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Ocean State Job Lot was founded in 1977 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island by Marc Perlman, Alan Perlman, and Roy Dubs. After Ames went bankrupt in 2002, Ocean State Job Lot expanded by buying many of its former locations in New England.
Jun 1, 2023 · What became the Job Lot empire started with three people: His brother Alan, who’d been a lawyer in upstate New York, and Roy Dubs, a friend at the University of Rhode Island. They each put up...
May 10, 2024 · The company – which was started by two URI alumni, Marc Perlman ’69 and his brother Alan Perlman, with friend Roy Dubs ’73 – also gives the seeds, with the help of URI Cooperative Extension, to Rhode Island residents at libraries across the state.
Feb 28, 2011 · Marc Perlman’s seen it all in his 30-plus years as a wheeling and dealing retailer of eclectic merchandise, and he's one of the few vendors aggressively seeking big-box space in the Bay State.
The company – which was started by two URI alumni, Marc Perlman ’69 and his brother Alan Perlman, with friend Roy Dubs ’73 – also gives the seeds, with the help of URI’s Cooperative Extension program, to Rhode Island residents at libraries across the state.
Feb 20, 2018 · Marc Perlman co-founded Ocean State Job Lot in 1977 with his brother, Alan, and college friend, Roy Dubs. Raised in N.Y., Perlman graduated from URI with a bachelor’s degree in engineering. He is now CEO of one of the country’s leading discount retailers, named to the 2017 Forbes list of America’s Best Employers.
Jan 21, 2003 · Alan and Marc Perlman and Roy Dubs opened the first Ocean State Job Lot in North Kingstown, and on their first day did $78 in business. During their first year as self-made entrepreneurs, the three earned nothing.
