Pizitz was a major regional department store chain in Alabama, with its flagship store in downtown Birmingham. At its peak it operated 12 other stores, mostly in the Birmingham area with several locations in Huntsville and other Alabama cities.
Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.
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The chain was founded as the Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Co. in 1899 on the site of its flagship building in downtown Birmingham. It was sold to McRae's in December 1986, and all former Pizitz stores became McRae's. Many of the former Pizitz locations are now closed, but the Pizitz family (via Pizitz Management Group) still owns the buildings of most of its former stores. This became an issue when the McRae's chain was sold to Belk Department Stores of Charlotte, North Carolina in 2005. Louis Pizitz Middle School is built on land donated by the Pizitz family.[citation needed]
pizitz, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january, 2020, learn, when, remove, this, . This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Pizitz news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Pizitz was a major regional department store chain in Alabama with its flagship store in downtown Birmingham At its peak it operated 12 other stores mostly in the Birmingham area with several locations in Huntsville and other Alabama cities PizitzTypeDepartment storeIndustryRetailFounded1899 Birmingham AlabamaDefunctDecember 1986FateSold to McRae sHeadquartersBirmingham AlabamaProductsClothing footwear bedding furniture jewelry beauty products and housewares WebsiteNoneThe chain was founded as the Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Co in 1899 on the site of its flagship building in downtown Birmingham It was sold to McRae s in December 1986 and all former Pizitz stores became McRae s Many of the former Pizitz locations are now closed but the Pizitz family via Pizitz Management Group still owns the buildings of most of its former stores This became an issue when the McRae s chain was sold to Belk Department Stores of Charlotte North Carolina in 2005 Louis Pizitz Middle School is built on land donated by the Pizitz family citation needed References editThis article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations October 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message White Marjorie Longenecker ed 1977 Downtown Birmingham Architectural and Historical Walking Tour Guide Birmingham Birmingham Historical Society Hollis Tim 2005 Birmingham s Theater and Retail District Charleston SC Arcadia Publishing ISBN 0 7385 1777 1 Hollis Tim 2010 Pizitz Your Store Charleston SC The History Press ISBN 978 1 59629 993 1External links editPizitz memories at Birmingham Rewound View of Pizitz interior Archived 2011 07 18 at the Wayback Machine at the Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections nbsp This United States retail business article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pizitz amp oldid 1170711288, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
