Sarah Reitman

Sarah Reitman (died 1950) was a Romanian-Canadian businesswoman and co-founder in 1926 of Reitmans with her husband Herman Reitman.[1] Herman and Sarah Reitman were born in Romania and came to Canada for better prospects.In 1900,they opened a small store called American Ladies in Montreal.It specialised in dress making needs of ladies,namely,made to measure garments.Later on,they moved away from this field and entered into dry goods general store.

References

  1. ↑ Mark Kearney, Randy Ray, ed. (2009). The Big Book of Canadian Trivia. Dundurn Press Ltd. pp. 256–€“7. ISBN 1-55488-417-9.

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