Dunlaps
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| The Dunlap Company | |
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| Type | Department store |
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| Founded | 1890 Wagoner, Oklahoma |
| Headquarters | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | Clothing, footwear, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. |
| Website | http://www.dunlaps.com/ |
Dunlaps, based in Fort Worth, Texas, is a family owned chain of department stores the central and southern United States catering to most classes depending on the location. The chain currently operates under the trade names of Dunlaps, Stripling & Cox, MM Cohn, Rogers, Clark's, Schreiner's, Kerr's, Kline's, The White House, and Gabriel's. They operate 38 stores in 8 states.
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[edit] History
The Dunlap Company was founded as a small general store in about 1890 by H.G. Dunlap in Wagoner, Oklahoma (Then Indian territory) during the great Land Rush. After a several years of operation, Dunlap consolidated his store with the Dunlap Brothers store, which his sons had established in nearby Coweta, Oklahoma. By 1921, the Dunlap Brothers had expanded to 20 stores throughout eastern Oklahoma. Eventually, the Dunlap family decided to retire, close the stores and move to California to open a new group of stores.
Retha R. Martin, who had come to work for the Dunlaps in 1916, had risen to the position of manager of the last remaining store. He was asked to join the partnership with a 40% interest. The plan was for Martin to close out the store in Eufaula, Oklahoma and move to California to run the new company. However, business was so good in Eufaula that year, it was agreed that Martin should stay behind. The store prospered and expanded under his leadership.
In 1939, seeing the prosperity of the booming ranch and oil country of West Texas, Martin began acquiring stores in that area. By 1943, there were fourteen stores located primarily in West Texas and New Mexico, and Martin moved the company headquarters to Lubbock, Texas.
Some stores acquired by Dunlaps were Goldstein-Migel of Waco, Tx in 1976, The White House of Beaumont, Tx in 1986, MM Cohn of Little Rock, Ar in 1989, Porteous of Portland, Me in 1992, and Steketee's of Grand Rapids, Mi in 1991.
After a certain point, the company stopped rebranding its acquired stores keeping local traditions alive and even operating single location stores. Though keeping many names around, other stores like Heironimus, Steketee's, Katz, McClurkans, and Goldstein-Migel were closed or converted to Dunlaps over time due to long distance issues or losses of lease.
[edit] The Dunlap Company Locations
- All locations are Dunlaps unless otherwise noticed.
[edit] Alabama
- Decatur, Alabama: 2019 6th St. S.E. (Rogers)
- Muscle Shoals, Alabama: 519 W. Avalon Ave. (Rogers)
[edit] Arkansas
- For Arkansas locations see MM Cohn
[edit] Arizona
- Bullhead City: 2350 Miracle Mile Rd
- Lake Havasu City: 1641 McCulloch Blvd
[edit] Colorado
- Durango: 800 S. Camino del Rio
- Glenwood Springs: 51027 Hwy. 6 & 24
- Montrose: 2201 S. Townsend Ave
[edit] Kansas
- Hays, Kansas: 2918 Vine St. (Kline's)
- Liberal: 1555 N. Kansas Ave
[edit] New Mexico
[edit] Oklahoma
[edit] Texas
- Abilene: 3625 Catclaw Dr.
- Amarillo: 7302 S.W. 34th St.
- Beaumont: 3871 Stagg Dr # 154 (The White House)
- Brownwood: 300 Early Blvd.
- Del Rio: 503 E. 6th St.
- Eagle Pass: 455 S. Bibb St.
- Fort Worth, Texas: 6370 Camp Bowie Blvd. (Stripling & Cox)
- Granbury: 1317 S. Morgan St.
- Huntsville, Texas: 2 Financial Plaza (Kerr's)
- Kerrville, Texas: 736 Water St. (Schreiner's)
- Lubbock: 2705 50th St.
- Lufkin, Texas: 3043 S. John Redditt Dr. (Clark's)
- Midland: 2101 W. Wadley Ave.
- Odessa: 2755 N. Grandview
- Pampa: 1229 N. Hobart St.
- Plainview, Texas: 1701 W. 5th St. (Gabriel's)
- San Angelo: 3552 Knickerbocker Rd.
- Stephensville: 2133 W. Washington St.
- Victoria: 5217 N. Navarro St.
- Waco: 5301 Bosque Blvd.
- Wichita Falls: 3007 Garnett Ave.
