Sy Syms died this week at 83. He founded the "Syms" discount clothes chain in New York City in 1959, and was perhaps the first retailer to sell men's clothes at a discount. I remember going to one in Maryland as a kid. But even more I remember the tag line from the Syms commercials that aired on local TV back then, in which he starred. "An educated consumer is our best customer." Embedded below is a 30 second obit from the NBC Nightly News last night. Apparently Brian Williams remembered that line, too...
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