisa ivenkile eLos Angeles, eCalifornia-esekelwe eCarter Hawley Hale Stores. Ngomnyaka ka-1986 uCarter Hawley Hale wathengisa izitolo kwi-Detroit yeshishini loshishino lwezindlu.
U-Alfred Taubman owathengisa ngawo ngo-1995 ukuya kwiiSitolo zeeMeyi ngoMeyi. I-doamaker yedolophu yangasemhlabeni yajika yaba yiNkosi kunye neTylor kunye nelinye igama elikhulu levenkile yesebe laphelile. (Ubuncinane i-Christmas Light Show ihlala.)
Isibhengezo sokugqibela senkcubeko yesigqeba seFiladelphia senzeke ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi 2005 xa iFederated Department Stores, Inc. yamemezela ukuba iya kutshabalalisa igama leStrawbridge njengenxalenye yokudibanisa kunye neMigodi yeeMeyi. Ngethuba elithile ngo-2006, ivenkile ye-Market Street Strawbridge iya kuba yi-Macy kunye nakwiindawo ezikude zendawo apho iMacy ivele ikhona kunye neStrawbridge, izakhiwo ze-Strawbridge ziya kuvalwa.
UJustus C. Strawbridge waqala ukuvula ivenkile eFiladelphia ngowe-1861 waza wadibana no-Isaac H. Clothier ngo-1868. Kwii-128 ezizayo uStrawbridge noCloer bahlala bengabantwana kwaye baqhuba inkampani eyaziwayo ngobuhlobo bayo obukhulu nabasebenzi kunye nabathengi. Yilapho ndaqala khona isicelo somsebenzi emva kokugqweswa kwiikholeji ngo-1976.
Ngama-1980 kwakunzima eStrawbridge naseClothier eyayijoliswe ekubanjweni kwamanye amalungu omndeni owawuncitshiswa yintengiso yokunciphisa ukuthengisa kunye nemiphumo ephantsi embi.
Ekugqibeleni ngowe-1996, ibhodi yabaqondisi, eyenziwe ngokuyinxalenye yamalungu eSaphowbridge, yavuma ukuthengisa izitolo zazo kwiNkampani yeMeyi. I-May Company yabiza kwakhona iivenkile njengeStrawbridge kuphela-yindlela ababeninzi abathengi abaye bathetha ngayo ngeendawo zokugcina izitolo. Ndisoloko ndidibana nomkami ukuba ngexesha lokufa kwethu, kuya kuba nebhanki elilodwa, inkampani yomshuwalense kunye nelinye ivenkile yesebe. Ukudibana kunye nokuthengwa kuyingxenye yobomi bethu namhlanje, kodwa kubuhlungu ukubona ukuba amagama amandulo ebusheni bethu abonakala. Ngelishwa, akukho zibonakaliso ukuba lo mkhwa uya kumisa nayiphi na ixesha kungekudala.
I-Strawbridge - I-Last of the Great Philadelphia IiSitolo zoLondolozo ukuba ziValiwe Xa ndakhula kwindawo yaseFiladelphia, enye yam maxesha amthandayo alo nyaka iqala ngo-Thanksgiving kwaye yahlala ngeeholide zeKhisimusi kunye neNtsha.
I-Gimbel's Thanksgiving Day Parade yayingakaze ibe mkhulu okanye inkulu njengoko i-parade yaseNew York City ixhaswe ngumqhubi weGimbels, iMacy, kodwa yayiyi-parade yethu kwaye siyayithanda. Intsapho yam isoloko ithatha olunye usuku ukuya edolophini, ivenkile uze u tyelele iiboniso zeKrisimesi kwiivenkile ezinkulu zedolophu: iGimbel's, Brothers Brothers, Strawbridge, Clothier kunye noJohn Wanamaker.
I-Gimbel yayinomnyango omkhulu wokudlala kunye noSanta wabo wayeyinyaniso "yaseSanta", ekubeni sonke sasiyibonile. Abazalwana be-Lit Brothers babenesiXeko saseColonal Enchanted esineziganeko ezili-18 ezifana ne-Toymaker, i-Bakery, i-Blacksmith kunye nezinye ezininzi. I-Strawbridge neClothier yayiyi-store ehlotshiswe kakhulu kwaye abasebenzi babehlala benobungane. I-Wanamaker yayineNkqakrazo yokuKhanya kweKrisimesi yokuba kufuneka sibone minyaka yonke, nangona ingazange iguquke.
