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Six decades later, folks still flock to Hudson''s great deals.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-OCT-04
Format: Online - approximately 663 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Six decades later, folks still flock to Hudson''s great deals.(Focus: private companies)

Article Excerpt
One of Mississippi's most successful privately-owned businesses started some 60 years ago with a fire in a grocery store in the hamlet of Palmer's Crossing.

Out of this rose a retail operation that is the most successful of its kind in the country, a Longhorn cattle ranch and, indirectly, the largest seller of discount clothes on eBay.

The genesis came when H.C. Hudson bought back his smoke-damaged goods from the insurance adjuster. The next day, he put up a sign that read: "Smoky Groceries, 50% Off." People flocked to buy the groceries.

The Hudson salvage retail concept was...

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