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Herbert Marcus (1878 -
1950) was one of the co-founders of Neiman Marcus, and later became its chief
executive officer.
Biography
Born to a Jewish family in
Kentucky, Marcus moved to Hillsboro, Texas after dropping out of high school to
work and live near his brother Theodore, his three sisters and his parents.[1]
His various retail, sales and janitorial positions helped him escape the
economic hardships of life in Kentucky. He moved to Dallas, Texas in 1899 and
married Minnie Lichtenstein, the mother of his four sons, in 1902. They moved
to Atlanta with his sister Carrie and her husband Abraham Lincoln Neiman to
work for The Coca-Cola Company. Their success was rewarded with a buyout of
$25,000 in exchange for giving up the sales territories in Kansas and or
Missouri of the nascent soft drink concern. This $25,000 enabled the Neiman and
Marcus families to establish Neiman Marcus in Dallas in 1907.[2]
Neiman-Marcus specialized
in ready made high quality clothes for women at a time when visiting a tailor
and or doing extensive alterations at home was the norm. Business grew quickly
as cotton and later oil and other industries and population growth buoyed the
Texas economy. In 1928 his sister Carrie divorced A. L. Neiman, Herbert bought
out Neiman's share, and Neiman-Marcus came entirely under Marcus family
control. Herbert became president of Temple Emanu-El (Dallas, Texas), was a
director of the Dallas Museum of Art and held many other civic positions to
bolster the culture and well being of the city that made Neiman-Marcus thrive.
The Marcus family negotiated with Condé Nast of Condé Nast Publications and
Neiman-Marcus became the first concern located West of the Atlantic Seaboard to
advertise luxury fashion in their magazines.[3]
During World War II
Herbert and the Marcus family and employees helped Neiman-Marcus showcase
clothing and lifestyles that would be most helpful with regards to rationing
and other wartime realities. The post war years brought more lavish fashion
shows and finery into Neiman-Marcus as luxury goods returned to fashionability.
Carrie Marcus Neiman and Herbert's sons took increasing responsibility for both
fashion and business decisions as Herbert aged. After Herbert's death in 1950
his sister Carrie and then his son Stanley Marcus took over top management
positions.[4]
At one time Herbert Marcus
lived in the Lakewood neighborhood in Dallas.[5]
References
Carlisle, Candace. "Herbert
Marcus' former Lakewood home sells for $2.6M." Dallas Business Journal.
Friday September 28, 2010. Retrieved on September 30, 2012.
Selected
Source from UK Libraries:
Bumagin, Michael S. Exploring
Fort Worth With Children. Plano: Taylor Trade, 2000. Print.
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