Train Wrecks! Part Three
Stirrin' up ticket sales the old fashioned way - with a staged train crash. W.G. Crush worked for the MKT rail road and [...]
Train Wrecks! Part Deux
THE CRASH AT CRUSH Extreme marketing, Texas-style How to boost ticket sales in the cutthroat world of 1890s Texas train transportation? With an [...]
Train Wrecks!
Train wrecks is both literal and metaphorical. Metaphorical train wreck: I slid off the rails with buying and rehabbing a new house, letting [...]
Neiman-Marcus, divorce
While the children’s wear department at Neiman-Marcus was a success, the marriage of Carrie and Al was not. Al had an exceptionally rough [...]
Neiman-Marcus, new store/new departments
As mentioned in a previous post, Sears and Roebuck was selling children's clothing at a low price point to their working class customers [...]
Neiman-Marcus, rebounding after the fire
Due to the fire in 1913, Neiman-Marcus posted a net loss. The only other year to post a loss was 2017. Neiman-Marcus rebounded [...]
Neiman-Marcus, a few setbacks
In past posts, we have discussed the charmed business acumen of Carrie Marcus-Neiman, Herbert Marcus and Al Neiman. But, the Neiman-Marcus family was [...]
Neiman-Marcus enters competitive waters
As of 1907, Neiman-Marcus is open for business and doing a booming one at that. The Neiman-Marcus department store was going head-to-head with [...]
Neiman-Marcus’ first year
Neiman-Marcus circa 1907-1908 Dallasites with new oil money were very eager to flaunt their success and Carrie’s purchases in New York were a [...]
Neiman-Marcus opens in Dallas
The Neiman-Marcus crew has a building on Elm Street and stock to sell thanks to Carrie! Minnie (Lichtenstein, Herbert Marcus' wife and Carrie's [...]