Dillard's
Type	Public (NYSE: DDS)
Founded	1948
Headquarters	Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Industry	Retail
Products	Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics and housewares.
Website	www.dillards.com

Dillard's (NYSE: DDS), based in Little Rock, Arkansas, is a major department store chain in the United States, with 329 stores in 29 states as of 2005. Its locations are concentrated in the South, particularly Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. It competes on a price level with Belk, and Macy's, above J.C. Penney, Kohl's, and Sears, but below Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Image File history File links Dillards_Logo. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Nickname: Rocktown, The Rock, Capital City Coordinates: Country United States State Arkansas County Pulaski Founded 1821 Incorporated 1831 Mayor Jim Dailey Area    - City 302. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ... Nickname: Rocktown, The Rock, Capital City Coordinates: Country United States State Arkansas County Pulaski Founded 1821 Incorporated 1831 Mayor Jim Dailey Area    - City 302. ... The interior of a typical Macys department store. ... Southern United States The states shown in dark red are usually included in the South, while all or portions of the striped states may or may not be considered part of the Southern United States. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... This Article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Belk, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the United States largest privately-held department store chain. ... Macys is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City, which has been billed as the worlds largest store since completion of the Seventh Avenue addition in 1924. ... J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc (NYSE: JCP; most commonly known today by the name JCPenney or simply Penneys) is a mid-range chain of American department stores based in Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. ... Kohls Corporation (NYSE: KSS) is a department store chain headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. ... Sears, Roebuck and Company is an American mid-range chain of international department stores, founded by Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck in the late 19th century. ... Bloomingdales is a chain of upscale American department stores owned by Federated Department Stores, which is also the parent company of Macys. ... Categories: Stub | Retail companies of the United States ... Nordstrom, Inc. ... A Saks Fifth Avenue store in Phipps Plaza, Atlanta. ...

History

Dillard's is the outgrowth of a Nashville, Arkansas, department store founded in 1938 by William T. Dillard; its corporate headquarters remain located in the eastern edge of Little Rock's Riverdale area, and many of its executives and directors are members of the Dillard family. Nashville is a city located in Howard County, Arkansas. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Thomas Dillard, (2 September 1914-2002) was the founder of the Dillards Department Store chain. ... Nickname: Rocktown, The Rock, Capital City Coordinates: Country United States State Arkansas County Pulaski Founded 1821 Incorporated 1831 Mayor Jim Dailey Area    - City 302. ... Located adjacent to the Arkansas River, Riverdale is a neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas situated in the north-central area of the city. ...

Dillard sold the Nashville store to develop a larger one in Texarkana, Arkansas, in 1948, and opened a second store in Tyler, Texas, in 1956. Thereafter the chain grew rapidly as an anchor in suburban shopping malls, and took advantage of market conditions to acquire smaller chains as well as its ability to turnaround locations that other companies could not operate profitably. The famous post office on state line in Texarkana TX/AR Texarkana is a city located in Miller County, ArkansasGR6, and is its county seat. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Tyler is the county seat of Smith County in East Texas, United States. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... A shopping mall (or simply mall), shopping center, or shopping arcade is a building or set of buildings that contain stores, and has interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from store to store. ...

The chain continues to expand, and has recently begun adding stores in nontraditional shopping centers: its largest store at 350,000 square feet (33,000 m²) is located at Scottsdale Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Arizona. By contrast, one of the smallest in the chain is 65,000 square feet, the Chesterfield Town Center location in Richmond, Virginia. Scottsdale Fashion Square is the largest shopping mall in Arizona and the American Southwest, with approximately 2 million square feet (190,000 m²) of retail space, and is among the top ten largest malls in the country. ... Scottsdale is a satellite city of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Named by the New York Times as The Beverly Hills of the Desert,[1] Scottsdale has become internationally recognized as a premiere (and posh) tourist destination, while maintaining its own identity and culture as The Wests Most... Nickname: River City Motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars) Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia County Independent City Mayor L. Douglas Wilder (D) Area    - City 62. ...

Dillard's store credit cards are issued by GE Money Bank. The cards were orginally issued by Dillard National Bank which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Dillard's before being sold to GE Money Bank.

Dillard's now offer Dillard's American Express cards. These cards can be used at any store that accepts American Express.

Discrimination complaints and lawsuits have plagued Dillard's for years, as minority women and men accuse the company of complacency and even systematic endorsement of racial profiling toward customers.

