William Filene

E806119

department store human merchant

William Filene was an American merchant best known for establishing the Filene’s department store, a pioneering force in modern retailing.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
William Filene canonical	2
Edward A. Filene	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department store ⓘ human ⓘ merchant ⓘ
businessModel	department store ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
employer	Filene’s NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	department store business ⓘ retail ⓘ
founded	Filene’s NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	William Filene NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry	retail ⓘ retail industry ⓘ
influenced	development of modern retailing in the United States ⓘ
knownAs	William Filene NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	founding Filene’s department store ⓘ pioneering modern retailing practices ⓘ
occupation	merchant ⓘ retailer ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	founder of Filene’s ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Filene's → founder → William Filene ⓘ

Filene's → namedAfter → William Filene ⓘ

Filene family → hasNotableMember → William Filene ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edward A. Filene