This is a list of defunct department stores of the United States, from small-town one-unit stores to mega-chains, which have disappeared over the past 100 years. Many closed, while others were sold or merged with other department stores.

Department stores merged with Federated and May

Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate

mergers and acquisitions Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...

that involved

Federated Department Stores Macy's, Inc. (originally Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American conglomerate holding company. Upon its establishment, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, Filene's, and Shillito ...

and

The May Department Stores Company The May Department Stores Company was an American department store holding company, formerly headquartered in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded in Leadville, Colorado, by David May in 1877, moving to St. Louis in 1905. After many ...

with many stores becoming units of

Macy's, Inc. Macy's, Inc. (originally Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American conglomerate holding company. Upon its establishment, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, Filene's, and Shillito' ...

The following is a list of the affected stores, including some local and regional stores that earlier had been absorbed into chains that became part of Federated, May, or Macy's. *

Abraham & Straus Abraham & Straus, commonly shortened to A&S, was a major New York City department store, based in Brooklyn. Founded in 1865, it became part of Federated Department Stores in 1929. Shortly after Federated's 1994 acquisition of R.H. Macy & Company ...

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Macy's Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American chain of high-end department stores founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It became a division of the Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores in 1994, through which it is affiliated wi ...

in 1995) ** D. M. Read (Macy's in 1990) * Bamberger's (Macy's in 1986) *

The Bon Marché The Bon Marché, whose French name translates to "the good market" or "the good deal", was a department store chain launched in Seattle, Washington, United States, in 1890 by Edward Nordhoff. The name was influenced by Le Bon Marché, the note ...

(Macy's in 2005) ** C.C. Anderson's Golden Rule (

in 1923) *

Bullock's Bullock's was a chain of full-line department stores from 1907 through 1995, headquartered in Los Angeles, growing to operate across California, Arizona and Nevada. Bullock's also operated as many as seven more upscale Bullocks Wilshire specialty ...

(Macy's in 1996) **

Bullocks Wilshire Bullocks Wilshire, located at 3050 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, is a Art Deco building. The building opened in September 1929 as a luxury department store for owner John G. Bullock (owner of the more mainstream Bullock's in Dow ...

Burdines Burdines (} ) was an American chain of department stores operating in the state of Florida, headquartered in Miami. The original store opened in Bartow, Florida in 1896 as a carriage-trade shop. Over its nearly 110-year history, Burdines grew ...

(Macy's in 2005) ** Maas Brothers *

Carter Hawley Hale Stores Broadway Stores, Inc., was an American retailer based in Southern California. Known through its history as Carter Hawley Hale Stores and Broadway Hale Stores over time, it acquired other retail store chains in regions outside its California home b ...

(merged into

Macy's West Macy's West is a longtime division of Macy's, Inc. (formerly Federated Department Stores), representing one of the New York-based department store chain's earliest notable acquisitions and westward expansions. Headquartered in San Francisco, Ca ...

1996) **

The Broadway The Broadway was a mid-level department store chain headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1896 by English-born Arthur Letts Sr., and named after what was once the city's main shopping street, the Broadway became a dominant reta ...

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). Headquartered in

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. **

Emporium-Capwell The Emporium, from 1980 to 1995 Emporium-Capwell, was a mid-line department store chain headquartered in San Francisco, California, which operated for 100 years—from 1896 to 1996. The flagship location on San Francisco's Market Street was a de ...

( Northern California) *** Capwell's (

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) *** The Emporium (

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

and South Bay, North Bay) ** Hale Bros. (San Francisco and

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) **

Weinstock's Weinstock's, originally Weinstock, Lubin, and Co., was an American department store chain headquartered in Sacramento, California. It was founded by Harris Weinstock and his half-brother, David Lubin. The chain was purchased by Hale's in 1949, b ...

(Sacramento and

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) *

Davison's Davison's of Atlanta was a department store chain and an Atlanta shopping institution. It was the major competition to Rich's and it took the Macy's name in 1986. Founding Davison's first opened its doors in Atlanta in 1891 and had its orig ...

(Macy's in 1986) * The F & R Lazarus and Co. (Macy's in 2005) **

Shillito's John Shillito & Co. (commonly known as Shillito's) was Cincinnati's first department store. In 1817 John Shillito (November 1808-September 1879) arrived in Cincinnati (from Greensburg, Pennsylvania). The nine-year-old lad was soon working for th ...

