Talk:Platt Music

Untitled
http://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/09/business/changes-at-platt-music.html http://8.12.42.31/2005/jan/04/local/me-platt4 http://www.arcade-museum.com/mtr/MTR-1928-87-22/MTR-1928-87-22-04.pdf

The Platt Music Corporation, founded by Benjamin Platt in 1905, was a national retailer specializing in selling consumer electronics goods through leased operations in 135 department stores including Marshall Field's, Bloomingdale's, The May Department Stores Company and Emporium-Capwell.[citation needed] Platt Music Corporation, where Herman Platt, (1909-2005), son of Benjamin Platt served as president and CEO from 1956 until 1984, was a private company that leased space in department stores such as The May Department Stores Company, otherwise known as Robinsons-May, and sold consumer electronic products.[citation needed] Platt Music Corporation was also the first company to carry Toshiba in the United States[citation needed]. In 1984, Michael Glazer, became chairman and chairman executive of Platt Music. Tom Bagan, president and COO of Chicago retail giant Marshall Field's became president and COO of The Platt Music Corporation.[citation needed] The company started trading publicly on the Stock Exchange in 1984.[citation needed] National operations ended in 1988.[citation needed] The Platt Family has been resident in Los Angeles since the 1800s.[citation needed] TV presenter Josh Flagg is the great-grandson of its founder.[citation needed] [edit]External links

http://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/09/business/changes-at-platt-music.html http://8.12.42.31/2005/jan/04/local/me-platt4 http://www.arcade-museum.com/mtr/MTR-1928-87-22/MTR-1928-87-22-04.pdf

please examine all financial documents as well as newspaper aricles under google archives. above are examples. (Jdf3524 (talk) 05:05, 5 October 2009 (UTC))