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Sy Syms · Economics & Business

What

Off-price apparel retailer, founder of the Syms clothing chain

When

1926, New York, USA — 2009, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Sy Syms is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Off-price apparel retailer, founder of the Syms clothing chain

How & why

Sy Syms was born Seymour Merns in 1926 in New York into a Jewish family and died in 2009. In 1959 he founded the off-price Syms clothing chain, famous for its slogan 'An educated consumer is our best customer.' His Jewish family background is documented under his birth name.

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

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Off-price apparel retailer, founder of the Syms clothing chain

1959

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