** Rike Kumler Co. ( Rike's) ** William H. Block Co. (Blocks) **

Joseph Horne Co. The Joseph Horne Company, often referred to simply as Joseph Horne's or Horne's, was an iconic, regional department store chain based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The store was one of the oldest in the country being founded on February 22, 1849, ...

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Horne's The Joseph Horne Company, often referred to simply as Joseph Horne's or Horne's, was an iconic, regional department store chain based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The store was one of the oldest in the country being founded on February 22, 1849, ...

) **

Herpolsheimer's Herpolsheimer's was a department store company headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. History At the end of the Civil War in 1865, Prussian-American businessman and Union Army veteran William G. Herpolsheimer co-founded the dry goods busines ...

Famous-Barr The Famous-Barr Co. (originally Famous and Barr Co.) was a division of Macy's, Inc. (formerly Federated Department Stores). Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, in the Railway Exchange Building, it was the flagship store of The May Department S ...

(Macy's in 2006) ** The Famous Clothing Store *

Filene's Filene's (formally William Filene & Sons Co.) was an American department store chain; it was founded by William Filene in 1881. The success of the original full-line store in Boston, Massachusetts, was supplemented by the foundation of its off-p ...

(Macy's in 2006) **

Filene's Basement Filene's Basement, also called The Basement, was a Massachusetts-based chain of department stores which was owned by Retail Ventures, Inc. until April 2009 when it was sold to Syms. The oldest off-price retailer in the United States, Filene's ...

(separated from

in 1988, closed in 2011) ** G. Fox & Co. ** B. Peck & Co. (sold to Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.) ** Steiger's *

Foley's Foley's was a chain of department stores owned by May Department Stores and headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas. On August 30, 2005, the division was dissolved and operation of the stores was assumed by Federated's Macy's West and Macy's ...

(Macy's in 2006) **

May-Daniels & Fisher May-Daniels & Fisher (commonly known, and doing business as "May-D&F," in later years without the hyphen) was a Denver, Colorado department store created in 1957 when the original May Company operations in Colorado, founded by David May in 1877 ...

***

The Denver Dry Goods Company The Denver Dry Goods Company, also known as "The Denver", is a defunct department store which was established in Denver, Colorado, USA, in 1879 by Michael J. McNamara and L.H. Flanders as M.J. McNamara & Company and later The McNamara Dry Goods C ...

** Sanger-Harris ***

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Gold Circle Gold Circle was a discount department store chain based in Ohio. Founded in 1967, it was a division of Federated Department Stores with 76 stores when the chain was sold and dismantled in 1988. History Covering mostly New York, Ohio, Kentucky ...

(discount store chain) Founded in 1967 by Federated; merged into Richway in 1988 and later dismantled during 1990 bankruptcy * Gold Triangle (discount store chain for electronics, appliances, home building supply, sporting goods, photography, housewares) Founded in 1970 - closed in 1981, 6 Florida locations - 3 Miami, Plantation, Tampa and Orlando. *

Goldwater's Goldwater's Department Store was a department store chain based in Phoenix, Arizona. History Michael Goldwater, the grandfather of U.S. Senator and 1964 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, established a trading post in 1860 in Gila City, A ...

Goldsmith's Goldsmith's was a department store founded in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1870 by German immigrant brothers Jacob and Isaac Goldsmith. It grew into a chain largely located in the Memphis metropolitan area, until 2005, when the nameplate was eliminated ...

Merged into Rich's in mid-1980s. (Macy's in 2005) *

Hecht's Hecht's, also known as Hecht Brothers, Hecht Bros. and the Hecht Company, was a large chain of department stores that operated mainly in the mid-Atlantic and southern region of the United States. The firm originated in Baltimore, Maryland. By 20 ...

(Macy's in 2006) **

Castner Knott Castner Knott was a Nashville, Tennessee-based regional department store chain which operated stores in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The chain was in business for a century from 1898 to 1998, in its later years as a division of Mercantile Stor ...

(Hecht's in 1998) **

Miller & Rhoads Miller & Rhoads was a Virginia-based department store chain. Throughout its 105-year lifespan, the store played an active role in the Richmond, Virginia community, along with its friendly cross-street rival Thalhimers. The Richmond flagship locat ...

