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Bullock's

February 15, 2024

Bullock's was a chain of full-line department stores from 1907 through 1995, headquartered in Los Angeles, growing to operate across California, Arizona and Nevada. Bullock's also operated as many as seven more upscale Bullocks Wilshire specialty department stores across Southern California. Many former Bullock's locations continue to operate today as Macy's.

Bullocks
Bullock's Downtown, 1917
Founded1907
FounderJohn G. Bullock
Defunct1995 (1995)
ParentFederated Department Stores (1964-1988)

Macy's (1988-1992)

Federated Department Stores (1994-1995)

History edit

 
Postcard view of Broadway c. 1908, showing original store

Bullock's was founded in 1907 at Seventh and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles by John G. Bullock, with the support of The Broadway Department Store owner Arthur Letts. In 1923, Bullock and business partner P.G. Winnett bought out Letts' interest after his death and the companies became completely separated. In 1929 Bullock & Winnett opened a luxury branch on Wilshire Boulevard, referred to at the time as Bullock's Wilshire (the apostrophe would later be removed).

In 1944 Bullock's acquired I. Magnin & Co., a venerable San Francisco-based upscale specialty chain.

Starting in 1958, Bullock's built a series of four shopping centers initially called Bullock's Fashion Square, small, elegant, and open-air, with large Bullock's stores dominating, surrounded by only around 20 or 30 much smaller specialty stores, such as I. Magnin, Desmond's, Mandel's and Silverwoods. The total gross buildable area of Bullock's Santa Ana, for example was 340,000 square feet (32,000 m2), versus only 238,000 square feet (22,100 m2) for all the other retailers combined. Bullock's Fashion Square in Santa Ana opened in 1958, followed by a Fashion Square for the San Fernando Valley (later "Sherman Oaks Fashion Square") in 1962, a Fashion Square in Torrance (later called "Del Amo Fashion Square") in September 1966 and Fashion Square in La Habra (which uniquely included a Buffum's branch from the beginning) in April 1968.[1]

In 1964 the then public-owned Bullock's/I. Magnin organization was acquired by Federated Department Stores, much to the dismay of surviving founder P.G. Winnett, who publicly lambasted the deal (which was initiated by his own son-in-law, Bullock's President Walter W. Candy Jr.). In the 1970s, to differentiate itself from the full-line Bullock's stores, the very exclusive Wilshire location dropped its apostrophe, and became Bullocks Wilshire, and began its own expansion.

In February 1970, Federated Department Stores replaced its Bullock's Realty Corporation, which owned and managed the Fashion Square malls, with an organization called Transwest Management;[2] Transwest sold the Torrance (future "Del Amo") Fashion Square in March of that year to new co-owners Great Lakes and Guilford Glazer and Associates,[3] while selling the three other Fashion Squares for $13 million to Urban Investment and Development Company (UIDC), who would sell them in 1973 to Bank of America Realty Investor and Draper and Kramer for $16.3 million.[1]

Bullock's, Bullocks Wilshire, and I. Magnin retained their autonomy under Federated, as well as their carriage-trade niche, with I. Magnin expanding into the Chicago and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas and Bullock's opening stores in Phoenix,[4][5] Las Vegas[6] and Northern California.[7][8] In 1983 however, Federated shuttered the Bullock's North division[9][10][11] and sold most of its locations to Seattle, Washington retailer Nordstrom. In 1988, after an ugly takeover battle between Robert Campeau and Macy's for Federated, Bullock's and I. Magnin were sold by Campeau to Macy's as a consolation prize for one billion dollars,[12] which plunged Macy's into debt. The new owners responded by dismantling Bullock's Los Angeles corporate offices,[13][14] merging Bullocks Wilshire into I. Magnin, and Bullock's into its Macy's South division, sending what had been Federated's most profitable division into a precipitous decline and alienating customers.

The end came quickly for Bullock's after Macy's filed for bankruptcy protection in 1992,[15] with the Bullocks Wilshire stores being renamed I. Magnin two years before.[16] Underperforming I. Magnin and Bullock's locations were closed,[17] and I. Magnin itself was dissolved in January 1995[18][19] once Federated Department Stores reappeared on the scene and acquired Macy's.[20] In 1996—following the acquisition of Broadway Stores, Inc.—Federated consolidated all its traditional department-store business in California under the Macy's nameplate, ending 89 years of Bullock's.[21]

Luxury market edit

Although the Bullocks Wilshire stores were deemed the most exclusive, the full-line Bullock's stores offered upscale designers such as Giorgio Armani, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Missoni, Krizia, Stephen Sprouse, Valentino, Salvatore Ferragamo, Byblos, Hugo Boss, Gieves & Hawkes, and Robert Graham. Under Federated, the 22 Bullock's stores offered consistent assortments in each location, a key to the company's profit and success (exceptions were the Lakewood, West Covina, Carlsbad and Grossmont, California, locations.) Under the corporate oversight of Macy's South in Atlanta, the 22 Bullock's stores were divided into three competing regions: merchant offices with extremely limited control were established in Santa Ana, Sherman Oaks and the existing 800 South Hope Street building. Macy's, now under tremendous debt, national economic issues and having alienated customers with swift and usually reactive changes to the Bullock's brand, focused and relied on South Coast Plaza, Sherman Oaks and Beverly Center to retain an upscale clientele.

Store list edit

Only full line Bullock's division stores. Note: "Closing" refers to store closing date as Bullock's or Macy's.[22]

