Dawahares

Dawahares
Company typeRetail clothing
IndustryRetail
Founded1918
FounderS.F. Dawahare
Defunct2008
FateBankruptcy and liquidation
Headquarters,
United States
Number of locations
more than 20
Area served
Kentucky
ProductsRalph Lauren, Dooney & Bourke, Tommy, Michael Kors, clothing, footwear
OwnerThe Dawahare Family

Dawahares (pronounced DAW-hairs) was an American retail clothing department store chain.

Srur Frank Dawahare, a Syrian immigrant who arrived in the U.S. with only five dollars, Dawahare eventually walked from Harlan to Letcher County as a pack peddler. He established the original Dawahare’s Department Store in Neon around 1918, a business that anchored the town's economy for 71 years and grew into a significant regional chain.