What is "wallachs"

Wallachs (Clothiers) was a New York City men's clothing chain store which once maintained additional locations in Newark, New Jersey, Brooklyn, New York, Jamaica, Queens, and Flushing, New York. It was a New York institution for more than a century. Together with Roots and F.R. Tripler, Wallachs was part of a nineteen state chain of fifty stores controlled by the Hastings Group. Hastings Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 1995.

Before the demand for tailored suits waned, the conglomerate operated approximately 200 stores. Wallach's also sold women's apparel.