No. Name Address/Mall Opened
(M/D/YYYY) 		Closed*
(M/D/YYYY) 		Building
Current Use 		Notes
01 Downtown Broadway and Hill Street, Downtown Los Angeles (freestanding) 3/4/1907 6/26/1983 St. Vincent Jewelry Center 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) at opening, added additional buildings over time, 806,000 square feet (74,900 m2) at closing.[23]
Wilshire 3050 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles (freestanding) 9/24/1929 4/13/1993 (as BW flagship)[24] Southwestern Law School became "Bullocks Wilshire"(separate division) ca. 1972, then rebranded I. Magnin along with all other BW branches
Palm Springs
Resort Store 		November 1930 Razed to make way for the Desert Inn Fashion Plaza, which was in turn razed in 2013. This was a Spanish Colonial-style "resort store" within the Desert Inn complex, replaced by a full Bullock's branch in 1947.[25]
Westwood Collegienne 1002 Westwood Boulevard[26] 5/14/1932[27] Replaced by full-line store 1951 Vacant (previously Sur La Table) This was a specialist "Collegienne" store designed in Spanish Colonial style by Parkinson & Parkinson and built by Janss Investment Corporation at a cost reported variously as $150,000 and $185,000.[28][27]
03 Pasadena 402 South Lake Avenue (freestanding) 9/19/1947 - Macy's Architects Wurdeman & Becket[26]
Palm Springs (full branch) 151 South Palm Canyon Drive[29] 10/18/47 Razed to make way for The Mercado and a new Saks Fifth Avenue.[30] Modernist building, replaced the Desert Inn "resort shop". Became a Bullocks Wilshire branch in the 1960s. Architects Wurdeman & Becket.[26][31]
04 Westwood 10861 Weyburn (SE corner Westwood and Weyburn), L.A. (freestanding) 9/5/1951 Target Replaced "Westwood Collegienne" store; architect Welton Becket[26]
07 Santa Ana Santa Ana Fashion Square 9/17/1958 - Macy's This was the first of four Bullock's Fashion Square centers. Architects Pereira & Luckman. Mall was built out extensively and is now called MainPlace.
09 San Fernando/ Valley/Sherman Oaks Sherman Oaks Fashion Square 4/30/1962 - Macy's
10 Lakewood Lakewood Center 4/26/1965 1993[32] Razed[32] Razed 1995, now site of The Home Depot and a supermarket[32]
12 Del Amo Del Amo Fashion Square, Torrance 9/12/1966 - Macy's (Main)
15 La Habra La Habra Fashion Square, razed, now site of La Habra Market Place strip mall 8/12/1968 1992[33] Razed Razed in late 1990s[34]
17 Northridge Northridge Fashion Center 9/10/1971 Macy's Store was rebuilt new after 1994 Northridge earthquake
18 South Coast Plaza South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, California 9/26/1973 - Macy's
19 Mission Valley Mission Valley Center, San Diego 2/19/1975 - Macy's Home & Furniture
20 West Covina[35] Plaza West Covina 9/25/1975[35][36] 2008, Macy's consolidated into former Robinsons-May store Razed Razed in 2008, now site of Best Buy. 150,000 sq.ft. Welton Becket & Assoc., architects[35]
21 Century City Century Square, later Century City Shopping Center, now Westfield Century City 9/9/1976 - Nordstrom (formerly Macy's)
22 Scottsdale Scottsdale Fashion Square 1/31/1977 1996 part of Dillard's
23 Chris-Town Chris-Town Mall, Phoenix November 1987 (closed) Razed to make way for Target.
24 Mission Viejo Mission Viejo Mall 3/3/1980 - Macy's
25 Carlsbad Plaza Camino Real (and other names), now The Shoppes at Carlsbad 10/2/80 Macy's Men's, Home & Furniture
26 Las Vegas Fashion Show Mall 2/14/1981 Macy's
27 Beverly Center Beverly Center, Los Angeles 4/4/1982 - Macy's
28 Manhattan Beach Manhattan Village 4/4/1982 - Macy's
29 Thousand Oaks The Oaks 8/4/1983 - Macy's Men's, Home & Children's
30 Grossmont Grossmont Center, La Mesa 9/15/1983 1993 Target
31 Palm Desert Palm Desert Town Center 11/3/1983 2006, Macy's moved into former Robinsons-May store Partially razed Razed above ground, underground level is part of Macy's Furniture Store
32 Citicorp Plaza Seventh Market Place, now FIGat7th, Downtown Los Angeles 8/4/1986 1996 Gold's Gym (level M1), Target (level M2), Zara (level M3) In this mall, the Robinsons-May became the Macy's, which also later closed as there was a Macy's in nearby Broadway Plaza.
74* Burbank Burbank Town Center 9/2/1992 - Macy's *opened under Macy's ownership, 74 was under Macy's numbering scheme

Selected divisions edit

Bullocks Wilshire edit

Main article: Bullocks Wilshire

Bullocks Wilshire was one of the more important divisions of Bullock's, Inc. until it was consolidated into I. Magnin by Macy's in 1989. The division could be traced to the opening of a single luxury branch store of Bullock's in 1929.[37] In 1968, The Bullock's store in Palm Springs (built in 1947) was transferred to the control of Bullock's Wilshire to be its first branch store.[38] Four years later, in 1972, Bullock's Wilshire store was separated from Bullock's as a separate division with its own, president, chairman, buyers and staff with Walter Bergquist, former president of Bullock's, assigned as the division's first president.[39]

I. Magnin edit

Main article: I. Magnin

I. Magnin was acquired in 1944[40] and stores in this division were kept separate from those of Bullock's and the other divisions. Many I. Magnin stores were near the first Bullock's branches and complemented them in such as fashion that Bullock's purposely placed I. Magnin branches in three of the four Fashion Square malls that it built (in addition to inviting Desmond's, Silverwoods and other Fashion businesses not owned by Bullock's). The division lasted until 1994 when Macy's liquidated the brand and converted some of the stores to Macy's stores, selling some to Saks Fifth Avenue, and closing the rest.

Bullock's North edit

In the early 1970s, Federated wanted to move into the San Francisco Bay Area, an area of the country in which they never had any stores and was dominated by stores owned by Macy's and Broadway-Hale.[41][42][8][7] Federated decided to open a new division that reported directly to Federated, but chose a name, Bullock's North, that had some name recognition in Northern California, but was distinct enough from its sister division to the south.

The first store in the division opened at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto in March 1972. It had 150,000 square feet on two floors.[43] Two years later, a second store was opened in downtown Walnut Creek in 1974,[44] followed by a third store that was opened in the following year at the Vallco Fashion Park in Cupertino.[45]

A store was originally scheduled to open in Marin County the following year. Federated obtained property and even received clearance from the Corte Madera City Council to start construction, but resistance by local residents was so strong that they were able to obtain a recall election and were able to eject the city council members that had voted in favor for the new store off the council and thus killing the project.[46] A fourth store opened in 1977 at the Stonestown shopping center in San Francisco[46][47] and was followed by the opening of a fifth store in 1978 at the Oakridge Mall in San Jose. In 1982, Bullock's North opened its sixth and final store in the ill-fated Fashion Island Mall in San Mateo.[48] This particular store was unusual because the store was covered by a tent instead of a conventional roof.[11][49] The unusual roof was probably one of the reasons why Federated was unable to sell this particular store and closed the store as soon as the lease had expired.

A year later, Federated closed the division and sold five of the stores and quietly closed the San Mateo store.[9][10][11] Nordstrom purchased three stores while Emporium-Capwell and Mervyn's each purchased a single store.

