Year: 2026

Vevor, an e-commerce giant in the home improvement sector, has chosen Houston as the location of its first company-owned flagship store. Located at 10951 FM 1960, Houston, TX 77065, the new store will replace a vacated Big Lots. Vevor has sold most of its items on various online platforms and, more recently, through brick-and-mortar retailers such as Home Depot. Vevor sells a range of white-label equipment (power tools, hardware, landscaping equipment, etc.) under its own …

Howdy folks, and welcome back to HHR. Today, we’re taking a look at Sam’s Club Now up in Dallas. Located at 2218 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206, this store has a notable history and an even more fascinating present. Before we dive into exactly what Sam’s Club Now is, let’s get started with a bit of history. The store originally opened as a Safeway in October 1967, replacing an older, still-standing location that dates back …

Wienerschnitzel has a complicated relationship with the Houston area. They arrived here in 1966, only five years after the chain was established in California. They were here consistently from the 60s to 1984, and other than a few co-branding attempts, didn’t attempt a return until 2019. When the first new location opened in New Caney, the franchisees had ambitious plans to build out 32 locations across the area over the next 15 years. We’re now …

FYE closed its single Houston location in Katy Mills Mall last week, ending the chain’s local presence for the second time. What would eventually become FYE opened its first Texas store at the Galleria in 1992. It was marketed under the dual names Record Town and Saturday Matinee and was one of many chains trying to corner the market in both media sales and rentals at the time. The company would continue to grow by …

Happy New Year, Houston Historic Retail Readers! Today, we’re going to take a moment to reflect on 2025. Hopefully, this past year went well for you. It was a good one for HHR. Readership of the website has remained steady, with occasional spikes and dips in blog views, but traffic has been sustained via Google and link building. The HHR Facebook account has been highly active over the past year, recently reaching 14,000 followers and …