Power move: Tyrone relocates to L.I.'s North Shore: owners of men's specialty store expect $2 million sales gain.(Long Island, New York)

Daily News Record, March, 1997 by Palmieri, Jean E.

Upscale men's specialty store, Tyrone, has moved to Roslyn, Long Island, NY, from Cedarhurst, Long Island, NY, in 1997. Richard and Norman Buksbaum opened the store in 1968 and decided to move the store as customers moved away. The store had $3 million in sales annually in its original location and is expected to have $5 million in sales in its new location by 1999. Suit prices range from $1,100 to $3,000 and the customer averages 45-50 years of age.

OSLYN, N.Y. -- When Richard and Norman Buksbaum decided to relocate their upscale men's specialty store, Tyrone, to the North Shore of Long Island, they realized they had to create something special.

They found a landmark building originally built in 1931 as a bank. They decorated the dressing rooms in suitings --...

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