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This kind of homemade touch is part of the Billings & Stover formula—part nostalgia, part bizarre. At the cosmetics counter, for example, Madanian maintains a supply of old-school perfumes.
According to Madanian, these are the kinds of unusual products people come to Billings & Stover just to buy.
Billings & Stover has a devoted following among locals, Madanian says. And lately client after client has come in offering her their sympathy over the store’s closing.
Like many of the customers, Bob Landers has made Billings & Stover part of his lifelong routine. For the last 60 years, Landers has come into the store almost every morning at 6:15 a.m. to open up. He used to work as a pharmacist, but ever since Billings & Stover stopped...
It is not surprising, considering that she has at times put in 80 hour weeks, that Madanian’s clients have sometimes become her best friends as well. She admits the end of Billings & Stover frightens her a good deal.