Dawahares

Dawahares
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Industry Retail
Fate Bankruptcy
Founded 1907
Founder S.F. Dawahare
Defunct 2012
Headquarters Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Number of locations
more than 20
Area served
Kentucky
Products Ralph Lauren, Dooney & Bourke, Tommy, Michael Kors, Clothing, footwear
The Dawahare family in front of their first store in 1917. Company founder, Srur Dawahare, is standing in the back left.

Dawahares was an American retail clothing store chain. It was founded by S.F. Dawahare in 1907 in Neon, Kentucky, and remained within the family for four generations.[1][2] The chain operated nearly 30 stores in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia.[3] It declared bankruptcy in 2012 and liquidated its 22 remaining stores.[1] Dawahares was in business for 105 years from 1907 to 2012.

References

  1. 1 2 "Dawahares closing all stores". WKYT. 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  2. "Dawahare's (sic) Files for Reorganizational Protection". PR Newswire. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  3. Jordan, Jim (2008-07-04). "Dawahare's(sic) to close 22 remaining stores". Kentucky.com. Retrieved 2009-03-13.


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