Bullock's Woman edit

In the late 1980s, Federated recognized that many of their young affluent women customers were unable to find youthful designer clothing in plus sizes and that very few stores were catering to that market, with the exception of Lane Bryant, Federated decided to test the idea that the plus-sized market young adult market was under-served by opening a stand-alone shop called Bullock's Woman in an upscale Las Vegas mall that already held a full-line Bullock's department store in March 1987.[50][51] After operating the store for a few months, Federated determined that the venture was profitable enough to expand the concept to other malls containing Bullock's and/or Bullocks Wilshire by opening second and third stores in Palm Desert and in Woodland Hills in September 1987.[52][53]

By 1992, other units were opened in Burbank,[54] Century City[55] and Santa Ana.[55] When the Bullock's and Broadway nameplates were replaced with that of Macy's in 1996, a situation was created in which Macy's inherited excess floor space in the same malls that held the stand-alone Bullock's Woman stores so these were eventually integrated into the nearest Macy's store as the Macy's Woman department which specialized in the plus-sized designer clothing market.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Cole, David K. (1976). Main Place: a Look at a Multi-use Redevelopment (PDF) (Bachelor of Science thesis). University of Illinois.
  2. ^ "New division will advise retailers", Los Angeles Times, February 15, 1970 p.151.
  3. ^ "15 Mar 1970, Page 191 - The Los Angeles Times at". Newspapers.com. 1970-03-15. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  4. ^ "Bullock's Will Open in Arizona". Los Angeles Times. February 23, 1975. p. i14. The first Bullock's Department Store to be located outside of California will be constructed in the Camel View Shopping Center, Scottsdale, Ariz.,the firm said.[permanent dead link] Alternate Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  5. ^ "Bullock's Enters Arizona Market". Los Angeles Times. March 20, 1977. p. g4. Bullock's has opened a full-line department store in the Camel View Plaza, Scottsdale, Ariz., the first entry of the chain into that state. The chain has broken ground for a second Paradise Valley store to open in Christown in 1978.[permanent dead link] Alternate Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  6. ^ "Major stores at plaza cover wide range". Los Angeles Times. February 13, 1981. p. j3. The five major department stores at the Fashion Show in Las Vegas offer a diverse selection of goods. Bullock's, a 122,550-square-foot facility, will feature a contemporary interior.[permanent dead link] Alternate Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  7. ^ a b Chaplin, M.C. (January 20, 1971). . Los Angeles Times. p. G13. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2017. Federated Department Stores Inc., announced the creation Tuesday of a new division, Bullock's north, which will open a chain of Bullock's department stores in the San Francisco area. Alternate Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  8. ^ a b . The Wall Street Journal. January 20, 1971. p. 32. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2017. Federated Department stores Inc. plans to start a new division, Bullock's North, in the San Francisco area. The first store in the new division will be in the Stanford shopping center in Palo Alto. It is to open in the spring of 1972. Alternate Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  9. ^ a b "Federated Stores". The New York Times. July 21, 1983.
  10. ^ a b Yoshihara, Nancy (July 21, 1983). . Los Angeles Times. pp. F1–F2. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2017. The unit, which was established in 1971 as a separate and autonomous group from Federated's Los Angeles-based Bullock's division, operates six stores located in Palo Alto, Walnut Creek, San Jose, Vallco in Cupertino, Oakridge in San Jose and Stonestown and Fashion Island in San Mateo. The transaction does not affect the Southern California Bullock's operations. Seattle-based Nordstrom, which currently operates one store in the San Mateo area, confirmed reports that it reached an agreement to acquire the Bullock's stores in Walnut Creek, Palo Alto and Oakridge. Alternate Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  11. ^ a b c Golum, Rob (July 21, 1983). "Federated Confirms Plans To Sell Bullock's Division". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 146, no. 14. p. 2. Federated Department Stores said Wednesday it plans to liquidate its Bullock's Northern California division, based in Palo Alto, and has already signed letters of intent to sell off 'certain stores'. But the Seattle-based Nordstrom confirmed it is buying three of the six Bullock's North units - Palo Alto and Walnut Creek near San Francisco and Oakridge in San Jose. Carter Hawley Hale in Los Angeles said it agreed to purchase the Vallco store in San Jose for its San Francisco-based Emporium-Capwell division. Mervyn's, the promotional department store chain based in Hayward, Calif., is reportedly negotiating for the Stonestown store. The sixth remaining unit is Fashion Island in San Mateo, which is an experimentally designed store with a tent-like polyurethane roof. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  12. ^ Sanchez, Jesus (April 2, 1988). "Campeau Gets Federated; Macy's to Buy Bullock's". Los Angeles Times.
  13. ^ Groves, Martha (April 22, 1988). "Bullock's Executives Said to Be Out in Big Reshuffling by Macy's". Los Angeles Times.
  14. ^ Groves, Martha (November 12, 1988). "Bullock's to Cut 25 Jobs, Move Ad Offices to Atlanta". Los Angeles Times.
  15. ^ Lazzareschi, Carla (January 28, 1992). "R.H. Macy Files for Bankruptcy: Retailing: Firm says it will conduct business as usual after taking Chapter 11 action in New York. No immediate store closures or layoffs are seen". Los Angeles Times.
  16. ^ Groves, Martha (October 5, 1989). "Say Goodby [sic] to Bullocks Wilshire: The new owner will put the I. Magnin name on the venerable chain of elegant fashion stores". Los Angeles Times.
  17. ^ White, George & Lee, Patrick (March 2, 1993). "Closures by Macy Include Former Bullocks Wilshire: Retailing: The Art Deco landmark, which is now an I. Magnin, is among eight stores to close in California". Los Angeles Times.
  18. ^ White, George & Gendel, Debra (November 19, 1994). "Venerable I. Magnin to Pass Into History: Retailing: Macy Co. rejects offer by grandson of founder. Fashion Island store and seven others will close". Los Angeles Times.
  19. ^ White, George & Gendel, Debra (November 19, 1994). "Macy to Let I. Magnin Pass Into History: Retailing: Eight of the department stores will be closed and four converted. A grandson's offer for all 12 was not accepted". Los Angeles Times.
  20. ^ "Final Hurdle for Macy, Federated Deal Cleared: Reorganization: Merger of retailers will create nation's largest department store firm". Los Angeles Times. December 9, 1994.
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  38. ^ "Features: Palm Springs Now 'Wilshire'". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 116, no. 38. February 23, 1968. p. 7. Bullock's has confirmed it has changed the name of its Palm Springs operation to Bullock's Wilshire," but company president Walter Bergquist said there are no present plans to change other stores to that name. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  39. ^ "Bullock's Wilshire Now A Separate Business". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 124, no. 23. February 2, 1972. p. 50. Bullock's Inc., has taken the wraps off an expansion program which has long been the subject of speculation along the retail front. It includes development of Bullock's Wilshire as a separate business, with its own growth program, and addition of new Bullock's units. Word of these developments came from Weston P. Figgins, chairman. and Howard Goldfeder, president. Both declined to expand on a terse bulletin. Bullock's Wilshire, which has long operated as an autonomous entity under the Bullock's management wing, now will function on its own with additional units carrying Bullock's Wilshire merchandise. Goldfeder succeeded Walter Bergquist as Bullock's president. Bergquist was shifted to the new post of president, Bullock's Wilshire, a step which tended to substantiate speculation relative to possible growth of the autonomous store which also operates Bullock's unit in Palm Springs. Bullock's. Inc., operates 10 stores. