Company type | Department store |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1923 |
Defunct | 1987 |
Fate | Merged into Steinbach after Amcena acquired Steinbach |
Headquarters | New York, New York |
Products | Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. |
Parent | Amcena |
Ohrbach's was a moderate-priced department store with a merchandising focus primarily on clothing and accessories. From its modest start in 1923 until the chain's demise in 1987, Ohrbach's expanded dramatically after World War II, and opened numerous branch locations in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. Its original flagship store was located on Union Square in New York City. It maintained administrative offices in Newark and in Los Angeles. The retailer closed the Newark offices in the 1970s. Paul László designed the Union Square store as well as many of their other stores.