Happy Memorial Day from LiveMalls

Belk, Charlotte, North Carolina. Memorial Day Sale advertisement, 1983. (courtesy Pat Richardson)

J.B. Ivey & Company, Charlotte, North Carolina. Memorial Day Sale advertisement, 1983. (courtesy Pat Richardson)

Miller & Rhoads; Eastland Mall, Charlotte, North Carolina. Memorial Day Sale advertisement, 1976. (courtesy Pat Richardson)

Previously on LiveMalls
The Belk Archive
The Ivey's Archive
Miller & Rhoads, Eastland Mall

Beehive Vs. Spearhead, 1966

J.B. Ivey & Company, Charlotte, North Carolina. Institutional advertisement, 1966. (courtesy of Pat Richardson)

Belk, Charlotte, North Carolina. Institutional advertisement, 1966. (courtesy of Pat Richardson)

Here are some institutional ads for Belk and Ivey's Charlotte stores from 1966.

Notice the difference in location strategies: Ivey's operated a number of branch stores in addition to its downtown flagship, while Belk was still a number of years away from opening branch stores at Eastland and SouthPark.

Previously on LiveMalls
The Belk Archive
The Ivey's Archive

Dayton's (later Marshall Field & Company, currently Macy's), 700 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Exterior view circa 1977. (Robert Hendrickson, from The Grand Emporiums: The Illustrated History of America's Great Department Stores)

When Belk met Ivey's

Belk, downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. Exterior façade on Tryon Street (looking north) with Overstreet Mall connection to Ivey's, screenshot from video taken in 1986. (courtesy Pat Richardson)

Belk, downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. Exterior façade on Tryon Street (looking south) with Overstreet Mall connection to Ivey's, 1985. (courtesy Pat Richardson)

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Belk’s Tryon Street Façade through the years

Belk, Charlotte, North Carlina. Print advertisement 1986. (courtesy Pat Richardson)

Find more Belk memories like this in The Belk Archive

Come feel the excitement at Belk SouthPark

Belk, SouthPark mall, Charlotte, North Carolina. View of escalator well, 1989. (courtesy Pat Richardson)

Belk, SouthPark mall, Charlotte, North Carolina. Print advertisement for Design Studio in Furniture department, 1986. (courtesy Pat Richardson)

Previously on LiveMalls
Belk, SouthPark

J. B. Ivey & Company (later Dillard's), Eastland Mall, Charlotte, North Carolina. Ivey's chairman George M. Ivey, Jr. poses in front of the soon to be completed Ivey's Eastland store, 1975. (courtesy Pat Richardson)

Previously on LiveMalls
Ivey's (Dillard's), Eastland Mall
The Ivey's Archive