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In 1908, Edward A. Filene, son of the founder of Filene's, William Filene, came up with the idea of selling surplus, overstock, and closeout merchandise in the basement of his father's store. Filene's "Automatic Bargain Basement ", as it was originally called, opened in 1909 beneath the Downtown Crossing location.
Sep 25, 2015 · Discount department store Filene's Basement closed the last of its stores a few years ago, but just opened its doors to shoppers once more. Except this time, the doors are virtual. The retailer announced Sept. 24 that "the Basement" will be available online at FilenesBasement.com, offering over a million items at the low prices shoppers used to ...
Oct 9, 2020 · When the original Filene’s Basement closed in 2007, Boston lost a quirky shopping experience—and a kind of common ground. By Jenn Johnson. Oct 09 2020. Shoppers dig into the Basement’s no-frills bins in the late 1980s, when the store was still one of Boston’s top attractions.
Sep 18, 2015 · Filene’s Basement, the off-price chain that was born of the bargain basement of Boston’s eminent department store Filene’s, is rising from the ashes of its bankruptcy four years ago.
Jan 23, 2024 · A 1970s coupon from Filene’s Basement, its lower-level store that was a pioneer in markdown pricing. For several decades in the late 20 th century, Filene’s expanded into numerous locations around New England, typically in suburban shopping malls.
Filene's expanded into shopping malls throughout New England and New York in the later half of the twentieth century, and was rivaled by fellow Boston-based department store Jordan Marsh. Federated sold Filene's to The May Department Stores Company, and spun off Filene's Basement into a
Feb 22, 2006 · The century-old bargain basement has spawned its own mythology, economy, and customs - outliving even its progenitor, the venerable Filene's department store upstairs, a victim of corporate...
