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'''Jarman Shoes''' | '''Jarman Shoes''' is an international retail shoe store chain with several locations in the [[Birmingham area]]. The company was founded as the '''Jarman Shoe Company''' in [[1924]] by James Franklin Jarman, J.H. Lawson and William Hatch Wemys in Nashville, Tennessee. The footwear chain now operates as part of the retail division of the publicly-traded '''Genesco Inc.''' | ||
The [[Century Plaza]] Jarman Shoes location opened with the mall in [[1975]]. | <!--Genesco also owned Hardy shoes which was downstairs under [[Morrow's Nut House]]. Hardy later became Journeys, also a Genesco company. Genesco acquired [[S. H. Kress & Co.]] in 1964 and sold them to McCrory Stores in 1981--> | ||
==Locations== | |||
* The store had a location at 308 [[20th Street North]]. | |||
* The [[Century Plaza]] Jarman Shoes location opened with the mall in [[1975]]. It was converted to the '''Underground Station''' brand in the 1980s. [[Roy Palmer]] was the store's long-time manager. | |||
* The [[Riverchase Galleria]] location operated from [[1993]] to [[2003]] on the main level near [[Parisian]]. | |||
* Jarman also had a store at [[University Mall]] in [[Tuscaloosa]]. | |||
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[[Category:Retail chains]] | [[Category:Retail chains]] | ||
[[Category:Shoe stores]] | [[Category:Shoe stores]] | ||
[[Category:20th Street North]] | |||
[[Category:Century Plaza]] | [[Category:Century Plaza]] | ||
[[Category:Riverchase Galleria]] | |||
[[Category:University Mall]] | |||
Revision as of 12:53, 12 November 2020
Jarman Shoes is an international retail shoe store chain with several locations in the Birmingham area. The company was founded as the Jarman Shoe Company in 1924 by James Franklin Jarman, J.H. Lawson and William Hatch Wemys in Nashville, Tennessee. The footwear chain now operates as part of the retail division of the publicly-traded Genesco Inc.
Locations
- The store had a location at 308 20th Street North.
- The Century Plaza Jarman Shoes location opened with the mall in 1975. It was converted to the Underground Station brand in the 1980s. Roy Palmer was the store's long-time manager.
- The Riverchase Galleria location operated from 1993 to 2003 on the main level near Parisian.
- Jarman also had a store at University Mall in Tuscaloosa.