May Department Stores, Mary Livingstone[?] was working as a lingerie salesgirl here when she met her future husband Jack Benny. Later, the department store was used as a setting in his radio and television shows.
Sears & Roebuck[?], later Sears[?], its first mail order catalogs caused prices to drop all over the country, leading to their being called "the great price maker"
... in 1983.
The initial members were the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
In 1985 France withdrew in favour of the 100% French Avions de Combat ...