Bailey Banks & Biddle is an online and store retailer of jewelry in America. Its principal offices are in Carrollton, Texas and it has six retail stores in Dallas, Houston and Austin Texas, St. Louis, Missouri, King of Prussia (near Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, Little Rock, Arkansas, Pleasanton, California and Estero, Florida.
Bailey & Kitchen, as it was originally known, was founded in Philadelphia in 1832. It become Bailey & Co. in 1841, and Bailey Banks & Biddle in 1878.
At the turn of the century, Bailey Banks & Biddle was commissioned by the U.S. Government to update the Great Seal of the United States; its design today remains the official version of the seal. The company also designed and made many of the military medals that are still used today, including the Medal of Honor, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
In 1962, Bailey Banks & Biddle became a part of the Zale Corporation. Zale opened hundreds of Bailey Banks & Biddle stores in many cities. In 2007, Zale Corporation sold the 65-store jewelry chain to Finlay Enterprises.[1] Finlay Enterprises filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2009,[2] and Bailey Banks & Biddle was acquired by the current owners in the spring of 2010.
Pop artist Beyonce mentioned the company in the answer back remix to 50 Cent’s single "In Da Club" in 2002: "I’m that girl with Chanel pearls, chandeliers in my ears from Bailey Banks & Biddle’s".