Belk Department Store Completes Takeover of Proffitt's and McRae's; Grand Re-Opening Celebration Wednesday, March 8.CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Belk v. t. 1. To vomit. is proclaiming Wednesday Wednesday: see week. , March 8, 2006 to be a "grand new day" as it celebrates the official launch of 39 Proffitt's Proffitt's was a department store chain based in Alcoa, Tennessee. On March 8, 2006, the Proffitt's and McRae's stores were converted into Belk stores. Belk acquired the two chains in July 2005 from Saks Incorporated. and McRae's McRae's was a mid-range regional department store chain with locations throughout the Southeastern United States, and founded and based in Jackson, Mississippi. The nameplate was in circulation for more than a century, eventually joining with Tennessee-based Proffitt's and stores under the Belk name. Belk purchased the stores from Saks Incorporated Saks Incorporated (NYSE: SKS) is a Fortune 500 operator of department stores in the United States. While currently headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, the company is in the process of moving to New York City. Saks Incorporated was formerly known as Proffitt's, Inc. last July July: see month. and since then has been combining the best of Belk and Proffitt's/McRae's to create an exciting new shopping environment and experience for customers. The grand opening will feature special sales promotions, door busters This is a list of Busters from the manga Beet the Vandel Buster. The Beet Warriors Beet Beet is a young boy who has always desired to be the strongest Buster. He aspires to be like his heroes, the Zenon Warriors, who are known as the strongest of all Busters. , in-store events and register-to-win drawings that will include five grand prizes with a total value of $35,000, and for customers who apply for a Belk charge account, a chance to win a 2006 PT Cruiser cruiser, large, fast, moderately armed warship, intermediate in type between the aircraft carrier and the destroyer. During World War II, battle cruisers operated as small battleships, combining in one vessel maximum qualities of gun caliber, armor protection, and convertible. The Grand Opening Sale and special events begin when the stores open at 10 a.m. "March 8th will be a landmark day as the Proffitt's and McRae's stores officially become one with Belk both in name and in maintaining our long-standing reputation for customer satisfaction and community involvement," said Tim Belk Timothy William Belk (born April 6, 1970 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a First Basemen for the Detroit Tigers. He made his major league debut on June 25, 1996. He played his final game on July 3, 1996. , chairman and chief executive officer of Belk, Inc. "These stores enjoy positive, well-established relationships with their customers and communities. Our goal is to build on this foundation and remain the department store of choice by consistently listening to customers and meeting their needs for fashion, value, quality, service and convenience." Many of the changes being made in the converted stores were based on needs identified in customer research conducted by Belk in Proffitt's/McRae's markets. The most visible differences that customers will see include: --New and expanded assortments and selections of top-name nationally recognized brands, including additions of upscale merchandise and a more youthful merchandise mix; --New lines of exclusive Belk private brands; --New exterior and interior store signage and updated visual merchandise presentations to make it easier to locate merchandise and enhance the shopping environment; --A hassle-free return policy; --New advertising and sales promotions (including Belk's familiar "All for You" slogan A slogan is a memorable motto or phrase used in a political, commercial, religious and other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. Slogans vary from the written and the visual to the chanted and the vulgar. and a new "Satisfaction: Free With Every Purchase" message); and, --A new Belk credit card that offers convenient payment plans and special rewards for customer spending and loyalty. Sales Promotions and Special Events Belk's Grand Opening sales promotions will offer outstanding selections of merchandise at bargain prices, and will include door buster events, special buys and discount coupons for store purchases. There will also be prize giveaways, including: --"Take a Break from Your Bills" event on March 8 and 9 - customers get a "scratch and win" card at the register that gives them a chance to win a break from paying their bills and other prizes. The five grand prizes to be awarded are: --Mortgage paid for a year ($15,000 value); --Free groceries gro·cer·y n. pl. gro·cer·ies 1. A store selling foodstuffs and various household supplies. 2. groceries Commodities sold by a grocer. for a year ($6,000 value); --Free car payments for a year ($6,000 value); --Free gas for your car for a year ($3,000 value); --Free shopping at Belk ($5,000 value). Former Proffitt's and McRae's Stores Celebrating Grand Opening as Belk Alabama Birmingham Century Plaza Mall Hoover Riverchase Galleria Huntsville Madison Square Mobile Springdale Mall Selma Selma Mall Mississippi Biloxi Edgewater Mall Columbus McRae's University Mall Flowood Dogwood Festival Gautier Singing River Mall Greenville Greenville Mall Hattiesburg Turtle Creek Mall Jackson Metrocenter Mall Laurel Sawmill Square Mall Meridian Bonita Lakes Mall McComb Edgewood Mall Natchez Natchez Mall Ridgeland Northpark Mall Tupelo Barnes Crossing Mall Vicksburg Pemberton Square Mall Tennessee Athens Proffitt's Plaza Chattanooga Hamilton Place Chattanooga Northgate Mall Cleveland Bradley Square Mall Greeneville Greeneville Commons Johnson City The Mall at Johnson City Kingsport Fort Henry Mall Knoxville Knoxville Center Mall Knoxville West Town Mall Maryville Foothills Mall Oak Ridge Oak Ridge Mall About Belk, Inc. Charlotte, N.C.-based Belk, Inc. is the nation's largest privately owned department store company with 274 stores located in 15 states in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Belk was founded in 1888 by William Henry Noun 1. William Henry - English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836) Henry Belk in Monroe, N.C., and continues to operate under the third generation of Belk family leadership. |
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