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  40. ^ . Los Angeles Times. July 15, 1944. p. A6. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2017. Final steps were started yesterday in the affiliation of I. Magnin & Co. with Bullock's, Inc. P.G. Winnett, president of Bullock's, announced that more than 80 per cent of the outstanding share of I. Magnin have accepted Bullock's offer of exchange. Alternate Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  41. ^ "Federated Stores Starts Division at San Francisco". The New York Times. January 20, 1971. p. 45. Federated Department Stores, Inc., the country's largest department-store chain, announced yesterday the establishment of a new division. Bullock's North, in the San Francisco area. The first store in the new division, to be followed by others, will be a 15,000-square-foot unit in the Stanford Shopping Center In Palo Alto, Calif. It is expected to open by spring, 1972. Alternate Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  42. ^ "Bullock Move Into Bay Area Is Confirmed: Bullock's Into Bay Area". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 122, no. 13. January 20, 1971. pp. 1, 11. Federated Department Stores, Inc., Tuesday announced the launching of Bullock's North, a new division in the San Francisco area, to be headed by Morton Hull. Bullock's North's first store will total 150,000 square feet, and will be in the Stanford shopping center in Palo Alto. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  43. ^ Cohen, Ben (June 11, 1971). "Bullock's North About To Sign For 2 New Stores In Bay Area: Middle Price Market". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 122, no. 113. p. 11. Bullock's North, the Federated Dept. Stores Inc., division building its first store in the Stanford shopping center here is about to sign for two more stores. For the time being, the Stanford store will be the headquarters. As reported, the Stanford unit will be 150,000 square feet on two levels. According to the president, Bullock's is setting its sights on the upper middle price market in the area. Retail observers here think a major battle is shaping up between Bullock's North and Macy's California. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  44. ^ "Bullock's north now set for 2nd unit". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 126, no. 12. January 17, 1973. p. 65. Bullock's North finally cleared the last hurdles to its proposed second store in downtown Walnut Creek. The store, which opened its first unit in Sanford shopping center here last March. Bullock's plans to build a three-story, 180,000-square-foot store at the corner of South Broadway and Mt. Diablo Boulevard, downtown. The area is called the Broadway shopping center. Opening is scheduled for March 1974, and ground will be broken soon. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  45. ^ "Bullock's North Opens 3rd Unit In California". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 131, no. 62. September 29, 1975. p. 2. Bullock's North has opened its third northern California store. The 180,000-square-foot Store is in the Vallco Fashion Park, at the intersection of Route 280 and Wolfe Ave., here. The other two Bullock's North stores are in the Stanford shopping center, Palo Alto, and in downtown Walnut Creek. Work reportedly will start soon on Bullock's next store, in Marin County. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  46. ^ a b Cohen, Ben (August 11, 1976). "Bullock's sets first San Francisco unit: Stonestown is picked as site for store". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 133, no. 29. p. 19. Bullock's North is planning its fourth store in this area and the first in San Francisco, in the Stonestown shopping center. Bullock's expects to build a 180,000-square-foot unit on the former City of Paris site in the center, with a multi-story parking facility next door. Apparently, the new unit will be a full-line department store similar to units in Walnut Creek and Vallco Park. Both stores recently opened furniture departments. The main store, in the Stanford shopping center, still has no furniture section, and is the smallest of the three, 150,000 square feet. Bullock's committed itself to a branch in the Corte Madera shopping center in Marin County several years ago, but the electorate recalled the City Council members who had approved the plan. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  47. ^ "Bullock's North Under Construction". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 134, no. 27. February 8, 1977. p. 14. Construction is underway on the 172,000-square-foot Bullock's North branch in Stonestown shopping center here. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  48. ^ "San Mateo Mall Completed". Los Angeles Times. May 2, 1982. p. g2. Construction has been completed on the $62-million, 856,000-square-foot San Mateo Fashion Island, a single level shopping and recreation complex in San Mateo. The complex features Bullock's, J.C. Penney, Liberty House and Montgomery Ward department stores and 132 specialty shops. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  49. ^ Hartlaub, Peter (January 14, 2011). "Never mind the Bullock's: A tribute to Fashion Island in San Mateo". San Francisco Chronicle.
  50. ^ Groves, Martha (March 6, 1987). "Bullock's Woman: Specialty Retailer's New Store Has Chic Size-16 Set in Mind". Los Angeles Times. Taking a plunge into the fastest-growing segment of apparel retailing, the Bullock's department store chain is opening a Las Vegas store catering to large-size apparel for women. The 3,000-square-foot store, to be called Bullock's Woman, is scheduled to open March 14 at the city's Fashion Show Mall, next to a Bullock's department store and not far from a Lane Bryant, the reputed leader in large-size retailing.
  51. ^ Ginsberg, Steve (March 5, 1987). "Bullock's Plans 15-Store Chain For Large Sizes: Bullock's Launching Stores For Large Sizes". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 153, no. 43. pp. 1, 21. Bullock's will open a prototype store on Monday for large-size women's apparel. Called Bullock's Woman, it will be in the Las Vegas Fashion Show Mall. The 3,000-square-foot store will be the first of a planned chain of possibly 15 stores that will carry dresses and sportswear for sizes 14 to 24. Bullock's Woman will also carry a limited assortment of accessories, intimate apparel and hosiery. Bullock's Woman marks the first time this division of Federated Department Stores has spun off a specialty store concept since the opening of Bullocks Wilshire in 1929. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  52. ^ Groves, Martha (September 13, 1987). "Bullock's Finds Its Large-Size Clothing Stores Are a Big Hit". Los Angeles Times. Buoyed by a successful six-month test run of its Bullock's Woman store in Las Vegas, the Los Angeles department store company last week opened a second location at the Palm Desert Town Center, and will start up a third, at Promenade Mall in Woodland Hills, next Saturday.
  53. ^ "Bullock's Woman To Open Calif. Unit". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 154, no. 49. September 9, 1987. p. 2. Bullock's Woman will make its debut in southern California Saturday with a 3,000-square-foot store in the Palm Desert Town Center. The large size specialty store concept was introduced last March in Las Vegas by Bullock's department stores. A third store is tentatively slated to open Sept. 26 at Woodland Hills Promenade shopping center in the San Fernando Valley. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
  54. ^ Davidson, Idelle (July 26, 1992). "Style: Fashion: The Big Picture". Los Angeles Times. When Bullock's opened free-standing Bullock's Woman stores in Woodland Hills and Palm Desert in 1987, the move made minor history. Now another one is set to open in Burbank.
  55. ^ a b DeWitt, Barbara (November 5, 1992). "Malls Celebrate Season With New Ambiance, Stores". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L7. In Century City Shopping Center & Marketplace, the lineup of new shops includes ... Bullock's Woman, a separate Bullock's store for large-sized women

