The store's original location was at the old Kroeger (Schumacher) Building, northeast corner of Center St. and Los Angeles St. (now Anaheim Blvd.).
On March 14, 1907, Schumacher, Quenton and Renner bought the "Pioneer Store" from Charles "Sam" Federman who had already been operating it for 25 years since 1883.
[3] Competition in these early days included the Falkenstein department store in the Mitchell block at the northwest corner of Center and Los Angeles,[4] which moved to new quarters at the new Casou Building in 1916, which replaced the oldest building in town at that time, the Langenberger adobe.
[8] In 1954 SQR started to face competition from new, modern and car-friendly shopping centers nearby, including: While many American cities tried to revitalize and save their historic downtowns, Anaheim chose to demolish it.
While at first, downtown merchants tried to attract shoppers by renovating their properties and the city provided off-street parking, it was not enough.