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Prometheus357 t1_j21x3z6 wrote

Reply to comment by yahabbibi in Remember Ames? The department store is returning to New England by nebirah

Ollie’s is practically B19. Same dude and esthetic

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sir_mrej t1_j22ltog wrote

Same dude??

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Prometheus357 t1_j23fzwf wrote

Same

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BrendanBSharp t1_j23stx6 wrote

Similar mascot dude. Same art designer. Ollie’s now owns the Building 19 trademarks.

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Crayonbreaking t1_j25g7go wrote

That explains so much. They are so similar in so many ways. Now I know why I thought Ollie’s was just copying building 19. They are.

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BrendanBSharp t1_j263gef wrote

They coexisted for years (Ollie’s in Pennsylvania and Building 19 in Massachusetts) and must’ve gotten along good enough that it was ok to have the same freelance cartoonist doing the ads for both chains... their store locations never overlapped anyway. The cartoonist is Mat Brown; he’s from Scituate.

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sir_mrej t1_j25asz8 wrote

Oooh similar-looking mascot. I gotcha. I thought you meant they had the same founder. They did not. I was just confused, I'm good now

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