(Hecht's in 1990) ** Strawbridge's (Macy's in 2006) **

Thalhimers Thalhimers was a department store in the Southern United States. Based in Richmond, Virginia, the venerable chain at its peak operated dozens of stores in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and one store in Memphis, Tennessee. Thalhimer's ...

(Hecht's in 1990) **

Woodward & Lothrop Woodward & Lothrop was a department store chain headquartered in Washington, D.C. that began as the capital's first department store in 1887. Woodies, as it was often nicknamed, maintained stores in the Mid-Atlantic United States. Its flagship ...

I. Magnin I. Magnin & Company was a San Francisco, California-based high fashion and specialty goods luxury department store. Over the course of its existence, it expanded across the West into Southern California and the adjoining states of Arizona, Oregon, ...

, owned by Federated 1965-1988 and R.H. Macy Co. 1988–1994; most stores closed 1988–1993, remainder of stores converted to

and

or sold to

Saks Fifth Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue (originally Saks & Company; colloquially Saks) is an American luxury department store chain headquartered in New York City and founded by Andrew Saks. The original store opened in the F Street shopping district of Washington ...

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location eventually incorporated into adjacent Macy's. * John Wanamaker or

Wanamaker's John Wanamaker Department Store was one of the first department stores in the United States. Founded by John Wanamaker in Philadelphia, it was influential in the development of the retail industry including as the first store to use price tags. ...

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flagship stores), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington, DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company in 1995; merged with

in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.) *

The Jones Store The Jones Store Company was an American chain of department stores located in the Kansas City area formerly operated by Mercantile Stores Company and the St. Louis, Missouri-based May Co. History The Jones Store Company was founded in 1887 as an ...

(Macy's in 2006) *

Jordan Marsh Jordan Marsh (officially Jordan Marsh & Company) was an American department store chain that was headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and operated throughout New England. It was founded by Eben Dyer Jordan and Benjamin L. Marsh in 1841. The ...

(Macy's in 1996) *

Kaufmann's Kaufmann's was a department store that originated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Summary The store was owned in the early 20th century by Edgar J. Kaufmann, patron of the famous Fallingwater house. In the post-war years, the store became a regio ...

(Offices merged with Filene's in 2002, Macy's in 2006) **

May Company Ohio The May Company Ohio was a chain of department stores that was based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. History In 1899, David May, the founder of May Department Stores, acquired E. R. Hull & Dutton Co. of Cleveland on Ontario Street, renaming ...

*** O'Neil's (department store) **

Sibley's Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company, known informally as Sibley's, was a Rochester, New York-based department store chain with stores located exclusively in the state of New York. Its flagship store, at 228 East Main Street in downtown Rochester, also ...

** Strouss-Hirshberg * L.S. Ayres (Macy's in 2006) ** Stewart's ** H. & S. Pogue Company * Liberty House (Macy's in 2001) *

Marshall Field's Marshall Field & Company (commonly known as Marshall Field's) was an upscale department store in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in the 19th century, it grew to become a large chain before Macy's, Inc acquired it in 2005. Its eponymous founder, Mar ...

(Macy's in 2006) **

Dayton's Dayton's was an American department store chain founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1902 by George Draper Dayton. It operated several local high end department stores throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest for almost 100 years. Although it ...

(

in 2001) **

Frederick & Nelson Frederick & Nelson was a department store chain in the northwestern United States, based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1891 as a furniture store, it later expanded to sell other types of merchandise. The company was acquired by Marshall Fiel ...

(defunct in 1992) ***

The Crescent (department store) The Crescent was a small chain of department stores founded and based in Spokane, Washington. Once a subsidiary of Marshall Field & Company, the chain was sold to BATUS Retail Group in 1982. BATUS renamed the stores Frederick & Nelson, the compa ...

(defunct in 1992) *** Lipman's ** Halle Brothers Co. **

Hudson's The J. L. Hudson Company (commonly known simply as Hudson's) was an upscale retail department store chain based in Detroit, Michigan. Hudson's flagship store, on Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit (demolished October 24, 1998), was the tallest ...

(Marshall Field's in 2001) ** J.B. Ivey & Co. *

Meier & Frank Meier & Frank was a prominent chain of department stores founded in Portland, Oregon, and later bought by The May Department Stores Company. Meier & Frank operated in the Pacific Northwest from 1857 to 2006. History Summary Meier & Frank was f ...

(Macy's in 2006) **

Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (typically referred to as ZCMI) was an American department store chain. It was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 9, 1868 by Brigham Young. For many years it used the slogan, "America's First De ...

