Sanger-Harris

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Sanger-Harris was a department store chain, owned by Federated Department Stores and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. In 1987, in the face of oil-shock facing Texas, the division was merged into Federated's Houston-based division Foley's.

[edit] History

Sanger-Harris, Dallas, Texas, was the result of the 1961 merger of then 4-unit Sanger Brothers Dry Goods Co. of Dallas, founded in 1868 by the five Sanger Brothers and acquired by Federated Department Stores in 1951, and the 2-unit A. Harris & Co. of Dallas, founded in 1887 and acquired by Federated in 1961. In 1965 the company built a new downtown Dallas store to replace the flagship stores of the two companies. It expanded into Oklahoma in the early 1980's and absorbed Federated's Levy's stores in Tucson in 1982 (renaming them Sanger-Harris in 1985). During this decade the chain dropped the hyphen between 'Sanger' and 'Harris' (rumored as a way to differentiate from hometown rival Neiman-Marcus), before being merged into the Foley's division in January 1987.

In 1988, following the acquisition of Federated by Campeau Corp. of Canada, the Foley's organization was sold to May Department Stores, which then closed the former Sanger-Harris stores in downtown Dallas and Highland Park Village as part of May's philosophy to focus on mall-based locations vs free-standing stores. At this same time, the Big Town Mall and Coronado Center locations were also shuttered. As of August, 2006, the Foley's stores were being converted to Macy's locations as the result of another shift.

[edit] Former Locations when merged into Foley's

El Con Mall, Tucson, Arizona (opened as Levy's 1969, renamed Sanger-Harris 1985, renamed Foley's 1987, renamed Robinsons-May 1998)
Foothills Mall, Tucson, Arizona (opened as Levy's 1983, renamed Sanger-Harris 1985, renamed Foley's 1987, closed 1994)
Coronado Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico (opened 1984, renamed Foley's 1987, closed 1988 in favor of Goldwaters location)
Crossroads Mall, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (opened 1986, renamed Foley's 1987)
Penn Square Mall, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (planned as Sanger Harris, 1986, opened as Foley's 1987)
Quail Springs Mall, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (opened 1986, renamed Foley's 1987)
Southroads Mall, Tulsa, Oklahoma (opened 1984, renamed Foley's 1987, closed 1992)
Woodland Hills Mall, Tulsa, Oklahoma (opened 1982, renamed Foley's 1987)
Six Flags Mall, Arlington, Texas (opened 1970, renamed Foley's 1987, closed 2005)
Downtown Dallas (Flagship), Dallas, Texas (opened 1965, renamed Foley's 1987, closed 1988)
Highland Park Village, Dallas, Texas (opened 1950 as Sanger Brothers, renamed Foley's 1987, closed 1988)
Preston Center, Dallas, Texas (opened 1957 as Sanger Brothers, renamed Foley's 1987, replaced 2000 by NorthPark Center store)
Red Bird Mall (now known as Southwest Center Mall), Dallas, Texas (opened 1975, renamed Foley's 1987)
Valley View Center, Dallas, Texas (opened 1973, renamed Foley's 1987)
Hulen Mall, Fort Worth, Texas (opened 1977, renamed Foley's 1987)
North Hills Mall, Hurst, Texas (opened 1979, renamed Foley's 1987, replaced 2002 with North East Mall store)
Plymouth Park Shopping Center, Irving, Texas (renamed Foley's 1987, replaced 1988 with Irving Mall store)
Big Town Mall, Mesquite, Texas (opened 1959 as Sanger Brothers, renamed Foley's 1987, closed 1988)
Town East Mall, Mesquite, Texas (opened 1972, renamed Foley's 1987)
Collin Creek Mall, Plano, Texas (opened 1980, renamed Foley's 1987)
Tyler (freestanding store), Tyler, Texas (opened 1981, renamed Foley's 1987)