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Walker Scott

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History
Branches
Winding down
References

Walker Scott, also Walker– Scott or Walker's, was a chain of department stores in San Diego and surrounding area from 1935 to 1986 and had eight branches at the time of its closure.^[1] It was founded by Ralf M. (or R.M.) Walker and George A. Scott.

History

Trained under Arthur Letts at Los Angeles' Broadway department store,^[2] Walker was the co-founder/co-worker owner of the 125,000-square-foot department store known as the Fifth Street Store at Fifth and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, established in 1905.^[3] Walker also owned what would later become known as the Houdini Mansion in Laurel Canyon. He died six months before the opening of the San Diego store on October 3, 1935.

Scott (b. Scotland, 1907 — d. United States, 1993) was a protégé of Walker, who had sent him to the New York University of Retailing.^[1] Scott opened the San Diego store with Mr. Walker's widow, Eliza Fitzgerald Walker, who was president of the company while Scott was vice president.

Branches

Branches and their years of opening:^[4]^[5]

1935 Downtown San Diego, 1014 Fifth Avenue, corner of Broadway
1959 La Jolla (Walker's purchased Stevenson's, which it operated under its original name for a time). Closed in 1985.
1960 College Grove Shopping Center, in eastern San Diego adjacent to Lemon Grove; upon opening it was the largest Walker's store.
1963 Linda Vista Shopping Center
1964 Escondido Village Shopping Center
1968 Clairemont and El Cajon (bought Whitney's Department Stores and operated them by that name for a time)
1970, added fabric stores in Lakeside, Ocean Beach and El Cajon
1970 City of Orange, The City shopping center, 160,000 sq. ft., replaced by May Company in 1974.^[6]
1970 Palm Springs
1973 San Carlos
1973 Mission Valley Center
1975 Mira Mesa
1976 Oceanside
1982 National City
1983 Pacific Beach

Winding down

In 1984-5 Walker Scott eliminated major-appliance departments and de-emphasizing hardline areas such as housewares and small appliances. In January 1985, facing competition from other stores, the firm closed its downtown and La Jolla stores, leaving it with 12 outlets. Later that same year, Walker Scott sold to Los Angeles retailer Desmond's & Associates. In November 1986 Walker Scott closed its remaining stores.

References

1. ^¹https://scua2.sdsu.edu/archon/?p=creators/creator&id=2
2. ^[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19120608.2.214&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 "$20,000,000 Invested Here in the Dry Goods Business", Los Angeles Herald, vol. XXXVIII, no. 220, 8 June 1912]
3. ^https://books.google.com/books?id=YMUUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA66-IA7
4. ^https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt529034jk/entire_text/
5. ^http://articles.latimes.com/1986-11-08/business/fi-28448_1_new-stores
6. ^"Retail Briefs". Women's Wear Daily. 126 (117). June 14, 1973. p. 28.

2 : Defunct department stores of the United States|Companies based in San Diego

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