Peck & Peck

Founded by Edgar Wallace Peck and his brother George H. Peck,[5] it began in New York in 1888[6] as a hosiery store, with an early location near Madison Square.[7] At Edgar Peck's death, Time magazine reported that the brothers once had to pay rent every 24 hours to a distrusting landlord,[8] but now had 19 stores.[9] It grew to 78 stores across the United States.

Peck & Peck filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1974[10] and was purchased in 1976 by the Minneapolis-based retailing company Salkin & Linoff.[11] Through a combination of poor management and widely decentralized locations, the chain was basically shut down and sold off in pieces.[11] Some specific store locations of the chain were sold by Salkin & Linoff in the mid/late 1980s to H. C. Prange Co. of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Salkin & Linoff closed their last five stores in January 1991, and the assets were sold at a bankruptcy sale.[11]

Other fashion retailers that grew in the wake of the closure of Peck & Peck were Ann Taylor and Talbots. Since 2008, the Peck & Peck trademark is owned by Stein Mart for its line of woman's clothing.

• 1990 Article on H.C. Prange Ownership
• Salkin & Linoff Bankruptcy, History
• Joint promotion with Capital Airlines
• Second Capital Airlines Joint Advertising Promotion
• Jim Peck, Lead Freedom Rider