the story is more of business drive than competition (imo):
> She bitterly ''retired'' in 1989 at the age of 95, but after three months returned with characteristic combativeness, setting up a rival store called Mrs. B's Clearance and Factory Outlet across the street from the Furniture Mart.
> She bitterly ''retired'' in 1989 at the age of 95, but after three months returned with characteristic combativeness, setting up a rival store called Mrs. B's Clearance and Factory Outlet across the street from the Furniture Mart.
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/13/business/rose-blumkin-ret...
my understanding from primary sources is she started the second to carry on her ideals when the original iced her out