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  • . Time. July 24, 1964. About P. G. Winnett.

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Bullock s news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Bullock s was a chain of full line department stores from 1907 through 1995 headquartered in Los Angeles growing to operate across California Arizona and Nevada Bullock s also operated as many as seven more upscale Bullocks Wilshire specialty department stores across Southern California Many former Bullock s locations continue to operate today as Macy s BullocksBullock s Downtown 1917Founded1907FounderJohn G BullockDefunct1995 1995 ParentFederated Department Stores 1964 1988 Macy s 1988 1992 Federated Department Stores 1994 1995 Contents 1 History 1 1 Luxury market 2 Store list 3 Selected divisions 3 1 Bullocks Wilshire 3 2 I Magnin 3 3 Bullock s North 3 4 Bullock s Woman 4 See also 5 References 6 Further readingHistory edit nbsp Postcard view of Broadway c 1908 showing original storeBullock s was founded in 1907 at Seventh and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles by John G Bullock with the support of The Broadway Department Store owner Arthur Letts In 1923 Bullock and business partner P G Winnett bought out Letts interest after his death and the companies became completely separated In 1929 Bullock amp Winnett opened a luxury branch on Wilshire Boulevard referred to at the time as Bullock s Wilshire the apostrophe would later be removed In 1944 Bullock s acquired I Magnin amp Co a venerable San Francisco based upscale specialty chain Starting in 1958 Bullock s built a series of four shopping centers initially called Bullock s Fashion Square small elegant and open air with large Bullock s stores dominating surrounded by only around 20 or 30 much smaller specialty stores such as I Magnin Desmond s Mandel s and Silverwoods The total gross buildable area of Bullock s Santa Ana for example was 340 000 square feet 32 000 m2 versus only 238 000 square feet 22 100 m2 for all the other retailers combined Bullock s Fashion Square in Santa Ana opened in 1958 followed by a Fashion Square for the San Fernando Valley later Sherman Oaks Fashion Square in 1962 a Fashion Square in Torrance later called Del Amo Fashion Square in September 1966 and Fashion Square in La Habra which uniquely included a Buffum s branch from the beginning in April 1968 1 In 1964 the then public owned Bullock s I Magnin organization was acquired by Federated Department Stores much to the dismay of surviving founder P G Winnett who publicly lambasted the deal which was initiated by his own son in law Bullock s President Walter W Candy Jr In the 1970s to differentiate itself from the full line Bullock s stores the very exclusive Wilshire location dropped its apostrophe and became Bullocks Wilshire and began its own expansion In February 1970 Federated Department Stores replaced its Bullock s Realty Corporation which owned and managed the Fashion Square malls with an organization called Transwest Management 2 Transwest sold the Torrance future Del Amo Fashion Square in March of that year to new co owners Great Lakes and Guilford Glazer and Associates 3 while selling the three other Fashion Squares for 13 million to Urban Investment and Development Company UIDC who would sell them in 1973 to Bank of America Realty Investor and Draper and Kramer for 16 3 million 1 Bullock s Bullocks Wilshire and I Magnin retained their autonomy under Federated as well as their carriage trade niche with I Magnin expanding into the Chicago and Washington D C metropolitan areas and Bullock s opening stores in Phoenix 4 5 Las Vegas 6 and Northern California 7 8 In 1983 however Federated shuttered the Bullock s North division 9 10 11 and sold most of its locations to Seattle Washington retailer Nordstrom In 1988 after an ugly takeover battle between Robert Campeau and Macy s for Federated Bullock s and I Magnin were sold by Campeau to Macy s as a consolation prize for one billion dollars 12 which plunged Macy s into debt The new owners responded by dismantling Bullock s Los Angeles corporate offices 13 14 merging Bullocks Wilshire into I Magnin and Bullock s into its Macy s South division sending what had been Federated s most profitable division into a precipitous decline and alienating customers The end came quickly for Bullock s after Macy s filed for bankruptcy protection in 1992 15 with the Bullocks Wilshire stores being renamed I Magnin two years before 16 Underperforming I Magnin and Bullock s locations were closed 17 and I Magnin itself was dissolved in January 1995 18 19 once Federated Department Stores reappeared on the scene and acquired Macy s 20 In 1996 following the acquisition of Broadway Stores Inc Federated consolidated all its traditional department store business in California under the Macy s nameplate ending 89 years of Bullock s 21 Luxury market edit Although the Bullocks Wilshire stores were deemed the most exclusive the full line Bullock s stores offered upscale designers such as Giorgio Armani Jean Paul Gaultier Missoni Krizia Stephen Sprouse Valentino Salvatore Ferragamo Byblos Hugo Boss Gieves amp Hawkes and Robert Graham Under Federated the 22 Bullock s stores offered consistent assortments in each location a key to the company s profit and success exceptions were the Lakewood West Covina Carlsbad and Grossmont California locations Under the corporate oversight of Macy s South in Atlanta the 22 Bullock s stores were divided into three competing regions merchant offices with extremely limited control were established in Santa Ana Sherman Oaks and the existing 800 South Hope Street building Macy s now under tremendous debt national economic issues and having alienated customers with swift and usually reactive changes to the Bullock s brand focused and relied on South Coast Plaza Sherman Oaks and Beverly Center to retain an upscale clientele Store list editOnly full line Bullock s division stores Note Closing refers to store closing date as Bullock s or Macy s 22 No Name Address Mall Opened M D YYYY Closed M D YYYY Building Current Use Notes01 Downtown Broadway and Hill Street Downtown Los Angeles freestanding 3 4 1907 6 26 1983 St Vincent Jewelry Center 350 000 square feet 33 000 m2 at opening added additional buildings over time 806 000 square feet 74 900 m2 at closing 23 Wilshire 3050 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles freestanding 9 24 1929 4 13 1993 as BW flagship 24 Southwestern Law School became Bullocks Wilshire separate division ca 1972 then rebranded I Magnin along with all other BW branchesPalm SpringsResort Store November 1930 Razed to make way for the Desert Inn Fashion Plaza which was in turn razed in 2013 This was a Spanish Colonial style resort store within the Desert Inn complex replaced by a full Bullock s branch in 1947 25 Westwood Collegienne 1002 Westwood Boulevard 26 5 14 1932 27 Replaced by full line store 1951 Vacant previously Sur La Table This was a specialist Collegienne store designed in Spanish Colonial style by Parkinson amp Parkinson and built by Janss Investment Corporation at a cost reported variously as 150 000 and 185 000 28 27 03 Pasadena 402 South Lake Avenue freestanding 9 19 1947 Macy s Architects Wurdeman amp Becket 26 Palm Springs full branch 151 South Palm Canyon Drive 29 10 18 47 Razed to make way for The Mercado and a new Saks Fifth Avenue 30 Modernist building replaced the Desert Inn resort shop Became a Bullocks Wilshire branch in the 1960s Architects Wurdeman amp Becket 26 31 04 Westwood 10861 Weyburn SE corner Westwood and Weyburn L A freestanding 9 5 1951 Target Replaced Westwood Collegienne store architect Welton Becket 26 07 Santa Ana Santa Ana Fashion Square 9 17 1958 