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BrendanBSharp t1_j23stx6 wrote

Reply to comment by Prometheus357 in Remember Ames? The department store is returning to New England by nebirah

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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