(

in 2001) * Rich's (Macy's in 2005) *

Robinsons-May Robinsons-May was a chain of department stores operating in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada, from 1993 until 2006. It was created when May Department Stores combined two of its chains, May Company California and J. W. Robinson's cha ...

(Macy's in 2006) **

May Company California May Company California was a chain of department stores operating in Southern California and Nevada, with headquarters in North Hollywood, California. It was a subsidiary of May Department Stores and merged with May's other Southern California s ...

(Robinsons-May in 1993) *** Hamburger's ** J. W. Robinson's (Robinsons-May in 1993) * Steiger's (May in 1994) *

Stern's Stern's (originally Stern Brothers) was a regional department store chain serving the U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The chain was in business for more than 130 years. In 2001, Stern's parent company Federated Departmen ...

(Macy's in 2001) ** Gertz

Other department stores

Discount Stores

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Bradlees Bradlees Department Store, more commonly known as Bradlees, was a discount department store chain based in Braintree, Massachusetts, which operated primarily in the Northeastern United States. Bradlees sold various retail items in its stores, inc ...

was part of the Stop ‘n Shop Companies which was a grocery chain also based in Mass. While there were Bradlees discount stores in the mid Atlantic region, with a buying office on Broadway in the garment center district in NYC; the grocery stores were only in the New England area.

Caldor Caldor, Inc. was a discount department store chain founded in 1951 by husband and wife Carl and Dorothy Bennett. Referred to by many as the Bloomingdale's of discounting, Caldor grew from a second story "Walk-Up-&-Save" operation in Port Ches ...

Service Merchandise Service Merchandise was a retail chain of catalog showrooms carrying jewelry, toys, sporting goods, and electronics. The company, which first began in 1934 as a five-and-dime store, was in existence for 68 years before ceasing operations in 2002. ...

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Woolco Woolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in Columbus, Ohio, by the F. W. Woolworth Company. It was a full-line discount department store unlike the five-and-dime Woolworth stores which operated at the time. At i ...

, and

Zayre Zayre () was a chain of discount stores that operated in the eastern half of the United States from 1956 to 1990. The company's headquarters was in Framingham, Massachusetts. In October 1988, Zayre's parent company, Zayre Corp., sold the stores ...

were national discount stores that closed due to changes in shopping places and patterns, and/or large debt from

National and regional

Acorn Stores Acorn Stores was an upscale women's chain clothing company in the United States. It was originally part of Michael L. Wallace Inc. History In November 2004, Christopher & Banks acquired Acorn from Gilmore Brothers, Inc. As of July 2008, there we ...

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) * Ames Department Stores Inc. (based in

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) * Arlan's Department Store (Mid-Atlantic and Midwest) *

Ayr-Way L. S. Ayres and Company was a department store based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and founded in 1872 by Lyman S. Ayres. Over the years its Indianapolis flagship store, which opened in 1905 and was later enlarged, became known for its women's fas ...

(Midwest/Great Lakes States-Based out of Indianapolis) Was discount chain of L.S. Ayres & Co. that eventually became Target Stores. * L.S. Ayres (Indianapolis-Midwest/ Great Lakes states) Was eventually sold to May Department Stores and finally became Macy's. *

The Bon-Ton Bon-Ton Holdings Inc. is an American online retailer and former department store chain founded in 1898. After rapid expansion in the 1990s and early 2000s, the original company had financial troubles, ultimately filing for bankruptcy in 2018 ...

and its subsidiaries:

Bergner's P.A. Bergner & Co. (also known as Bergner's) was an upscale Midwestern department store established in 1889. The chain is now an online retailer operated by BrandX.com, Inc. The flagship store was located in Peoria, Illinois at The Shoppes at Gr ...

Boston Store (Wisconsin) The Boston Store Inc. is an online retailer and former department store chain owned by The Bon-Ton stores. It was founded in 1897 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. History 1920s and 1930s Throughout the 1920s, and 1930s the Boston Store was run by Phil ...

Carson's Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (also known as Carson's) is an American department store that was founded in 1854, which grew to over 50 locations, primarily in the Midwestern United States. Sold to the holding company of Bon-Ton in 2006, but still ope ...

Elder-Beerman The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp., commonly known as Elder-Beerman, was an American chain of department stores founded in 1883 and whose last stores closed in 2018. The chain, based primarily in the Midwestern United States, was composed of 31 stor ...