Macy s This was the first of four Bullock s Fashion Square centers Architects Pereira amp Luckman Mall was built out extensively and is now called MainPlace 09 San Fernando Valley Sherman Oaks Sherman Oaks Fashion Square 4 30 1962 Macy s10 Lakewood Lakewood Center 4 26 1965 1993 32 Razed 32 Razed 1995 now site of The Home Depot and a supermarket 32 12 Del Amo Del Amo Fashion Square Torrance 9 12 1966 Macy s Main 15 La Habra La Habra Fashion Square razed now site of La Habra Market Place strip mall 8 12 1968 1992 33 Razed Razed in late 1990s 34 17 Northridge Northridge Fashion Center 9 10 1971 Macy s Store was rebuilt new after 1994 Northridge earthquake18 South Coast Plaza South Coast Plaza Costa Mesa California 9 26 1973 Macy s19 Mission Valley Mission Valley Center San Diego 2 19 1975 Macy s Home amp Furniture20 West Covina 35 Plaza West Covina 9 25 1975 35 36 2008 Macy s consolidated into former Robinsons May store Razed Razed in 2008 now site of Best Buy 150 000 sq ft Welton Becket amp Assoc architects 35 21 Century City Century Square later Century City Shopping Center now Westfield Century City 9 9 1976 Nordstrom formerly Macy s 22 Scottsdale Scottsdale Fashion Square 1 31 1977 1996 part of Dillard s23 Chris Town Chris Town Mall Phoenix November 1987 closed Razed to make way for Target 24 Mission Viejo Mission Viejo Mall 3 3 1980 Macy s25 Carlsbad Plaza Camino Real and other names now The Shoppes at Carlsbad 10 2 80 Macy s Men s Home amp Furniture26 Las Vegas Fashion Show Mall 2 14 1981 Macy s27 Beverly Center Beverly Center Los Angeles 4 4 1982 Macy s28 Manhattan Beach Manhattan Village 4 4 1982 Macy s29 Thousand Oaks The Oaks 8 4 1983 Macy s Men s Home amp Children s30 Grossmont Grossmont Center La Mesa 9 15 1983 1993 Target31 Palm Desert Palm Desert Town Center 11 3 1983 2006 Macy s moved into former Robinsons May store Partially razed Razed above ground underground level is part of Macy s Furniture Store32 Citicorp Plaza Seventh Market Place now FIGat7th Downtown Los Angeles 8 4 1986 1996 Gold s Gym level M1 Target level M2 Zara level M3 In this mall the Robinsons May became the Macy s which also later closed as there was a Macy s in nearby Broadway Plaza 74 Burbank Burbank Town Center 9 2 1992 Macy s opened under Macy s ownership 74 was under Macy s numbering schemeSelected divisions editBullocks Wilshire edit Main article Bullocks Wilshire Bullocks Wilshire was one of the more important divisions of Bullock s Inc until it was consolidated into I Magnin by Macy s in 1989 The division could be traced to the opening of a single luxury branch store of Bullock s in 1929 37 In 1968 The Bullock s store in Palm Springs built in 1947 was transferred to the control of Bullock s Wilshire to be its first branch store 38 Four years later in 1972 Bullock s Wilshire store was separated from Bullock s as a separate division with its own president chairman buyers and staff with Walter Bergquist former president of Bullock s assigned as the division s first president 39 I Magnin edit Main article I Magnin I Magnin was acquired in 1944 40 and stores in this division were kept separate from those of Bullock s and the other divisions Many I Magnin stores were near the first Bullock s branches and complemented them in such as fashion that Bullock s purposely placed I Magnin branches in three of the four Fashion Square malls that it built in addition to inviting Desmond s Silverwoods and other Fashion businesses not owned by Bullock s The division lasted until 1994 when Macy s liquidated the brand and converted some of the stores to Macy s stores selling some to Saks Fifth Avenue and closing the rest Bullock s North edit In the early 1970s Federated wanted to move into the San Francisco Bay Area an area of the country in which they never had any stores and was dominated by stores owned by Macy s and Broadway Hale 41 42 8 7 Federated decided to open a new division that reported directly to Federated but chose a name Bullock s North that had some name recognition in Northern California but was distinct enough from its sister division to the south The first store in the division opened at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto in March 1972 It had 150 000 square feet on two floors 43 Two years later a second store was opened in downtown Walnut Creek in 1974 44 followed by a third store that was opened in the following year at the Vallco Fashion Park in Cupertino 45 A store was originally scheduled to open in Marin County the following year Federated obtained property and even received clearance from the Corte Madera City Council to start construction but resistance by local residents was so strong that they were able to obtain a recall election and were able to eject the city council members that had voted in favor for the new store off the council and thus killing the project 46 A fourth store opened in 1977 at the Stonestown shopping center in San Francisco 46 47 and was followed by the opening of a fifth store in 1978 at the Oakridge Mall in San Jose In 1982 Bullock s North opened its sixth and final store in the ill fated Fashion Island Mall in San Mateo 48 This particular store was unusual because the store was covered by a tent instead of a conventional roof 11 49 The unusual roof was probably one of the reasons why Federated was unable to sell this particular store and closed the store as soon as the lease had expired A year later Federated closed the division and sold five of the stores and quietly closed the San Mateo store 9 10 11 Nordstrom purchased three stores while Emporium Capwell and Mervyn s each purchased a single store Bullock s Woman edit In the late 1980s Federated recognized that many of their young affluent women customers were unable to find youthful designer clothing in plus sizes and that very few stores were catering to that market with the exception of Lane Bryant Federated decided to test the idea that the plus sized market young adult market was under served by opening a stand alone shop called Bullock s Woman in an upscale Las Vegas mall that already held a full line Bullock s department store in March 1987 50 51 After operating the store for a few months Federated determined that the venture was profitable enough to expand the concept to other malls containing Bullock s and or Bullocks Wilshire by opening second and third stores in Palm Desert and in Woodland Hills in September 1987 52 53 By 1992 other units were opened in Burbank 54 Century City 55 and Santa Ana 55 When the Bullock s and Broadway nameplates were replaced with that of Macy s in 1996 a situation was created in which Macy s inherited excess floor space in the same malls that held the stand alone Bullock s Woman stores so these were eventually integrated into the nearest Macy s store as the Macy s Woman department which specialized in the plus sized designer clothing market See also editList of defunct department stores of the United StatesReferences edit a b Cole David K 1976 Main Place a Look at a Multi use Redevelopment PDF Bachelor of Science thesis University of Illinois New division will advise retailers Los Angeles Times February 15 1970 p 151 15 Mar 1970 Page 191 The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers com 1970 03 15 Retrieved 2022 06 05 Bullock s Will Open in Arizona Los Angeles Times February 23 1975 p i14 The first Bullock s Department Store to be located outside of California will be constructed in the Camel View Shopping Center Scottsdale Ariz the firm said permanent dead link Alternate Link subscription required via ProQuest Bullock s Enters Arizona Market Los Angeles Times March 20 1977 p g4 Bullock s has opened a full line department store in the Camel View Plaza Scottsdale Ariz the first entry of the