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Barney Pressman

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Barney Pressman · Economics & Business

What

Founder of the luxury fashion department store Barneys New York

When

1895, New York, USA — 1991, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Barney Pressman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Founder of the luxury fashion department store Barneys New York

How & why

Barney Pressman was born in 1895 in New York into a Jewish family and died in 1991. In 1923 he founded Barneys New York, which grew from a discount menswear store into one of America's leading luxury department stores. His Jewish New York origins are documented in the store's own history.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barneys_New_York

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Founder of the luxury fashion department store Barneys New York

1923

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barneys_New_York