J. Byrons

Byrons, also known as J. Byrons, Jbyrons, or Jackson Byrons,[1] was an American mid-priced department store chain in Miami, Florida.

J. Byrons
division of Eckerd Corporation
IndustryRetail
FateAcquired
SuccessorUptons
FoundedMiami, Florida, 1896
Defunct1996
Number of locations
54
Area served
Florida
ProductsClothing

Byrons was founded in 1896 as a pharmacy called Byrons Red Cross.[2] In 1947, the Byrons flagship store on Flagler Street was renamed Byrons Department Store.[3] In April, 1958, Jackson's Stores bought Byron's, adding it to their existing six store chain and renaming the stores Jackson-Byron's.[4] Pharmacy chain Eckerd Corporation bought J. Byron, which at the time comprised 12 stores, in 1968.[5] They sold the chain in 1985.[6] At the same time, the chain exited Orlando and sold its four stores there to Ross Dress for Less.[7]

Their commercials featured the jingle "The right look, the right price, JByrons" (changed to "at Byrons" after the name changed) also in the Spanish jingle "Es mi moda, al precio justo, en Byrons" Later commercials featured the jingle "At Byrons the magic, the magic is in the prices" also in the Spanish jingle "En Byrons, la magia, la magia esta en los precios."

In 1991, the chain dropped the "J" from its name.[8] Five years later, 17 of the Byrons stores were closed, and the remaining 37 were sold to Uptons.[9]

References
  1. "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  2. "ARG folds 37 Byrons into Uptons.(American Retail Group)(Brief Article) - Daily News Record | HighBeam Research". highbeam.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  3. "The Miami News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  4. "The Miami News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  5. "History of Eckerd Corporation – FundingUniverse". fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  6. Pederson, J.P.; Grant, T. (2000). International Directory of Company Histories. 32. St. James Press. ISBN 9781558623910. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  7. "Jbyrons Comes Back To Orlando Retailer Reveals Plans To Open 3 Outlets Within A Year". Orlando Sentinel. June 27, 1987. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  8. "J Byrons To Drop `J` From Its Name - tribunedigital-sunsentinel". articles.sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  9. "Miami Herald: Search Results". nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
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