Bernie's Unisex Quarter Zip Pullover

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Carry the story of a family-run New England retailer with this Bernie's quarter zip pullover. The company began with Bernard Rosenberg's local television and radio sales in 1947 and opened its first showroom in Bloomfield six years later. Milton Rosenberg later repurchased the Bernie's name and relaunched the chain in 1991, growing it across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Made for fans of regional business history, this design recalls a familiar retailer whose story concluded in 2010.

Bernie's began in 1947, when Connecticut gas station owner Bernard Rosenberg started selling televisions and radios to local customers. As demand grew, he opened Bernie's TV and Appliance, the company’s first showroom, in Bloomfield, Connecticut, in 1953. With his son Milton and other family members, he built the business into a New England family-owned retailer of audio, video, televisions, appliances, and bedding. In 1985, the Rosenberg family sold its five stores to Newmark & Lewis. Milton left that company in 1990 and bought back the Bernie's name for $1 after Newmark & Lewis went bankrupt and closed in 1991. He rebuilt the chain from one store to ten by 1999. The company moved its headquarters and warehouse to Enfield in 2004 and had 15 stores by the end of 2009, across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. After mounting losses, Bernie's filed for bankruptcy on January 14, 2010. Liquidation sales concluded and the remaining stores closed on February 28, 2010.

	XS	S	M	L	XL	2XL	3XL	4XL
Width, in	19.00	20.50	22.00	23.50	25.00	26.50	28.50	30.50
Length, in	27.00	28.00	29.00	30.00	31.00	32.00	32.50	33.00
Sleeve length, in	34.20	35.00	35.75	36.50	37.25	38.00	38.75	39.50