Sy Syms, Pioneer In Discount Clothing Dies

Sy Syms, founder and chairman of the SYMS Corp. discount clothing chain, died of heart failure this week in New York. He was 83. Syms founded his apparel business in 1959 in New York's financial district as a discount retailer of off-price men's clothes. The company uses the slogan, "An educated consumer is our best customer."


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