Weinstock's, originally Weinstock, Lubin, and Co., was an American
department store
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store under one roof, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store mad ...
chain headquartered in
Sacramento, California
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. It was founded by
Harris Weinstock and his half-brother,
David Lubin.
The first location opened in 1874 on the corner of Fourth and K Streets. One of the most famous Weinstock's locations, in Sacramento, opened on November 24, 1891.
The chain was purchased by
Hale's in 1949, becoming part of
Broadway-Hale Stores, later
Carter Hawley Hale. In 1978, Weinstock's expanded into
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
by rebranding its sister chain
The Broadway's location at
Fashion Place in
Murray into that name, with two stores later in
Ogden and
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...
. In 1991, Weinstock's operations were later assumed by its other sister chain
The Emporium. In 1993, Weinstock's closed its three Utah stores, eventually bringing
Dillard's
Dillard's, Inc. is an American department store chain with approximately 267 stores in 29 states and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. Currently, the largest number of stores are located in Texas with 57 and Florida with 42. The company a ...
to Utah for the first time with its first store in Murray's former location. The chain was later purchased by
Federated Department Stores
Macy's, Inc. (previously Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American holding company of department stores. Upon its establishment in 1929, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus (departm ...
(now Macy's, Inc.) in 1995, resulting in most of the Weinstock's stores to be converted to
Macy's
Macy's is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. The first store was located in Manhattan on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, south of the present-day flagship store at Herald Square on West 34 ...
. Some of the remaining stores were either closed or sold, with two of them to
Gottschalks, at
Vintage Faire Mall
Vintage Faire Mall is a shopping mall located in Modesto, California, USA. It is owned and operated by Macerich and is adjacent to California State Route 99, State Route 99. The mall is a hub for Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority, StanRTA b ...
in
Modesto
Modesto ( ; ) is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States. With a population of 218,069 according to 2022 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, it is the 19th-most populous city in California.
Modesto is locate ...
and
Fashion Fair in
Fresno
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. This also brought Dillard's to California for the first time with its new store built on the former Weinstock's site at
Weberstown Mall in
Stockton.
See also
*
List of department stores converted to Macy's
This is a list of department stores converted to Macy's and sister brand Bloomingdale's by way of mergers and acquisitions. Macy's became a national brand through these conversions, and replaced many regional department stores with local heritage ...
*
List of defunct department stores of the United States
This is a list of defunct department stores of the United States, from small-town one-unit stores to mega-chains, which have disappeared over the past 100 years. Many closed, while others were sold or merged with other department stores.
Depar ...
References
External links
"Weinstock, Lubin, and Co.", ''Department Store Museum''''Weinstock's: Sacramento's Finest Department Store'', Annette Kassis*
*
Defunct department stores based in Sacramento
Macy's, Inc.
1924 establishments in California
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