Dawahares
TypeRetail Clothing
IndustryRetail
Founded1907
FounderA.F. Dawahare
Defunct2008
FateBankruptcy
Headquarters,
United States
Number of locations
more than 20
Area served
Kentucky
ProductsRalph Lauren, Dooney & Bourke, Tommy, Michael Kors, Clothing, footwear
The Dawahare family in front of their first store in 1917. Company founder, Srur Dawahare, is standing in the back left.

Dawahares (pronounced DAW-hairs[1]) was an American retail clothing store chain. It was founded by S.F. Dawahare in 1907 in Neon, Kentucky, and remained within the family for four generations.[2][3] In 1979, the company expanded into the Cincinnati, Ohio market by acquiring the five-store Martin's Town & Country chain.[4]

The chain operated nearly 30 stores in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia,[5] and Ohio.[1] It declared bankruptcy in 2008 and liquidated its 22 remaining stores.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Crocker, Mary Beth (November 24, 1992). "Style". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. C1. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Dawahares closing all stores". WKYT. 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  3. "Dawahare's (sic) Files for Reorganizational Protection". PR Newswire. 2008-05-30. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  4. Fields, Gregg (July 19, 1979). "Dawahare's buys Martin's Town & Country". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. C10. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  5. Jordan, Jim (2008-07-04). "Dawahare's(sic) to close 22 remaining stores". Kentucky.com. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
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