- Sattler's
Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = Sattler's
company_
fate = Liquidated
foundation =1889
defunct =1982
location =Buffalo, New York
industry =Retail
key_people =
products = Shoes, food, drugs, clothing, furniture, appliances, and housewares
num_employees =
parent =
subsid =Sattler's was a regional department store chain headquartered at 998 Broadway,
Buffalo, New York , two miles from the downtown core. They pioneered "bargain basement" retailing in the Buffalo area. Sattler's was founded in 1889 by 17-year-old John G. Sattler when he opened a one-room shoe store in his mother's home at 992 Broadway. That store would eventually become Sattler's main store which, by 1950, covered six acres and included the 365,000 square foot flagship store. In the late-1920's the store introduced a number of innovative marketing and promotional schemes to attract customers such as weekly automobile giveaways and high wire walkers. They also resold the contents of bankrupt stores purchased in railcar lots called the "Bargain Train." Starting in 1947, they sponsored an annual Santa Claus parade.Sattler's other Buffalo-area locations included stores in the Thruway Plaza (later Thruway Mall) in
Cheektowaga, New York (1957),Boulevard Mall inAmherst, New York (1962),Seneca Mall inWest Seneca, New York (1969), and Main Place Mall in downtown Buffalo (1973). In 1962-63, a store operated inRochester, New York . In 1969, the company opened stores atChautauqua, New York and atOlean, New York .In September 1965, Sattler's opened an innovative home furnishings and food merchandising concept store in an old industrial plant that covered 12 acres at Elmwood and Hertel Avenues in Buffalo. The $5 million, 500,000 square foot store operated as Sattler's Wonderful World of Food, Inc. and Home Furnishings City U.S.A. The store closed in 1979.
Starting in 1963, Sattler's also operated eight drug stores, including four "free standing" units. These stores closed in 1979.
The Sattler's chain, then owned by United Department Stores, closed in 1982. The flagship store was razed in 1989, and replaced with a
K-Mart , which subsequently closed.References
Rizzo, Michael F. (2007) "Nine Nine Eight: The Glory Days of Buffalo Shopping" Lulu Enterprises, Inc.; Morrisville, North Carolina. ISBN 978-1-4303-1386-1.
External Links
[http://www.pbase.com/kjosker/once_upon_a_time Photo Essay - "Once Upon a Time in Buffalo," by Karl Josker (accessed 08/17/08).]
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