25-573: Westminster Mall may refer to: Westminster Mall (California) , in Westminster, California Westminster Mall (Colorado) , in Westminster, Colorado The Mall, London , located in the City of Westminster [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
50-471: A pop-up seasonal retailer, Spirit Halloween . Spencer Gifts was founded in 1947 in Easton, Pennsylvania by Max Spencer Adler (1897–1979) as a mail-order catalog which sold an assortment of novelty merchandise. The company moved all mail order and fulfillment operations to Atlantic City , NJ. In 1960, Max's brother Harry Adler, who had been with the company since 1947, sold his shares to his brother and left
75-592: A JCPenney, which had relocated from Huntington Center Mall (now Bella Terra ). In 2002, the Robinsons-May Home Store building was torn down for a new Macy's. When Federated Department Stores (now Macy's, Inc.) purchased Robinsons-May and other May Co. names in September 2006, Macy's moved to the Robinsons-May building, and the former Macy's location soon became a Target . Old Navy was added as well. In 2008,
100-775: A joint venture between Gordon Brothers Group and Palladin Capital Group, acquired Spencer Gifts from Vivendi, around the same time Vivendi was preparing to sell the majority of its shares of Universal Studios to General Electric 's NBC division. As a result of the sale, Steven Silverstein became Spencer Gifts' CEO and also the CEO and president of Spirit Halloween. In the fall of 2004, Spencer's began redesigning its stores. In 2006, Spencer's began its "Spirit of Children" program, which raises donations through its Spirit Halloween stores and hosts Halloween parties in children's hospitals in Canada and
125-468: A plan to close 300 stores nationwide. On January 4, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 103 stores nationwide. The store closed in April 2018, making it the last original anchor store to close. As of January 2021, the space is still vacant. As of 2023, Spencer Gifts was the last long-term tenant remaining from the opening era of the mall in their original location on
150-413: A subsidiary of its parent company. In 1997, Spencer Gifts opened its first store in Canada. In 1999, Spencer's acquired Spirit Halloween , a seasonal retailer founded by Joseph Marver in 1983. At that time, the business had 60 temporary locations. Spirit's stores are only open for the two months leading up to Halloween, though it maintains a website year-round. The stores are generally operated out of
175-503: Is an enclosed, two-level shopping mall in Westminster, California , United States. Opened in August 1974, the mall features anchor stores JCPenney , Macy's , and Target , with one vacant anchor space last occupied by Sears . It is owned and managed by Washington Prime Group . Westminster Mall is situated on the corner of Goldenwest Street and Bolsa Avenue in Westminster, California. In
200-664: Is not the case. In one instance, police seized adult materials from the Spencer Gifts in Rapid City, South Dakota as "possible evidence for the national retailer's failure to register as an adult-oriented business". In February 2014, the Ancient Order of Hibernians , the largest Irish organization in the United States, called on Spencer's to cease the sale of merchandise it felt propagated stereotypes about Irish Americans, such as
225-536: The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) mailed thousands of pamphlets to Arab-Americans across the United States to campaign against Spencer's 'sheik' and ' Arafat ' Halloween masks, which were marketed as part of its "Fright Stuff" line of products. The pamphlet featured a picture of the 'sheik' mask and claimed that it "was the only ethnic one in the product line and being marketed alongside traditional monster masks reinforced
250-488: The 'Sheik' and 'Arafat' masks and discussing the look of the masks with others", Spencer's president John Hacala decided to reverse the earlier decision and place the masks back in stores. "We will not reorder the masks for next year," the letter added. Spencer Gifts has been criticized for allowing children access to adult toys and other explicit products. While adults-only products are ostensibly kept in areas off-limits to children, there have been several instances where that
275-463: The 1920s, the world's largest goldfish farm was relocated to the area where the mall stands today. Construction of the mall began in the 1970s. Westminster Mall opened for business on August 7, 1974, with May Company , Sears and Buffum's , with J. W. Robinson's being added in 1975 as the mall's fourth anchor store. Three of the mall's anchors changed names in the 1990s. Buffum's closed in May 1991 due to
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#1732851810294300-482: The DAPY line of stores and opened its first GLOW! store. The DAPY and GLOW! trademarks were retired sometime before 2007. Around 2021, both GLOW! and DAPY returned to business under a private entity, until July 2024 when GLOW! announced they would be closing down along with DAPY. In 1995, MCA was acquired by Seagram Company Ltd. and was renamed Universal Studios . Spencer Gifts began to operate Universal Studios stores as
325-895: The United States. Since 2007, the program has raised over $ 110 million for over 130 children's hospitals. ACON Investments acquired the company in 2007 and sold it to Spencer's management in 2015. The company has been investigated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for its advertising practices. In 1962, Spencer Gifts was found by the Federal Trade Commission to have violated the Federal Trade Commission Act by making misleading statements in advertising its "Reduce-Eze" girdles and ordered to cease making false claims. The girdles were advertised with statements such as "Slim 4 Inches Without Diet" and "Trims 4 Inches Off Your Figure". In 1969, Spencer Gifts
