Fretter, the Glossary
Fretter was an electronics and major appliance retailer based in Detroit, founded in the 1950s by Oliver "Ollie" Fretter.[1]
Table of Contents
17 relations: Associated Press, Best Buy, Brighton, Michigan, Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code, Chicago Sun-Times, Circuit City, Cleveland, Colorado, Dearborn, Michigan, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Electronics, Fretter, Highland Superstores, Livonia, Michigan, Silo (store), The Boston Globe.
- Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1995
- Defunct consumer electronics retailers in the United States
- Retail companies disestablished in 1996
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Best Buy
Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota.
Brighton, Michigan
Brighton is a city in Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States.
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Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Circuit City
Circuit City Corporation, Inc., formerly Circuit City Stores, Inc., is an American consumer electronics retail company, which was founded in 1949 by Samuel Wurtzel as the Wards Company, operated stores across the United States, and pioneered the electronics superstore format in the 1970s. Fretter and Circuit City are Defunct consumer electronics retailers in the United States.
Cleveland
Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Colorado
Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Dearborn, Michigan
Dearborn is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
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Detroit
Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US.
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Electronics
Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other electrically charged particles.
Fretter
Fretter was an electronics and major appliance retailer based in Detroit, founded in the 1950s by Oliver "Ollie" Fretter. Fretter and Fretter are Companies based in Detroit, Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1995, Defunct companies based in Michigan, Defunct consumer electronics retailers in the United States, Defunct retail companies of the United States and retail companies disestablished in 1996.
Highland Superstores
Highland Superstores was an American consumer electronics and home appliance chain. Fretter and Highland Superstores are Defunct companies based in Michigan, Defunct consumer electronics retailers in the United States and Defunct retail companies of the United States.
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Livonia, Michigan
Livonia is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
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Silo (store)
Silo was an electronics retailer operated throughout the United States between 1947 and 1995. Fretter and Silo (store) are Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1995, Defunct consumer electronics retailers in the United States and Defunct retail companies of the United States.
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe, also known locally as the Globe, is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts.
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See also
Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1995
- 5-7-9
- Absolute Entertainment
- Bradlees
- Bruno's
- Caldor
- Carolco Pictures
- Clothestime
- Conneaut Lake Park
- Edison Brothers Stores
- Elder-Beerman
- Fretter
- Grand Union (supermarket)
- Haggar Clothing
- Hamburger Hamlet
- Handy Andy Home Improvement Center
- Hemdale Film Corporation
- Jamesway
- Kroch's and Brentano's
- Krystal (restaurant)
- Lamonts
- Los Angeles Kings
- Lykes Brothers Steamship Company
- Silo (store)
- Smith Corona
- Stuarts (store)
- Swallen's
- Trans World Airlines
- WWTN
- Weiner's
- Wood Knapp Video
Defunct consumer electronics retailers in the United States
- 47th Street Photo
- Bernie's
- Circuit City
- CompUSA
- Computer City
- Crazy Eddie
- Federated Group
- Fretter
- Fry's Electronics
- Good Guys (American company)
- H. H. Gregg
- Haddock Corporation
- Highland Superstores
- Incredible Universe
- J&R
- Lafayette Radio Electronics
- Luskin's
- Nabih's Inc.
- Newmark and Lewis
- Polk Brothers
- Schaak Electronics
- Silo (store)
- Steinberg's (electronics store)
- Sun Television and Appliances
- The Wiz (store)
- TigerDirect
- Tweeter (store)
- Ultimate Electronics
Retail companies disestablished in 1996
- Big B Drugs
- Brendle's
- Broadway Stores
- Bullock's
- Consumers Distributing
- Dunn & Co.
- Freeman, Hardy and Willis
- Fretter
- Handy Andy Home Improvement Center
- Herman's World of Sporting Goods
- J. Byrons
- Jordan Marsh
- Keddies
- Luskin's
- Melville Corporation
- Merry-Go-Round (retailer)
- National Dollar Stores
- The Broadway
- The Nature Company
- Tilden Rent-a-Car
- Tyrrell & Green
- Wanamaker's
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fretter
Also known as Fretter's, Oliver Fretter, Ollie Fretter.