- Zody's
Infobox Company
company_name = Zody's
company_
company_type =Department store
foundation =1969 , Los Angeles,California
location = Arizona, California, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico
key_people = Samuel S. Wurtzel, Alan Wurtzel (founders)
industry =Retail
products = Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics and housewares.
|Zody's, also known as Hartfield-Zodys, was a chain of discount retail stores that operated in the
United States from 1969 to 1986. The chain operated locations inCalifornia ,Arizona ,Nevada ,New Mexico , andMichigan .In 1972, Zody's acquired the Yankee discount department store chain of
Flint, Michigan , briefly re-branding the stores as Yankee-Zody's, and later as Zody's.cite web |url=http://home.comcast.net/~steelbeard1/flinn022004.htm |title=Hamady Sacks and Yankee Hats |accessdate=2007-10-03 |last=Flinn |first=Gary |date=2004-02-20 |work=Flinn's Journal] The Michigan stores proved unprofitable, and were sold off in 1974 when Hartfield-Zodys filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Zody's closed the last of its California stores in March 1986, with many locations being sold toRalphs , a supermarket chain.References
External links
* [http://losangeles.broowaha.com/article.php?id=186/ L.A. things that aren't around anymore]
* [http://retailtrafficmag.com/news/retailing/retail_watch_no/index.html/ Article discussing replacements for Zody's and Gemco]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_v23/ai_3268006/ May 14, 1984]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_v25/ai_4173375/ Article regarding closing of Zody's stores March 17, 1986]
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