Gordmans is a chain of mid-western off-price department stores founded and headquartered
in Omaha, Nebraska. Today, Gordmans operates 65 stores in 16 states in
the United States.
In 1936, Dan Gordman was on the road to success when
he quit his job at a Bloomingdales in New York City and headed west to seek
his fortune but only making it as far as Omaha, Nebraska. The stop an Omaha was
just supposed to be a short spot for Gordman and it led him to loving relationship
with Esther Richman and a business relationship with her father Sam Richman.
The company's origins went back all the way to the early twentieth century
when Sam Richman opened a small clothing store in Omaha in 1915. Sam Richman's
Outfitters to the Family occupied a small storefront block-long building at 16th
and Chicago in downtown Omaha. Dan Gordman joined Sam as a full partner in the
business and married his daughter Esther. Several years passed, and eventually
the business had grown to occupy the entire building at 16th and Chicago. In
1948, a second store was opened in South Omaha, Nebraska and then Dan purchased
Sam's remaining interest in the Company, and the name of the stores was changed
to Richman Gordman. |
