Sibley's Shoes

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Sibley's Shoes was a retail footwear chain founded in 1920 in the city of Detroit, Michigan, USA. Sibley's Shoe's had two starting owners, both in which ran the buisness very well, the owners were two men with the names of Aaron Ross, and his brother Norman Rosenfeild. cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_Nov_26/ai_110589348 |title=Sibleys Shoes Announces Intent to Close Stores |accessdate=2008-03-05 |date=2003-11-26 |work=Business Wire] In 1932, the flagship store was moved to the corner of Woodward Avenue and Montcalm; by 1952, Sibley's moved its corporate offices to the Fox Building and remained there until it closed in 1977. Meanwhile, the Sibley's chain grew to more than 38 stores at its peak, throughout Michigan and into Ohio. These stores, primarily located in shopping malls, included both Sibley's and Ms. Sibley's, the latter of which was a specialty shoe store for women.

Upon the construction of the Renaissance Center skyscraper complex in the mid-1970s, Sibley's later moved its offices there, until the complex was purchased by General Motors. [cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5251/is_199709/ai_n20098973 |title=Booted by RenCen, Sibley's HQ may leave city. |accessdate=2008-03-05 |last=Roush |first=Mat |date=1997-09 |work=Crain's Detroit Business] Sibley's later chose a site in Warren, Michigan in 1997 and began construction on a new headquarters building and warehouse, completed in August 1998.

In 2001, the company was sold to its two top executives, [cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5251/is_200109/ai_n20104783 |title=Sibleys Shoes' brothers sell chain to top executives |accessdate=2008-03-05 |last=Snavely |first=Brent |date=2001-09 |work=Crain's Detroit Business] and the headquarters were relocated again, this time to Grand Blanc, Michigan. The company closed its last twenty-nine stores in late 2003, citing poor financial performance.

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