The Garland Sears Satellite store was located in the Ridgewood Shopping Center at First St., and Kingsley in southeast Garland. The Garland store opened in 1963. Garland carried what was known as big tickets. This includes hardware, paint, housewares, sporting goods, electrical appliances, plumbing, toys, garden tools and automotive supplies. Garland was a satellite of the Dallas Ross Ave and in 1969 did more business than any other satellite in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Retail Group.
Lou Dunigan, the Garland Store Manager, opened the Garland satellite. Dunigan started with Sears in 1951. He served as the Electronic's Manager at Ross Ave prior to his tenure at Garland.
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