Article: Upscale department store Von Maur readies to open Columbus, Ohio, location.

Byline: Marshall Hood

Nov. 4--A portrait of Woody Hayes hangs above the crackling fireplace in the men's suit department; another is displayed nearby among the leather jackets, sweaters and trousers.

It's clear that department-store chain Von Maur wants to make friends with the natives when it holds a grand opening for its first Ohio store Saturday at Polaris Fashion Place, in the space that once held Lord & Taylor.

Many of its 175 employees will be stationed at the entrances at 10 a.m. to greet the first 5,000 visitors with red roses and Von Maur's trademark Bavarian chocolate creams.

Von who?

Price- and fashion-wise, the ...

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