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Sanger-Harris
Type	Department store
Founded	1961 (merger) Sanger Bros. est. 1868 A. Harris est. 1887
Headquarters	Dallas, Texas
Industry	Retail
Products	Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.
Website	None

Sanger-Harris was a department store chain formed by Federated Department Stores in 1961 from two existing Dallas, Texas chains, Sanger Brothers and A. Harris, that dated from the 19th century. In 1987, in the face of the oil-shock facing Texas, the division was merged into Federated's Houston-based division Foley's.

Contents 1 History 2 Former locations 2.1 Arizona 2.2 New Mexico 2.3 Oklahoma 2.4 Texas

Sanger-Harris of Dallas, Texas, was the result of the 1961 merger of then four-unit Sanger Brothers Dry Goods Company of Dallas, founded in 1868 by the five Sanger Brothers and acquired by Federated Department Stores in 1951; and the two-unit A. Harris & Company of Dallas, founded in 1887 and acquired by Federated in 1961. In 1965 the company built a new downtown Dallas store to replace the flagship stores of the two companies. During this decade the chain dropped the hyphen between 'Sanger' and 'Harris' (rumored as a way to differentiate from hometown rival Neiman-Marcus), before being merged into the Robinson's May division in January 1987.

In 1988, following the acquisition of Federated by Campeau Corp. of Canada, the Robinsons May organization was sold to May Department Stores, which then closed the former Sanger-Harris stores in downtown Dallas and Highland Park Village as part of May's philosophy to focus on mall-based locations versus free-standing stores. At this same time, the Big Town Mall and Coronado Center locations were also closed. As of August, 2006, the Foley's stores were being converted to Macy's locations as the result of another shift.

• Tucson

• El Con Mall - opened 1969 as Levy's, Sanger-Harris 1985, Foley's 1987, Robinsons-May 1998, Macy's 2006, to close 2008
• Foothills Mall - opened 1983 as Levy's, Sanger-Harris 1985, Foley's 1987, closed 1994, now Ross Dress For Less and Linens 'n Things

Tucson Mall (now Macy's). Opened 1983 as Walgreen's.

• Albuquerque - opened 1984, Foley's 1987, closed 1988, JCPenney 1990

Oklahoma City

• Crossroads Mall - opened 1986, Foley's 1987, Macy's 2006
• Penn Square Mall - planned as Sanger Harris 1986, opened as Foley's 1987, Macy's 2006
• Quail Springs Mall - opened 1986, renamed Foley's 1987, Macy's 2006

• Tulsa

• Southroads Mall - opened 1984, Foley's 1987, closed 1992, became Price Mart 1996, now Reasor's
• Woodland Hills Mall - opened 1982, Foley's 1987, Macy's 2006

• Arlington - Six Flags Mall - opened 1970, Foley's 1987, closed 2005, vacant
• Dallas

• Downtown flagship - opened 1965 Foley's 1987, closed 1988
• Highland Park Village - opened 1950 as Sanger Brothers, Foley's 1987, closed 1988
• Preston Center - opened 1957 as Sanger Brothers, Foley's 1987, closed 2000
• Red Bird Mall (now Southwest Center Mall) - opened 1975, Foley's 1987, Macy's 2006
• Valley View Center - opened 1973, Foley's 1987, Macy's 2006

• Fort Worth, Hulen Mall - opened 1977, Foley's 1987, Macy's 2006
• North Richland Hills, Texas, North Hills Mall - opened 1979, Foley's 1987, closed 2002
• Irving, Texas - Plymouth Park Shopping Center - became Foley's 1987; Foley's moved to Irving Mall 1988
• Mesquite, Texas

• Big Town Mall - opened 1959 as Neiman Marcus, Sanger Brothers 1959, Foley's 1987, closed 1988; mall demolished 2006
• Town East Mall - opened 1972, Foley's 1987, Macy's 2006

• Plano, Texas - Collin Creek Mall - opened 1980, Foley's 1987, Macy's 2006
• Tyler, Texas - 4700 S. Broadway - opened 1981, Foley's 1987, Macy's 2006

v • d • e Store Conversions to Foley's
1998: Maison Blanche    1993: May D&F    1987: Sanger-Harris