Ngowe-1977 igalari kwi-Market East yavulwa kwaye yonke into yaqala ukutshintsha kwiindawo ezinkulu zeedolophu zedolophu njengoko idolophu yasekuhlaleni yamkela i-mall yayo yokuqala. Abazalwana baseTransfeld bafakela i-bankruptcy kwaye ngokukhawuleza emva kokuvala izitolo zayo. I-Gimbel, eyayivulwe ngowe-1894 isuka kwivenkile yayo yecala kwi-8 kunye neMakethe ukuya kwiGalari, kodwa ngo-1986 nabo baphuma kwishishini, ekugqibeleni bathatyathwa ngu-K-Mart.
I-Wanamaker yavulwa ngo-1876 kwaye yayiyindawo yokugcina yesebe e-Philadelphia kunye nenye yeyokuqala, ukuba ayilona ivenkile yokuqala yeSebe e-United States. Yaziwa ngokuba yinyani yayo yokwethembeka kunye nokuvuselela ukubuyiswa kwezinto ezininzi zokuqala eMelika. Ngowe-1978, emva kweminyaka yokunciphisa ukuthengisa, intsapho yaseWamaker ithethengisa ivenkile eLos Angeles, eCalifornia-esekelwe eCarter Hawley Hale Stores. Ngomnyaka ka-1986 uCarter Hawley Hale wathengisa izitolo kwi-Detroit yeshishini loshishino lwezakhiwo. UAlfred Taubman owathengisa ngawo ngo-1995 ukuya kwiiSitolo zeeMeyi ngoMeyi. I-doamaker yedolophu yangasemhlabeni yajika yaba yiNkosi kunye neTylor kunye nelinye igama elikhulu levenkile yesebe laphelile. (Ubuncinane i-Christmas Light Show ihlala.)
Isibhengezo sokugqibela senkcubeko yesigqeba seFiladelphia senzeke ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi 2005 xa iFederated Department Stores, Inc. yamemezela ukuba iya kutshabalalisa igama leStrawbridge njengenxalenye yokudibanisa kunye neMigodi yeeMeyi. Ngethuba elithile ngo-2006, ivenkile ye-Market Street Strawbridge iya kuba yi-Macy kunye nakwiindawo ezikude zendawo apho iMacy ivele ikhona kunye neStrawbridge, izakhiwo ze-Strawbridge ziya kuvalwa.
UJustus C. Strawbridge waqala ukuvula ivenkile ePhiladelphia ngo-1861 waza wadibana noIsake H. Clothier ngo-1868. Kwii-128 ezizayo, iStrawbridge noCloer bahlala bengabantwana kwaye baqhube inkampani ngokuphathelele ubuhlobo babo obukhulu nabasebenzi kunye nabathengi. Yilapho ndaqala khona isicelo somsebenzi emva kokugqweswa kwiikholeji ngo-1976.
Ngama-1980 kwakunzima eStrawbridge naseClothier eyayijoliswe ekubanjweni kwamanye amalungu omndeni owawuncitshiswa yintengiso yokunciphisa ukuthengisa kunye nemiphumo ephantsi embi. Ekugqibeleni, ngowe-1996, ibhodi yabalawuli, eyakhiwa ngamalungu eentsapho zaseStwbridge, yavuma ukuthengisa izitolo zazo kwiNkampani yeMeyi. I-May Company yabiza kwakhona iivenkile njengeStrawbridge kuphela-yindlela ababeninzi abathengi abaye bathetha ngayo ngeendawo zokugcina izitolo. Ndisoloko ndidibana nomkami ukuba ngexesha lokufa kwethu, kuya kuba nebhanki elilodwa, inkampani yomshuwalense kunye nelinye ivenkile yesebe. Ukudibana kunye nokuthengwa kuyingxenye yobomi bethu namhlanje, kodwa kubuhlungu ukubona ukuba amagama amandulo ebusheni bethu abonakala. Ngelishwa, akukho zibonakaliso ukuba lo mkhwa uya kumisa nayiphi na ixesha kungekudala.