S. S. Kresge though he later stopped contributions. Numerous places have been named after Kresge: S. S. Kresge Sebastian Spering Kresge (July 31, 1867 – October 18, 1966) was an American businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores, the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the Kresge-Newark traditional department store chain. The discounter was renamed the Kmart Corporation in 1977 and evolved into today's Sears Holdings Corporation, parent of Kmart and Sears. Kresge was born near Allentown, Pennsylvania, the son of Sebastian Kresge and the former Catherine Kunkle. Living on the family
Blem (brand) US market by the 1970s, but were retained by the Buenos Aires subsidiary. Blem is now the local name for Pledge furniture polisher and related products in Argentina. Blem (brand) Blem was a S. C. Johnson & Son brand of wax furniture refinishing compound introduced in 1955. The original Blem product came in a red toothpaste-type tube with BLEM in white lettering. The product was launched in a give-away special offer with a free tube of Blem packed with a can of Pride polish. The red tube was later switched to yellow toothpaste-tube type packaging with BLEM in dark brown