Zale Corporation

The Zale Corporation is a United States jewelry retailer, incorporated in Delaware in 1993. The principal executive offices are located in Irving, Texas.

History

Early years

The company began in 1924 in Wichita Falls, Texas, when Morris (M. B.) Zale, William Zale, and Ben Lipshy opened the first Zales Jewelers store. As a marketing strategy, the Zale brothers instituted a credit plan whereby customers could pay "a penny down and a dollar a week," making jewelry and other merchandise affordable for the average working American. The success of this credit policy led to the company expanding to a total of 12 stores in Oklahoma and Texas by 1941.

Zales Jewelers moved its headquarters from Wichita Falls to Dallas in 1946.

Shopping malls

In 1957, Zales Jewelers broadened its reach, opening the first store in a shopping center—a major shift from operating only in downtown locations. The same year, Zales announced the initial public offering of its stock (ZLC) and began trading its public shares on the American Stock Exchange in 1958. In 1989, Zale acquired Gordon Jewelry.

Zale (disambiguation)

Zale or Zales may refer to:

Zale (moth)

Zale is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.

Species

Zale meriata

Rubi

Rubi may refer to:

See also

Rubió

Rubió is a rural municipality in the comarca of the Anoia in Catalonia, Spain. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rubió. Other villages includes Maçana and El Pla de Rubió. As of 2014, the municipality has 228 inhabitants. At 48 km², it is one of the biggest municipalities of the Alta Segarra, and at one time, had the most reduced population in the entire zone.

General information

The year 1840 the ancient municipality of Maçana annexed to Rubió for fault of population. The municipal limits have not changed from then on.

Name

There are two theories on the origin of the toponym Rubió. The first, says that Rubió is a toponym that derives etymologically of rubeus (coppery), probably doing allusion to the red colour of the land and the rocks of the mountain where built the Castle of Rubió. The second says that the name Rubió derives of the Latin toponym rufus that means blond, through the name Rubione, that was possessor of a property to the zone during the roman period.

Rubiá

Rubiá is a municipality in the Spanish province of Ourense. It has a population of 1734 (Spanish 2001 Census) and an area of 101 km².

Coordinates: 42°27′00″N 6°56′56″W / 42.450°N 6.949°W / 42.450; -6.949