Herberger's G. R. Herberger Inc. is a department store chain founded in 1927 with locations throughout the Midwestern United States. The chain was sold in the late 1990s amid growing consolidation in the department store industry, while continuing to operate ...

and

Younkers Younkers Inc. is an American online retailer and former department store chain founded as a family-run dry goods business in 1856 in Keokuk, Iowa. The retailer had evolved over more than 150 years to include a presence in locations throughout Iowa ...

. *

(based in

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, Mid-Atlantic) *

Britt's Department Store J. J. Newberry's was an American five and dime store chain in the 20th century. It was founded in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States, in 1911 by John Josiah Newberry (1877–1954). J. J. Newberry learned the variety store business by workin ...

(national) * E. J. Korvette (East Coast and Midwest) last stores were closed in 1980 after filing for bankruptcyAlternate Link
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. * Fisher's Big Wheel (Northeast & Midwest) Discount Department Stores based out of metro Pittsburgh, PA. * Fred's (Southeast) *

F.W. Woolworth Company The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store. It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, se ...

* G. E. M. Membership Department Stores (national/

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Gibson's Discount Center Gibson's Discount Center, also known as Gibson's, was a large discount store chain in the United States. There are a few Gibson's Discount Centers still operating under independent ownership; two in Texas in Weatherford and Kerrville, and two i ...

, based in Texas but had spread to many other states at its peak *

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* Hills Department Stores (National) Was bought out by Ames Department Stores. *

Howard Brothers Discount Stores Howard Brothers Discount Stores (informally known as Howard Brothers and Howard's) was a chain of discount stores in the Southeastern United States. The chain was founded in 1959 by Alton Hardy Howard and W. L. "Jack" Howard, a five-term mayor ...

* Jack's (operated by Penn-Daniels and based in Quincy, Illinois with locations in

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) *

Jamesway Jamesway Corporation, more commonly known as Jamesway, was a chain of Discount store, discount department stores based in Secaucus, New Jersey. It was founded in 1961 with a single store in Jamestown, New York, ultimately growing into a chain tha ...

(Mid-Atlantic) * S.H. Kress & Co.,

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subsidiary Tiendas Kress lives on, having survived parent company * Leggett (Mid-Atlantic), acquired by

Belk Belk, Inc. is an American department store chain founded in 1888 by William Henry Belk in Monroe, North Carolina, with nearly 300 locations in 16 states. Belk stores and Belk.com offer apparel, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, home furnishings, a ...

in 1997 *

Lord & Taylor Lord & Taylor was the oldest brick and mortar department store in the United States, in business from 1826 to 2020. The brand was purchased during former owner Le Tote's 2020 liquidation bankruptcy and relaunched by new owner, Saadia Group, as ...

, the oldest department store chain in the

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, founded in 1826 in

, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 2, 2020. On August 27, 2020, the company stated it would be liquidating all 38 locations by December 1, 2020. *

McCrory Stores McCrory Stores or J.G. McCrory's was a chain of five and dime stores in the United States based in York, Pennsylvania. The stores typically sold shoes, clothing, housewares, fabrics, penny candy, toys, cosmetics, and often included a lunch co ...

(national) * Mervyn's (primarily western U.S. but also in a few midwestern and southern U.S. states) *

Montgomery Ward Montgomery Ward is the name of two successive U.S. retail corporations. The original Montgomery Ward & Co. was a world-pioneering mail-order business and later also a leading department store chain that operated between 1872 and 2001. The curren ...

(national -

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) * Neisner's * Odd Job Stores, Inc. (located in the northeast and midwestern U.S.), acquired by Amazing Savings in 2003 and went bankrupt in 2005 * P.N. Hirsch, acquired by

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, 77 total stores in 1974 in the Upper Midwest, bankrupt and bought by

Prange Way H. C. Prange Co., sometimes shortened to Prange's, was an American department store chain begun by H. C. Prange in 1887 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. At its peak, it operated stores in the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan. It also operated d ...

in 1989 *

Sears Roebuck Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began a ...

, still operating a few locations. *

Shoppers Fair Shoppers Fair was an American discount department store chain. It was founded in 1956 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and owned by New York City-based Mangel, but primarily operated in the state of Michigan. The chain closed the last of its stores in 19 ...

