The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-13
THE M. PH1IIPsBoRN COMPANY
SECURES NICoLLET FRONTAGE.
Long Lease Taken on the Fitterling
Building, Which Will Be Handsomely
Remodeled Without and Within.
w. Munzer Will Manage the Store,
Which will Open About Sept. l.

ten years for S5UU ,uUU. me lfm viii
expend about $4,000 in remodeling the
in Minneapolis an entirely new depart,
ure, one Of a chain Of stores that will
eventually reach from the Atlantic to
the Pacific R. w Munzer, who is in
terested in the business of the company,
will be active manager
The Philipsborn company has secured
the fve-story stone building belonging
to the Fitterling estate, occupied until
lately by the: New Store. The building
has valuable frontage on Nicollet
avenue of 1872 feet, with depth Of l35.
New Front to Be Built.
Plans for remodeling include extern
sive changes. The entire front will be
torn out and replaced. The first and
second floors will be laid in tile and
parquet and the fixtures will be fnahog-
any turnout. "
A twenty-one-yea lease has just been
taken by the Philipsborn company at
100000 on a ten-story building which
is being erected at Fifth avenue and
da@pgnV Wit ltre open
ment there. @
Mr.. Munzer is we'll known to the re-
tail trade in Minneapolis. He was in
the original New Store firm Of Evans,
Munzer, Pickering & Co., nine years
ago. Two years ago he sold out his in
terests and organized the women IS cloth
ing store business at COS Nicollet. ave-
nue. under the name Of the R. w. Mum
ger company.
Attracted by Prosperity.
Mr.. Philipsborn said yesterday in
New York:
&c Yes, it is true, we have decided to
locate in Minneapolis. The prosperity
of the northwest has attracted this firm
to this new field Of operation. We con-
| slider that Minneapolis is ripe to support
women s speciality outer garment es.
tablishment, on a large scala store
entirely different from the kinds that
are now there. "a
"Our New York establishment at II
West Twenty third street, is a good ex-
neapolis. Of course, this cannot be
done without expanding large amount
| Of money. This firm is prepared to ex.
pend from $4,000 to $75,0OO on the
! outer improvements and the inner ar.
rangements Of this new building, in or.
der to make it the ladies store par ex,
cellence.
| In equipping this building we in
tend to patronize home industry only
and give all our contracts for fixtures
furniture, mirrors, carpets, etc, to Min
union labor will be employed in build
ing this new esta blishment. = Z
I The Philipsborn firm has been es
tablished for nineteen years. It's mair
lffoce Is in Chicago, where large manu-
featuring business in cloaks and suits
Is conducted, also a large catalog bust
ness-catalogs going direct to the con
sumner. Besides this they run severa
retail establishments in the favorite
shopping center Of Chicago-Statt
street. ,s - 5-.-.ss.5f, ,.zs@4. 49, = /
estab lishments in New York, Baltimore
Washington, Detroit, Grand sRapids
Cleveland, Terre Haute, Louisville. Nil
Waukee, Kansas City and Denver. +
has a large establishment in Paris. a
fhlllpsborn merchandising is the crea
ton Of style, originality and econom,
of price,, and in combining these i'm
portant features the Philipsborn store
are well patronized. The motto of tn
firm is Better Goods for Less Money.
Ferdinand Siegel, president Of on
company, is a brother Of Henry Siege
! pany, and, with myself, visited Mir
) neapolls some time ago and closed tn
lease on the building on Nicollet ave
] aue, and we expect to open this stor
/ Sept. 1.
: On what a large scale the Philips
: born company is conducting its bushes
| may be ascertained from a clippin
. from the New York Herald, which il
: dicates that it's Fifth avenue store wi
be the browning enterprise of this col
h Germ, and will overshadow everythin
e that has been done far, in its lin,
' in the metropolis.
t Perfect System Employed.
9 In spite of my strenuous work,
i feel very we'll and I hope to add fe,
f more speciality stores to the large nun
j. Der we now have, until we cover ever
9 large city in the United States.
y visit store once in two months, BIZ
5. our system is so perfect that the store
are supplied with the leading fashion
e continually. Our buyers are all con
e petent and Of the highest order. W
; pay them liberal salary and beside
:. give them an interest in the profit
;, and we find this adds to their zeal an
= makes the stores successful in everv r
= spect +
+ We do not make large profits. "
> believe in satisfying our customer
( and this can only be done by workman
+ ship and style of the highest grad
We are, liberal advertisers Whenev,
we have something special to offer, "
speak to the people in plain words, an
nearly eVerw day; we have Somethir