chain into that state The chain has broken ground for a second Paradise Valley store to open in Christown in 1978 permanent dead link Alternate Link subscription required via ProQuest Major stores at plaza cover wide range Los Angeles Times February 13 1981 p j3 The five major department stores at the Fashion Show in Las Vegas offer a diverse selection of goods Bullock s a 122 550 square foot facility will feature a contemporary interior permanent dead link Alternate Link subscription required via ProQuest a b Chaplin M C January 20 1971 Federated to Put Bullock s in Bay Area Los Angeles Times p G13 Archived from the original on March 7 2016 Retrieved July 5 2017 Federated Department Stores Inc announced the creation Tuesday of a new division Bullock s north which will open a chain of Bullock s department stores in the San Francisco area Alternate Link subscription required via ProQuest a b Federated Stores Plans To Start New Division In San Francisco Area The Wall Street Journal January 20 1971 p 32 Archived from the original on April 8 2016 Retrieved July 5 2017 Federated Department stores Inc plans to start a new division Bullock s North in the San Francisco area The first store in the new division will be in the Stanford shopping center in Palo Alto It is to open in the spring of 1972 Alternate Link subscription required via ProQuest a b Federated Stores The New York Times July 21 1983 a b Yoshihara Nancy July 21 1983 Federated Plans to Sell Bullock s Stores in North Los Angeles Times pp F1 F2 Archived from the original on April 8 2016 Retrieved July 5 2017 The unit which was established in 1971 as a separate and autonomous group from Federated s Los Angeles based Bullock s division operates six stores located in Palo Alto Walnut Creek San Jose Vallco in Cupertino Oakridge in San Jose and Stonestown and Fashion Island in San Mateo The transaction does not affect the Southern California Bullock s operations Seattle based Nordstrom which currently operates one store in the San Mateo area confirmed reports that it reached an agreement to acquire the Bullock s stores in Walnut Creek Palo Alto and Oakridge Alternate Link subscription required via ProQuest a b c Golum Rob July 21 1983 Federated Confirms Plans To Sell Bullock s Division Women s Wear Daily Vol 146 no 14 p 2 Federated Department Stores said Wednesday it plans to liquidate its Bullock s Northern California division based in Palo Alto and has already signed letters of intent to sell off certain stores But the Seattle based Nordstrom confirmed it is buying three of the six Bullock s North units Palo Alto and Walnut Creek near San Francisco and Oakridge in San Jose Carter Hawley Hale in Los Angeles said it agreed to purchase the Vallco store in San Jose for its San Francisco based Emporium Capwell division Mervyn s the promotional department store chain based in Hayward Calif is reportedly negotiating for the Stonestown store The sixth remaining unit is Fashion Island in San Mateo which is an experimentally designed store with a tent like polyurethane roof Link subscription required via ProQuest Sanchez Jesus April 2 1988 Campeau Gets Federated Macy s to Buy Bullock s Los Angeles Times Groves Martha April 22 1988 Bullock s Executives Said to Be Out in Big Reshuffling by Macy s Los Angeles Times Groves Martha November 12 1988 Bullock s to Cut 25 Jobs Move Ad Offices to Atlanta Los Angeles Times Lazzareschi Carla January 28 1992 R H Macy Files for Bankruptcy Retailing Firm says it will conduct business as usual after taking Chapter 11 action in New York No immediate store closures or layoffs are seen Los Angeles Times Groves Martha October 5 1989 Say Goodby sic to Bullocks Wilshire The new owner will put the I Magnin name on the venerable chain of elegant fashion stores Los Angeles Times White George amp Lee Patrick March 2 1993 Closures by Macy Include Former Bullocks Wilshire Retailing The Art Deco landmark which is now an I Magnin is among eight stores to close in California Los Angeles Times White George amp Gendel Debra November 19 1994 Venerable I Magnin to Pass Into History Retailing Macy Co rejects offer by grandson of founder Fashion Island store and seven others will close Los Angeles Times White George amp Gendel Debra November 19 1994 Macy to Let I Magnin Pass Into History Retailing Eight of the department stores will be closed and four converted A grandson s offer for all 12 was not accepted Los Angeles Times Final Hurdle for Macy Federated Deal Cleared Reorganization Merger of retailers will create nation s largest department store firm Los Angeles Times December 9 1994 White George amp Apodaca Patrice October 13 1995 All Bullock s Stores to Be Converted to Macy s Los Angeles Times Frick Devin T March 23 2015 Bullock s Department Store Arcadia Publishing p 127 ISBN 9781439650424 via Google Books Bullock s Department Store 1 Downtown Los Angeles CA 1906 1907 PCAD Moffat Susan 13 April 1993 Bullocks Wilshire Closes Doors Today Los Angeles Times Retrieved 28 April 2019 Bullock s New Palm Springs Shop Cheerful Los Angeles Times 21 Nov 1930 p 40 part II p 20 a b c d Bullock s to build new Westwood Village store Los Angeles Times 5 Jan 1930 p 30 Retrieved 28 April 2019 a b Westwood Shop Opens Tomorrow Los Angeles Times 13 May 1932 p 28 Bullock s opens branch Los Angeles Times 15 May 1933 section V page 3 Palm Springs Telephone Directory January 1964 Celebrating mid century buildings in Palm Springs Desert Sun PCAD Bullock s Department Store 2 Palm Springs CA Pacific Coast Architecture Database a b c Lakewood History City of Lakewood website Archived from the original on 2019 04 28 Retrieved 2019 04 28 Macy to Close 8 Stores 1 850 Jobs Affected Retail The owner of the Bullock s and I Magnin chains is eliminating its poor performers including the Bullock s store in La Habra s Fashion Square Los Angeles Times May 21 1992 LA HABRA Old Bullock s to Be Razed for New Mall Los Angeles Times June 20 1995 a b c Bullock s to Open in West Covina Pomona Progress Bulletin 1975 09 24 Advertisement for Bullock s Los Angeles Times September 25 1975 Whitaker Alma September 26 1929 Bullock s In Debut Today New Wilshire Store Marking Daring Experiment in Merchandising Ready to Open Doors Los Angeles Times pp A1 A2 Archived from the original on March 18 2017 Retrieved July 5 2017 Bullock s Wilshire is a temple to women Alternate Link subscription required via ProQuest Features Palm Springs Now Wilshire Women s Wear Daily Vol 116 no 38 February 23 1968 p 7 Bullock s has confirmed it has changed the name of its Palm Springs operation to Bullock s Wilshire but company president Walter Bergquist said there are no present plans to change other stores to that name Link subscription required via ProQuest Bullock s Wilshire Now A Separate Business Women s Wear Daily Vol 124 no 23 February 2 1972 p 50 Bullock s Inc has taken the wraps off an expansion program which has long been the subject of speculation along the retail front It includes development of Bullock s Wilshire as a separate business with its own growth program and addition of new Bullock s units Word of these developments came from Weston P Figgins chairman and Howard Goldfeder president Both declined to expand on a terse bulletin Bullock s Wilshire which has long operated as an autonomous entity under the Bullock s management wing now will function on its own with additional units carrying Bullock s Wilshire merchandise Goldfeder succeeded Walter Bergquist as Bullock s president Bergquist was shifted to the new post of president Bullock s Wilshire a step which tended to substantiate speculation relative to possible growth of the autonomous store which also operates Bullock s unit in Palm Springs Bullock s Inc operates 10 stores Link subscription