Federal's

Federal's
Private
Industry Retail
Fate Liquidation
Founded 1929 (1929) in Detroit, Michigan
Founder Davison brothers
Defunct 1980 (1980)
Number of locations
 54
Area served
 Metro Detroit
Products Clothing, household goods

Federal Department Store, or Federal's, was a department store chain based in Detroit, Michigan.

History

Federal's was founded in 1929.[1] In 1961, Federal's merged with Kobacker's of Columbus, Ohio and in 1969,[2] it bought Shifrin-Willens Jewelers.[3] The chain filed for bankruptcy in 1972.[4] That same year, the Federal's stores in Lansing and Kalamazoo were closed.[5] Steven Watstein, also known as Steven West, purchased Federal's in 1978.[6] The chain was liquidated in 1980.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Journal of the House of Representatives. State of Michigan. 1980. p. 1814. OCLC 3825172 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Davidson Bros., Detroit, Buy Kobacker Stores". Toledo Blade. January 28, 1961. p. 15.
  3. ↑ "Federal's Buys Shifrin-Willens". Wall Street Journal. April 29, 1969. p. 7. Alternate Link via ProQuest.
  4. ↑ Rizzo, Michael F. (2007). Nine Nine Eight: The Glory Days of Buffalo Shopping. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781430313861. OCLC 128202051.
  5. ↑ "Store Closings Set By Federal's Chain". New York Times. December 27, 1972. p. 68. (Subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ "Steven West Assumes Control at Federal's Inc". Wall Street Journal. March 20, 1978. p. 7. (Subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
  7. ↑ Whitaker, Jan & Lisicky, Michael. "More questions and comments about department stores from readers". The History of Department Stores (blog).
  8. ↑ Gleaves, Rebekah (August 29, 2002). "Wild, Wild West: Once convicted of fraud and in debt to the IRS for a cool million, Steven West is some kind of businessman". New Times Broward-Palm Beach.
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