350-540: The Westminster Mall saw a dramatic decline in sales, due to many of its businesses laying off employees, and their closures. In addition to the financial struggles at the Mall, the rise in online shopping also took a toll on the Mall's revenue. Because of this, in April of 2023, the City of Westminster approved a redevelopment plan to utilize the mall's main building, for mixed-use housing, lodging and retail. This will result in
375-584: The chain being liquidated. By January 1993, Robinson's and May Company merged to form Robinsons-May . As a result, the May Company store was rebranded Robinsons-May, and the J. W. Robinson's was closed as one of the 12 Robinson's and May Company stores closing as part of the merger. The closed Buffum's store became a Robinson's-May Home Store in March 1993 and in November of that same year, the closed Robinson's store became
400-678: The company. In 1963, Spencer Gifts opened its first retail store in the Cherry Hill Mall in Cherry Hill, New Jersey , where it operates to this day. After opening approximately 450 stores under the name Spencer Gifts, Adler sold Spencer Gifts to entertainment conglomerate MCA in 1967. In 2003, Spencer's Gifts was completely rebranded after being put under new management, and with the change become known only as just Spencer's. In 1990, Spencer Gifts closed its mail-order catalog division. In 1993 and 1996, respectively, Spencer Gifts acquired
425-412: The destruction of parts of the mall's side wings. The plans will start sometime between early to mid 2025. OCTA Routes 25 & 64 serve Westminster Mall. Route 25, which runs along Goldenwest Street on the eastern side of the mall, provides access from Huntington Beach and northern Orange County, and Route 64, which runs along Bolsa Avenue on the southern side of the mall, provides access from cities to
450-609: The east such as Garden Grove and Santa Ana . The mall is at the western terminus of Route 64. This article about a United States shopping mall is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Spencer Gifts Spencer Gifts LLC , doing business as Spencer's , is a North American mall retailer with over 600 stores in the United States and Canada. Its stores specialize in novelty and gag gifts , and also sell clothing, brand merchandise, sex toys , room decor, collectible figures, fashion and body jewelry, and fantasy and horror items. The company also owns and operates
475-503: The efficacy of its "non-prescription magnifying spectacles" by failing to disclose that correction of vision defects is limited to older persons who do not have any eye diseases, like astigmatism, but only need "simple magnifying or reducing lenses". The FTC ordered the retailer to cease the use of advertisements that misrepresented the quality of its optical products. Spencer Gifts has come under fire for its merchandise, which has been considered to be sexually explicit and racist. In 1989,
500-416: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westminster_Mall&oldid=1111266659 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Westminster Mall (California) Westminster Mall
525-530: The mall underwent a renovation, relocating the carousel and constructing a play area in its place. The Grand Re-opening was on November 15, 2008. In 2015, the Todai Seafood and Sushi buffet closed and Luxe Buffet replaced it. In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Westminster Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties. Gymboree and Crazy 8 closed on August 12, 2017, as part of
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#1732851810294550-497: The notion Arab people are scary." Spencer Gifts pulled the two masks from its stores in October following a "three-day protest and telephone campaign" by the ADC, but decided later that month to place the masks back on sale, prompting the ADC to boycott and picket Spencer's stores. In a letter to ADC spokesperson Faris Bouhafa, Spencer's general counsel Ronald Mangel said that "after re-reviewing
575-550: The spaces of recently vacated businesses. As of 2013, Spirit had over 1,000 locations, which comprised about half of Spencer's annual revenue of $ 250 million. In 2000, Spencer's expanded into the United Kingdom. The chain opened up to 14 stores in the United Kingdom before closing them sometime in the mid-2000s. In 2001, Vivendi acquired Universal Studios and rebranded the entire organization as Vivendi Universal Entertainment . Less than two years later, in 2003, GB Palladin,
600-462: The upper level. They were temporarily moved downstairs during the COVID-19 pandemic . ; as of July 2024, Spencer's is now listed as permanently closed and the store location is no longer listed on the company website. John's Incredible Pizza shuttered its doors this year due to the mall management to repurposing the space, only leaving Buena Park and Carson locations. During the COVID-19 pandemic ,
625-467: Was found by the FTC to, through the use of words like "stone", "birthstone", and "gold", have misrepresented its jewelry products. As its jewelry did not contain any "genuine precious or semiprecious stones", nor was its metal 24 karat gold , Spencer Gifts was ordered to stop use of deceptive statements in the promotion of its jewelry. In 1970, Spencer Gifts was found by the FTC to have misled its customers as to
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