{"id":19892,"count":1,"description":"Belk is a department store chain founded in 1888 in Monroe, North Carolina, today part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. After the founding of the first Belk store, the company grew in size and influence throughout the South via the chain in the USA, with its stores primarily located in the Southern USA.\nThe chain has four flagship locations:\nFounded in 1888 by William Henry Belk, the store was first called \"New York Racket\" and then \"Belk Brothers,\" after Belk made his brother, Dr. John Belk, a physician, as his partner.\nBy 1908, the company had moved its headquarters to Charlotte and built a giant flagship store on Trade and Tryon Streets in downtown Charlotte. That store was closed in 1988 to make way for what is now Bank of America Corporate Center and the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.\nThe business grew steadily, relying on \"bargain sales\" and advertising to grow the business. Today, the chain is still family-owned and currently has 306 stores in 19 states,...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/belk\/","name":"Belk","slug":"belk","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/19892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=19892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}