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Stern & Mann may look like a dying breed in retailing, but looks can be deceiving.
Though many mom-and-pop clothing stores passed away long ago, Stern & Mann has been comfortably ensconced as a fine clothing, accessories and gift ware retailer in the Akron-Canton market for the last 105 years. After almost four generations of the same family's ownership and management, the company is not only surviving, but it also is slowly expanding northward.
Stern & Mann opened a 20,000-square-foot store in Fairlawn Town Centre in the fall of 1989, and now has its eye on sites in the Cleveland market. Robert Mann, president, said the company plans to open a store in Cuyahoga County in 1993.
"We have had a lot of...