Old America
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Old Folks Pottery Company Corp | |
Type | Craft retailer |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1980 |
Defunct | 1999 |
Fate | Bankruptcy |
Headquarters | 811 NORTH COLLINS FREEWAY Howe, Texas |
Key people | Wayne Brush (founder, president, CEO), John W. Hightower (VP Merchandising and Advertising), Max Johnson (VP New Store Operations), Robert Mickey (VP Secretary, Treasurer, CFO), Theodore Avila (VP Operations East), Leonard Saavedra (VP Operations West), Don Hunt, Anthony J. Casella (attorney) |
Products | Crafts, Frames, Floral, Decor |
Website | None |
Old America Stores was an arts and crafts retailer as well as a Framing and custom Floral store founded in 1980 by Wayne Brush, and was based in Howe, Texas with most of its stores located in the south. It was at one time owned by Campbell Taggart. Old America carried a variety of crafts, home decor, floral and framing products. After change of upper management with the departures of Wayne Brush and John Hightower in 1994 and 1995 respectively, Old America began a quick decline in sales and profit. As a result of this decline, Old America started closing stores and filed for bankruptcy in 1999 and liquidated all of its 59 remaining stores.
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- Defunct retail companies of the United States
- Retail companies established in 1980
- Companies based in Texas
- Grayson County, Texas
- Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1999
- Retail companies disestablished in 1999
- Defunct companies based in Texas
- 1980 establishments in Texas
- 1999 disestablishments in Texas
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