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- Bradlees was named for Connecticut's Bradley International Airport, where early planning meetings were held by the store's founders.
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Bradlees Department Store, more commonly known as Bradlees, was a discount department store chain based in Braintree, Massachusetts, which operated primarily in the Northeastern United States. Bradlees sold various retail items in its stores, including clothing, jewelry, health care, beauty products, footwear, furniture, electronics, housewares
Sep 5, 2018 · The founders settled on the name Bradlee’s after the Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, CT, where some of the earliest planning meetings were held, and in 1958, the very first Bradlee’s store opened its doors on South Frontage Road in New London, CT.
Due to the location of where the initial meeting took place the men decided to name their new venture Bradlees. The first of the new Bradlees department stores was located in New London, Connecticut. It opened its doors on March 14, 1958.
The company was conceived by three businessmen in Connecticut, who envisioned a store that offered a wide variety of goods at discount prices. Because the three met to discuss their idea for the new store at the Bradley International Airport, outside of Hartford, they chose to call their store "Bradlees."
Jun 23, 2023 · Bradlees got its name from the Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., where the founders held their original planning meetings. The organization’s first store opened in 1958 in New London, Conn.
Sep 3, 2023 · Bradlees got its name from Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport, where early planning meetings were convened by the store’s founders. The inaugural store opened its doors in New London, Connecticut, on March 14, 1958.
Dec 25, 2022 · The early planning stages of what would become Bradlees began in the 1950’s at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, hence where the retail chain got its name. The group of businessmen opened their first location in New London, Connecticut in 1958.