“Rodgers Stores”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The company was founded by Kenneth E. Rodgers and his brother, Frederick A. Rodgers, who were its co-owners and presidents until Fred died in 1960 and Kenneth retired in 1972. Regina Rodgers, wife of Frederick Rodgers, continued to operate several stores after his death. Kenneth opened the first store in 1938,^[1]^[3] added a second store in 1944 (in the Hollywood District),^[4] and by 1953 he and Frederick had expanded to six locations, all in Portland at that time. Until the late 1950s, the chain was known as Rodgers' 5, 10, and 25 cent stores, or alternatively as Rodgers Five and Ten, before becoming simply Rodgers. The new building that opened in 1955 in the Hollywood District also housed the company's headquarters until the 1980s.^[3] A Rodgers store opened in the Cedar Hills Shopping Center, just west of Portland, in 1955,^[5] and the chain had eight stores in mid-1961.^[6] Over the years, some locations closed while others opened. By 1964, the eight stores in the Portland metropolitan area included ones in Lake Oswego, Oregon, and in central Beaverton.^[7] Later, another non-Portland store was located in Cedar Mill.^[8]

By the late 1980s, Rodgers was finding it increasingly difficult to remain profitable in the face of competition from larger, national chains, and even variety store chains with nationwide coverage, such as Woolworth's and Newberry's, were succumbing to competition from chains featuring larger stores, such as Wal-Mart and Target.^[1] The company closed its Hollywood store and sold the building in 1984.^[3] Rodgers' Cedar Mill store closed in 1988, the space being taken over by an expanded Cedar Mill Library.^[8] The last three stores in the chain, in Portland's Menlo Park Shopping Center (at NE 122nd & Glisan), in the Westmoreland neighborhood, and in Lake Oswego, closed in early 1998.^[1]

References

1. ^¹²³{{cite news|author=Angela Cara Pancrazio|title=Say goodbye to another five-and-dime; Rodgers variety stores, metro-area landmarks, are closing their doors, to customers' dismay|date=January 9, 1998|newspaper=The Oregonian|page=D1}}
2. ^¹"Teeples to Build Rodgers Store" (January 23, 1955). The Oregonian. Section 2, p. 38.
3. ^¹²³⁴{{cite news|last=Boatwright|first=Jo Ann|title=Ex-Rodgers store owner likes new mall|date=June 18, 1984|newspaper=The Oregonian|edition=Portland|page=B4}}
4. ^"Hollywood Store Changes Hands" (February 18, 1944). The Oregonian. p. 19.
5. ^"Cedar Hills Hub to Open" (April 3, 1955). The Sunday Oregonian. Section 2, p. 7.
6. ^"Rodgers Stores Plan New Unit" (May 6, 1961). The Oregonian. Section 2, p. 5.
7. ^"Lake Oswego Grand Opening" (Rodgers advertisement). (November 5, 1964). The Oregonian. p. 24.
8. ^¹Ostergren, Jack (March 3, 1988). "Cedar Mill Library to triple its floor space". The Oregonian. West Zoner section, p. 1.