required via ProQuest Store Merger in Final Stage Los Angeles Times July 15 1944 p A6 Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved July 5 2017 Final steps were started yesterday in the affiliation of I Magnin amp Co with Bullock s Inc P G Winnett president of Bullock s announced that more than 80 per cent of the outstanding share of I Magnin have accepted Bullock s offer of exchange Alternate Link subscription required via ProQuest Federated Stores Starts Division at San Francisco The New York Times January 20 1971 p 45 Federated Department Stores Inc the country s largest department store chain announced yesterday the establishment of a new division Bullock s North in the San Francisco area The first store in the new division to be followed by others will be a 15 000 square foot unit in the Stanford Shopping Center In Palo Alto Calif It is expected to open by spring 1972 Alternate Link subscription required via ProQuest Bullock Move Into Bay Area Is Confirmed Bullock s Into Bay Area Women s Wear Daily Vol 122 no 13 January 20 1971 pp 1 11 Federated Department Stores Inc Tuesday announced the launching of Bullock s North a new division in the San Francisco area to be headed by Morton Hull Bullock s North s first store will total 150 000 square feet and will be in the Stanford shopping center in Palo Alto Link subscription required via ProQuest Cohen Ben June 11 1971 Bullock s North About To Sign For 2 New Stores In Bay Area Middle Price Market Women s Wear Daily Vol 122 no 113 p 11 Bullock s North the Federated Dept Stores Inc division building its first store in the Stanford shopping center here is about to sign for two more stores For the time being the Stanford store will be the headquarters As reported the Stanford unit will be 150 000 square feet on two levels According to the president Bullock s is setting its sights on the upper middle price market in the area Retail observers here think a major battle is shaping up between Bullock s North and Macy s California Link subscription required via ProQuest Bullock s north now set for 2nd unit Women s Wear Daily Vol 126 no 12 January 17 1973 p 65 Bullock s North finally cleared the last hurdles to its proposed second store in downtown Walnut Creek The store which opened its first unit in Sanford shopping center here last March Bullock s plans to build a three story 180 000 square foot store at the corner of South Broadway and Mt Diablo Boulevard downtown The area is called the Broadway shopping center Opening is scheduled for March 1974 and ground will be broken soon Link subscription required via ProQuest Bullock s North Opens 3rd Unit In California Women s Wear Daily Vol 131 no 62 September 29 1975 p 2 Bullock s North has opened its third northern California store The 180 000 square foot Store is in the Vallco Fashion Park at the intersection of Route 280 and Wolfe Ave here The other two Bullock s North stores are in the Stanford shopping center Palo Alto and in downtown Walnut Creek Work reportedly will start soon on Bullock s next store in Marin County Link subscription required via ProQuest a b Cohen Ben August 11 1976 Bullock s sets first San Francisco unit Stonestown is picked as site for store Women s Wear Daily Vol 133 no 29 p 19 Bullock s North is planning its fourth store in this area and the first in San Francisco in the Stonestown shopping center Bullock s expects to build a 180 000 square foot unit on the former City of Paris site in the center with a multi story parking facility next door Apparently the new unit will be a full line department store similar to units in Walnut Creek and Vallco Park Both stores recently opened furniture departments The main store in the Stanford shopping center still has no furniture section and is the smallest of the three 150 000 square feet Bullock s committed itself to a branch in the Corte Madera shopping center in Marin County several years ago but the electorate recalled the City Council members who had approved the plan Link subscription required via ProQuest Bullock s North Under Construction Women s Wear Daily Vol 134 no 27 February 8 1977 p 14 Construction is underway on the 172 000 square foot Bullock s North branch in Stonestown shopping center here Link subscription required via ProQuest San Mateo Mall Completed Los Angeles Times May 2 1982 p g2 Construction has been completed on the 62 million 856 000 square foot San Mateo Fashion Island a single level shopping and recreation complex in San Mateo The complex features Bullock s J C Penney Liberty House and Montgomery Ward department stores and 132 specialty shops Link subscription required via ProQuest Hartlaub Peter January 14 2011 Never mind the Bullock s A tribute to Fashion Island in San Mateo San Francisco Chronicle Groves Martha March 6 1987 Bullock s Woman Specialty Retailer s New Store Has Chic Size 16 Set in Mind Los Angeles Times Taking a plunge into the fastest growing segment of apparel retailing the Bullock s department store chain is opening a Las Vegas store catering to large size apparel for women The 3 000 square foot store to be called Bullock s Woman is scheduled to open March 14 at the city s Fashion Show Mall next to a Bullock s department store and not far from a Lane Bryant the reputed leader in large size retailing Ginsberg Steve March 5 1987 Bullock s Plans 15 Store Chain For Large Sizes Bullock s Launching Stores For Large Sizes Women s Wear Daily Vol 153 no 43 pp 1 21 Bullock s will open a prototype store on Monday for large size women s apparel Called Bullock s Woman it will be in the Las Vegas Fashion Show Mall The 3 000 square foot store will be the first of a planned chain of possibly 15 stores that will carry dresses and sportswear for sizes 14 to 24 Bullock s Woman will also carry a limited assortment of accessories intimate apparel and hosiery Bullock s Woman marks the first time this division of Federated Department Stores has spun off a specialty store concept since the opening of Bullocks Wilshire in 1929 Link subscription required via ProQuest Groves Martha September 13 1987 Bullock s Finds Its Large Size Clothing Stores Are a Big Hit Los Angeles Times Buoyed by a successful six month test run of its Bullock s Woman store in Las Vegas the Los Angeles department store company last week opened a second location at the Palm Desert Town Center and will start up a third at Promenade Mall in Woodland Hills next Saturday Bullock s Woman To Open Calif Unit Women s Wear Daily Vol 154 no 49 September 9 1987 p 2 Bullock s Woman will make its debut in southern California Saturday with a 3 000 square foot store in the Palm Desert Town Center The large size specialty store concept was introduced last March in Las Vegas by Bullock s department stores A third store is tentatively slated to open Sept 26 at Woodland Hills Promenade shopping center in the San Fernando Valley Link subscription required via ProQuest Davidson Idelle July 26 1992 Style Fashion The Big Picture Los Angeles Times When Bullock s opened free standing Bullock s Woman stores in Woodland Hills and Palm Desert in 1987 the move made minor history Now another one is set to open in Burbank a b DeWitt Barbara November 5 1992 Malls Celebrate Season With New Ambiance Stores Los Angeles Daily News p L7 In Century City Shopping Center amp Marketplace the lineup of new shops includes Bullock s Woman a separate Bullock s store for large sized womenFurther reading edit A Giant Step Time July 24 1964 About P G Winnett Bullock s on an old post card Los Angeles Downtown News Department Stores Past Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bullock 27s amp oldid 1188356684, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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