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...Though little known outside southeastern Michigan, Hudson's is second only to New York's Macy's among U.S. retailers operating in a single metropolitan area. Hudson's gross last year was $220 million (v. Macy's $517.6 million), its net about $5.5 million. Northland, the Hudson-owned shopping center northwest of Detroit, is the world's biggest (11,000 parking spaces, 106 stores); Eastland, another Hudson center northeast of the city, is only slightly smaller...
...make sure they did not miss any segment of the market, the Webbers set up Hudson's Basement Store, first in the basement of the main store, and then in the Northland and Eastland branches. Operating as a separate unit, the Basement Store, with its own lines of lower-priced merchandise, now constitutes the big store's toughest Detroit competition, even has a separate suburban branch...
...swing to the suburbs that drove Hudson's to Northland and Eastland has prompted the company to plan two twelve-story office buildings, a luxury motel and a vast apartment community on the land it owns adjacent to Northland. Still another Hudson's shopping center-Westland-is in the works, and there are signs that under its young, new boss, Hudson's may move even farther afield. Fortnight ago, J. L. Jr. announced plans to open a budget store outside Pontiac, 30 miles from Detroit. If the customers come, Hudson stores may ultimately spring up all over...
Southfield, Mich., Northland Playhouse: Tony Randall, one of Hollywood's best younger comedians, in Goodbye Again...
...Northland College Floyd B. Odlum, financier, chairman, Atlas Corp., L.H.D...