Dawahares

Dawahares

Company type	Retail Clothing
Industry	Retail
Founded	1907
Founder	S.F. Dawahare
Defunct	2008
Fate	Bankruptcy And Liquidation
Headquarters	Lexington, Kentucky , United States
Number of locations	more than 20
Area served	Kentucky
Products	Ralph Lauren, Dooney & Bourke, Tommy, Michael Kors, Clothing, footwear
Owner	The Dawahare Family

The Dawahare family in front of their first store in 1917. Company founder, Srur Dawahare, is standing in the back left.

Dawahares (pronounced DAW-hairs ^[1] ) was an American retail clothing department store chain. It was founded by Sarur Frank (S. F.) Dawahare, who immigrated from Syria in 1907 in Neon, Kentucky, and remained within the family for four generations. ^{[2] [3] [4]} In 1979, the company expanded into the Cincinnati, Ohio market by acquiring the five-store Martin's Town & Country chain. ^[5]

The chain operated nearly 30 stores in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, ^[6] and Ohio. ^[1] It declared bankruptcy in 2008 and liquidated its 22 remaining stores. ^[3]

References

1. Crocker, Mary Beth (November 24, 1992). "Style". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. C1. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-s-f-dawahare-brief/22941889/?locale=en-US
3. "Dawahares closing all stores". WKYT. 2008-07-03. Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
4. "Dawahare's (sic) Files for Reorganizational Protection". PR Newswire. 2008-05-30. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
5. Fields, Gregg (July 19, 1979). "Dawahare's buys Martin's Town & Country". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. C10. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
6. Jordan, Jim (2008-07-04). "Dawahare's(sic) to close 22 remaining stores". Kentucky.com. Retrieved 2009-03-13.