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Stanley Korshak is an American 
Stanley Korshak
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Stanley Korshak is an American luxury goods
In economics, a luxury good (or upmarket good) is a good for which demand increases more than what is proportional as income rises, so that expenditures on the good become a greater proportion of overall spending. Luxury goods are in contrast to n ...
specialty department store
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic app ...
in Dallas
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, Texas
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. The largest independent department store in the United States, it is located in the Uptown neighborhood in The Crescent retail complex.
History
In 1909 Stanley Korshak opened aluxury goods
In economics, a luxury good (or upmarket good) is a good for which demand increases more than what is proportional as income rises, so that expenditures on the good become a greater proportion of overall spending. Luxury goods are in contrast to n ...
store in Chicago
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, one of the first to offer designer women's apparel. After suffering financial problems throughout the 1980s, Dallas heiress and developer Caroline Hunt purchased the rights to the name. A new store in Dallas in the upscale Crescent development opened in 1986; the store in Chicago closed in 1990. The Dallas store was managed by Crawford Brock, who later purchased the business in 2002. Over the years the store has expanded to include additional departments and offerings covering 75,000 square feet. It has garnered several awards and accolades, including being named one of the 50 most influential men's stores in America by ''Women's Wear Daily
''Women's Wear Daily'' (also known as ''WWD'') is a fashion-industry trade journal often referred to as the "Bible of fashion".Horyn, Cathy"Breaking Fashion News With a Provocative Edge" ''The New York Times''. (August 20, 1999). It provides infor ...
'' in 2013. Industry estimates put annual sales at $40 million, or $600 per square foot.
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Stanley Korshak
{{Department stores in the United States Clothing retailers of the United States Companies based in Dallas Department stores of the United States