Acquisitions

The 1980s brought the purchase of many smaller local chains. In 1984, Dillard’s acquired Stix, Baer & Fuller's 12 stores in St. Louis and Kansas City from Associated Dry Goods Corp. Two department store divisions were also purchased from Dayton Hudson in 1984: Diamonds and John A. Brown, with locations in Arizona, Nevada and Oklahoma. Twelve of R. H. Macy Co.'s stores in Kansas and Missouri were bought in 1986. In 1987, Dillard's purchased the 27-store Joske's chain with stores in Texas and Arizona as well as three units of the Cain-Sloan chain in Nashville, Tennessee, from Allied Stores Corp. This deal gave Dillard's two anchor locations at several malls in Texas and Arizona with many of the second locations being converted to a home and men's store. This purchase marked Dillard's entry into the Houston market. 1988 brought a 50% interest in the Ohio chain of Higbee Department Stores with partner Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. (the remainder was acquired from DeBartolo in 1992). The D.H. Holmes company was purchased in 1989, bringing 18 units in the South to the Dillard fold. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Stix Baer and Fuller was a department store in downtown St. ... Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: Country United States State Missouri County Independent City Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area    - City 66. ... Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... // Associated Dry Goods Corporation Associated Dry Goods Corporation, based in New York City, was founded in 1916 as the American Dry Goods Company. ... Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1902. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Diamonds () is one of the four suits found in playing cards. ... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  Ranked 20th  - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 km²)  - Width 230 miles (370 km)  - Length 298 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... Macys Department Store on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan Macys was founded in 1851 by Rowland Hussey Macy as a dry goods store in downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Nickname: Music City; Buckle of the Bible Belt Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area    - City 526. ... Allied Stores was a department store chain in the United States. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Higbees was a department store chain based out of Cleveland, Ohio. ... This article might not be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... D. H. Holmes was a New Orleans department store and later a New Orleans based chain of department stores. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The two J.B. Ivey chains of 23 stores in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina were added in 1990. This was followed by the acquisition of eight Florida Gulf Coast stores from Maison Blanche Co. in 1991 (which had acquired them as Robinsons of Florida only a few years before). Five Ohio stores from Joseph Horne Co. came in 1992 (to complement Dillard's full ownership of Higbee's and as part of a legal settlement), while Federated Department Stores acquired Horne's remaining ten stores and merged them with its Lazarus division. Also in 1992, three stores from the Hess's chain liquidation (several other Hess's locations were taken over after negotiations with landlords) and two Scarborough's locations in Austin, Texas, were added to Dillard's. The first three months of 1997 saw the acquisition of ten units in Florida from Mervyn's, eight southern Virginia stores (at seven locations) from Proffitt's (which had acquired them from Hess's in 1993), and three Macy's units in Houston, Texas. Iveys, a former department store chain, was acquired by Dillards, inc. ... This article is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32°430N to 35... This article is about the year. ... Dillards (NYSE: DDS) is a major department store chain in the United States, with 329 stores in 29 states as of 2005. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Federated company headquarters building in Cincinnati. ... F&R Lazarus & Company (commonly known as Lazarus) was a regional department store retail chain primarily in the U.S. Midwest, based in Columbus, Ohio, which operated until March 6, 2005. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Government County Travis County Mayor Will Wynn Geographical characteristics Area 669. ... Proffitts is a department store chain based in Alcoa, TN. In 2006, all Proffitts and McRaes stores will be converted into Belk stores. ... Macys is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City, which has been billed as the worlds largest store since completion of the Seventh Avenue addition in 1924. ... Nickname: Bayou City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Area    - City 1,558 km²  (601. ...

The deal-making culminated with its purchase of Mercantile Stores Co., Inc. in 1998. This brought several chains, including Bacon's, Castner-Knott, de Lendrecie's, Gayfers, Glass Block, Hennessy's, J.B. White, Joslin's, Lion, Maison Blanche, McAlpin's, Root's and The Jones Store. Dillard's sold or swapped approximately one third of Mercantile Stores with Belk, Inc., May Department Stores Co. and Saks Incorporated, enabling to enhance its position in several markets in the South, Midwest and Mountain States. About Mercantile Mercantile Stores Company Inc. ... Bacons was a local chain of department stores in Louisville, Kentucky. ... Gayfers was a regional department store chain in the Southern U.S . ... Former Hennessys store in Missoula, MT Hennessys was a USA department store owned by Mercantile Stores which was later bought out by Dillards in 1998. ... J.B. White was a southeastern department store chain that is understood to have begun in Augusta, GA. Owned by now-defunct Mercantile Stores for most of its existance, most locations of the chain were in South Carolina, though locations existed in Augusta and Savannah. ... The Jones Store Company was a chain of department stores located in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and operated by the St. ... Belk, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the United States largest privately-held department store chain. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Saks Incorporated (NYSE: SKS) is an operator of department stores in the United States. ...

Since then Dillard's has eschewed acquisitions (except for eight locations of the defunct Montgomery Ward in 2001 and four locations from ZCMI in Utah and Idaho) and focused on enhancing their existing markets and selectively entering new ones. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Photograph of an entrance to the ZCMI Center Mall in downtown Salt Lake City. ...

Store locations

Main article: List of Dillard's locations

Dillard's currently operates stores in 29 states including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming. This is a list of current, future, and former Dillards locations. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,732 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) None Capital Boise Largest city Boise Area  Ranked 14th  - Total 83,642 sq. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Official language(s) English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Area  Ranked 38th  - Total 36,418 sq mi (94,321 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 270 miles (435 km)  - % water 1. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) English Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... This Article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Area  Ranked 16th  - Total 77,421 sq mi (200,520 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 0. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... New Mexico was the 41st satate to be admitted to the us. ... This article is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  Ranked 20th  - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 km²)  - Width 230 miles (370 km)  - Length 298 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32°430N to 35... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area  Ranked 13th  - Total 84,876 sq mi (219,887 km²)  - Width 270 miles (435 km)  - Length 350 miles (565 km)  - % water 3. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• Dillard's Official Website
• Company profile from CoopAmerica.org
• A recent Dillard's court case from CourtTV.com