Weinstock's, originally Weinstock, Lubin, and Co., was an American

department store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic appe ...

chain headquartered in

Sacramento, California ) , image_map = Sacramento County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sacramento Highlighted.svg , mapsize = 250x200px , map_caption = Location within Sacramento C ...

. It was founded by

Harris Weinstock Harris Weinstock (1854–1922) was an American businessman. He was the co-founder of Lubin and Weinstock in Sacramento, California. As the founding State Market Commissioner, he oversaw regulations and marketing for the citrus, poultry and fishing ...

and his half-brother, David Lubin. The chain was purchased by

Hale's Hale's or Hale Bros., was a department store based in Sacramento with branches throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1880 Prentis Cobb Hale and his two brothers opened the Criterion store in Downtown Sacramento, and in 1881 they renamed it Ha ...

in 1949, becoming part of Broadway-Hale Stores, later Carter Hawley Hale. In 1978, Weinstock's expanded into

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by rebranding its sister chain The Broadway's location at

Fashion Place Fashion Place is an upscale shopping mall in Murray, Utah, United States. It opened in 1972, and is currently anchored by Nordstrom, Crate & Barrel, Macy's, and Dillard's. History Fashion Place was opened in 1972 including Auerbach's (later Nord ...

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into that name, with two stores later in Ogden and

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. In 1991, Weinstock's operations were later assumed by its other sister chain The Emporium. In 1993, Weinstock's closed its three Utah stores, eventually bringing

Dillard's Dillard's, Inc. is an upscale American department store chain with approximately 282 stores in 29 states and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. Currently, the largest number of stores are located in Texas with 57 and Florida with 42. The ...

to Utah for the first time with its first store in Murray's former location. The chain was later purchased by

Federated Department Stores Macy's, Inc. (originally Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American conglomerate holding company. Upon its establishment, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, Filene's, and Shillito ...

(now Macy's, Inc.) in 1995, resulting in most of the Weinstock's stores to be converted to

Macy's Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American chain of high-end department stores founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It became a division of the Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores in 1994, through which it is affiliated wi ...

. Some of the remaining stores were either closed or sold, with two of them to

Gottschalks Gottschalks (former NYSE ticker symbol GOT) was a middle-tier American department store that operated 58 department stores and three specialty apparel stores in six western states (California, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada); some ...

, at

Vintage Faire Mall Vintage Faire Mall is a shopping mall located in Modesto, California, USA. It is owned and operated by Macerich and is adjacent to State Route 99. The mall is a hub for StanRTA bus service. History In 2001, the mall's owner Macerich invested $ ...

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and

Fashion Fair Fashion Fair is a medium-sized, enclosed shopping mall in Fresno, California, anchored by two Macy's stores, JCPenney, and Forever 21. Originally opened in 1970, Fashion Fair was expanded in 1983 (to accommodate Macy's and a new food court) and in ...

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. This also brought Dillard's to California for the first time with its new store built on the former Weinstock's site at

Weberstown Mall Weberstown Mall is one of two shopping malls in Stockton, California. It is next to Sherwood Mall. Opened in 1966, it is anchored by J. C. Penney, Sears, Dillard's and Barnes & Noble. Also features Pink, Old Navy, Forever 21, H&M, and more. ...

in Stockton.

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External links

"Weinstock, Lubin, and Co.", ''Department Store Museum''

* * Defunct department stores based in Sacramento Macy's, Inc. 1924 establishments in California {{US-retail-company-stub

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