Classics+and+Dandy+Lions

As America has industrialized, other countries around the world were industrializing too. The market began to globalize as competition sprung between nations. Businesses wanted to increase their profit through the purchasing of cheaper goods. In order to have cheaper goods, the labor costs have to be lower too. Therefore, countries depended upon each other to help maximize their companies’ profits.

Mr. Berry from Berry and Ritter Hardware shop had ran the business that his father had started. There was no one to pass the business down to, so Berry and Ritter's went up for sale. PJ King owned All Star Sports, next door to 233 South Court Street, and he was looking to expand his company. His mother, Joann, King, took the initiative to show interest in purchasing Berry and Ritter. When Berry and Ritter was finally ready to sell, Joann King bought it in 1995 but PJ King no longer desired to expand his business. Mrs. Joann king and her husband Mr. King did not have the experience to build up a hardware company. The hardware store was transformed into a men's and woman's clothing shop. The King's thought that the everyday casual clothing shop would complement the athletic clothing shop next door. After five years in the business, the Kings sold their company in 1999. Mr. and Mrs. King sold it solely because they were tired of the company. Dandy Lion Clothing and Gift Co. took over in 2000. The company remained clothing oriented but shifted to target children. At the time of the clothing shops on the square, the square had expanded north. The expansion of the square not only contained developments but supermarkets that sold cheap good that were imported from China in abundance. The American people were willing to buy cheaper goods over the individual shops of the square. Dandy Lions came to an end in 2007, and All Fired Up replaced it in 2008.