Rich's Department Stores
Rich's, a former family-owned business established in 1962, grew out of Jerry's Army Navy Surplus in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. The Rich family once operated 29 stores in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts, which offered discounted merchandise.
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—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
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—Robert Riskin (18971955)
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“When their stores are full, idiots are considered wise.”
—Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.