Oppenheim Collins was a major women's specialty clothing store, selling fashion apparel, shoes, accessories, and cosmetics, headquartered in New York City. Oppenheim's family was firmly rooted in retail. Albert Oppenheim (1832-1914) had been associated with Brooklyn department store Abraham & Straus, he's wife Mary was a member of the Abraham family. Albert and his son Charles J. Oppenheim (1890-1941) fonded their first store in 1871. Later joined by Israel D. Levy they founded the New York City department store Oppenheim, Collins & Co opened in 1901 in downtown New York City. In 1905, a branch store opened at 534 Main Street, in Buffalo, New York. In 1956, a suburban Buffalo location opened at Thruway Plaza in Cheektowaga, New York. In 1958, Oppenheim Collins opened a location in the new Harundale Mall in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The Buffalo area stores closed in 1979, along with others in the Franklin Simon & Co. chain with the bankruptcy of City Stores. In the 1950s, the store was merged with Franklin Simon & Co. although the two stores operated under their original trade names until the Oppenheim Collins stores were finally renamed Franklin Simon & Co. in 1961/1962.