type private industry retail founded meridian mississippi 1887 headquarters 2209 front street meridian mississippi u.s. key people robert loeb president will loeb director of ecommerce products clothing shoes eyewear accessories outdoor gear website loebsclothing.com loeb s today on front street in meridian ms loeb s department store is a meridian ms based brick and mortar and online specialty store . loeb s was originally founded in 1887 by alex loeb as alex loeb inc. today loeb s official name as it appears on their corporate charter is loeb s inc. . loeb s is located on front street meridian ms. contents 1 history 2 loeb s online 3 products and services 4 references 5 external links history edit the alex loeb building . loeb s previous location on 5th street in meridian ms. simon loeb and brothers department store in columbus ms alex loeb was a merchant in meridian ms in the late 19th century . alex loeb immigranted from germany and moved to meridian ms from columbus ms to open his first store . 1 alex loeb was the first loeb in meridian brought to the united states from germany by his brother simon loeb who preceded him in columbus ms. born in bavaria simon loeb arrived in columbus ms in 1867 . in 1874 he created the store with his younger brother julius . they sold dry goods clothing shoes and groceries . although simon arrived in columbus with little money he and his brother eventually became successful merchants 2 during meridian s golden age in the early 20th century it was said that respectable railroad workers would only wear clothes from alex loeb s store . the well dressed loeb was a colorful character known for his white moustache ever present cigar and hospitable personality ; he would personally welcome each customer as he or she entered the store . 3 alex loeb s son abraham marshall loeb and his brother henry s. loeb took over the business after their father . the business then passed to a. marshall loeb s son robert switzer loeb sr. and his brother alexander marshall loeb . the two brothers robert and alex acquired the marks rothenberg co. department store on 6th street during the 1970s and ran the business until the late 1970s when the business was sold to zale corporation . 4 in the year 1988 robert s. loeb jr. returned to meridian ms after working in management at parisian department store in birmingham al. it was robert s vision to bring the clothing tradition back to meridian . today loeb s is operated by robert s. loeb jr. and the business continues on front street in downtown meridian ms. under robert jr. s leadership the business model has transformed into an outdoor and lifestyle inspired store . loeb s online edit loeb s has maintained its own website since 2004 but did not start selling products online until 2013 . in the fall of 2013 loeb s launched a new ecommerce website on loebsclothing.com and started selling products available from its brick and mortar store to customers on internet . products and services edit the alex loeb building . painted signage on left side of loeb s previous location on 5th street in meridian ms. brand name products are available at loeb s from the north face patagonia yeti coolers columbia eagles nest outfitters kavu toms shoes costa del mar ralph lauren chaco teva bostonian h.s. trask kavu jack victor and clarks . 5 loeb s also provides tuxedo rental services for weddings formals and black tie events . 6 loeb s was recognized by mr magazine for offering books from local mississippi authors such as gridiron gold by frascogna ; a book of stories from legendary mississippi high school football coaches . 7 featuring the latest products by the north face the north face concept store is a department on the second floor of loeb s store dedicated to the outdoor clothing brand . this department is modeled after free standing the north face stores right down to the light fixtures and paint . 8 references edit http wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com cgi bin igm.cgi op ahn & db majorsassy2 & id i3473 threefoot family http www.isjl.org history archive ms columbus.htm mitchell dennis j. 2006 . a rich past a vibrant future the history & renovation of the marks rothenberg and grand opera house buildings . mississippi state university ; commercial printing company . mitchell dennis j. 2006 . a rich past a vibrant future the history & renovation of the marks rothenberg and grand opera house buildings . mississippi state university ; commercial printing company . http www.loebsclothing.com http www.meridianstar.com archivesearch local story 125000948.html elite retailer of the year http www.mrketplace.com content features issue overview issue story no cache 1 & tx magissue pi1 % 5bpointer % 5d 9 & tx magissue pi1 % 5bmode % 5d 1 & tx magissue pi1 % 5bshowuid % 5d 434 mr magazine a new addition local news . meridian star . 2009 11 07 . retrieved 2010 04 27 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title loeb % 27s department store & oldid 734566230 categories buildings and structures in meridian mississippiclothing retailers of the united statescompanies based in mississippicompanies established in 1887visitor attractions in mississippi1887 establishments in mississippi navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 august 2016 at 05 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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