Byrons, also known as J. Byrons, Jbyrons, or Jackson Byrons, was an American mid-priced

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chain in

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. Byrons was founded in 1896 as a

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called Byrons Red Cross. In 1947, the Byrons flagship store on Flagler Street was renamed Byrons Department Store. In April, 1958, Jackson's Stores bought Byron's, adding it to their existing six store chain and renaming the stores Jackson-Byron's. Pharmacy chain

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bought J. Byron, which at the time comprised 12 stores, in 1968. They sold the chain in 1985. At the same time, the chain exited Orlando and sold its four stores there to

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. Their commercials featured the jingle "The right look, the right price, JByrons" (changed to "at Byrons" after the name changed when also the kid say: "Hey, you dropped the "J!") in the Spanish jingle "Es mi moda, al precio justo, JByrons" (changed to "en Byrons") Later commercials featured the jingle "At Byrons the magic, the magic is in the prices" also in the Spanish jingle "En Byrons, la magia, la magia están en los precios." In 1991, the chain dropped the "J" from its name. Five years later, 17 of the Byrons stores were closed, and the remaining 37 were sold to

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