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Syms Syms Corp (styled as SYMS) was an off-price retail clothing store chain, founded by Sy Syms in 1958. Its headquarters was in Secaucus, New Jersey, where it became a public company, traded on the New York Stock Exchange (SYM) in 1983. The company ...

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Value City Value City was an American discount department store chain with 113 locations. It was founded in 1917 by Ephraim Schottenstein, a travelling salesman in central Ohio. The store was an off-price retailer that sold clothing, jewelry, and home good ...

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Venture Stores Venture Stores, Inc. was a chain of retail stores aimed at the discount department-store market. John Geisse, formerly of Target Stores, and May Department Stores' executive vice president, Dave Babcock, founded the chain in 1968. Venture Store ...

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2006, renamed September 2007. Five stores sold to

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Carson Pirie Scott Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (also known as Carson's) is an American department store that was founded in 1854, which grew to over 50 locations, primarily in the Midwestern United States. Sold to the holding company of Bon-Ton in 2006, but still op ...

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Pizitz Pizitz was a major regional department store chain in Alabama, with its flagship store in downtown Birmingham. At its peak it operated 12 other stores, mostly in the Birmingham area with several locations in Huntsville and other Alabama cities. ...

(Birmingham), 13-store Alabama chain, sold to

McRae's McRae's was a mid-range regional department store chain founded and based in Jackson, Mississippi, with locations in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida. The nameplate was in existence for more than a century. History Samuel P. McRae fo ...

1987, renamed later that year *

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) Became a division of Dunlap's that closed in 2007 after sale of store chain by Rogers family.

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...

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Diamond's Diamond's was a department store chain headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Originally named The Boston Store, it was founded in 1897 by Nathan and Issac Diamond, Jewish immigrants who had earlier begun a dry-goods mercantile in El Paso, it was rena ...

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Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

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Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

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Yellow Front Stores Yellow Front was an American discount store that original started as a single Army surplus store before evolving into a sporting goods chain and later a discount chain. In the 1950s, Yellow Stores opened in Phoenix as a small store selling Arm ...

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MM Cohn The M.M. Cohn Company, more popularly known simply as MM Cohn, was a regional specialty department store chain in Arkansas, based in Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock. Independently operated from its opening until 1989, the chain was purchased by ...

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Boston Stores (California) Boston Stores, originally and later still often called The Boston Store was a chain of department stores based in Inglewood, California, just southwest of Central Los Angeles, operating from 1934 through 1996. The chain grew to 20 stores by 1990, ...

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Brock's Gottschalks (former NYSE ticker symbol GOT) was a middle-tier American department store that operated 58 department stores and three specialty apparel stores in six western states (California, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada); some ...

( Bakersfield), started in 1924 and sold to

Gottschalks Gottschalks (former NYSE ticker symbol GOT) was a middle-tier American department store that operated 58 department stores and three specialty apparel stores in six western states (California, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada); some ...

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Buffum's Buffums, originally written as Buffums' with an apostrophe, was a chain of upscale department stores, headquartered in Long Beach, California. The Buffums chain began in 1904, when two brothers from Illinois, Charles A. and Edwin E. Buffum, ...

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City of Paris Dry Goods Co. The City of Paris Dry Goods Company (later City of Paris) was one of San Francisco's important department stores from 1850 to 1976, located diagonally opposite Union Square, San Francisco, California, Union Square. In the mid-20th century, it op ...

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Neiman Marcus Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. is an American integrated luxury retailer headquartered in Dallas, Texas, which owns Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Horchow, and Last Call. Since September 2021, NMG has been owned by a group of investment compani ...

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City of Paris (Los Angeles) City of Paris (originally S. Lazard & Co.) was a dry goods store and eventually Los Angeles' first department store, operating from the 1850s through 1897, first as Lazard & Kremer Co., then Lazard & Wolfskill Co., then S. Lazard & Co., then with ...

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Coulter's Coulter's was a department store that originated in Downtown Los Angeles and later moved to the Miracle Mile shopping district in that same city. History Coulter's was founded by B. F. Coulter, a minister and entrepreneur from Kentucky, wh ...

Crowley's Crowley Milner and Company, generally referred to as Crowley's, was a department store chain founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1909. After several years of financial difficulties, the company ceased operation in 1999 and its assets were sold. Its ...

( Vallejo) * Daly's (

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), closed in 1995, with four Northern California stores, after operating for exactly 100 years *

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, founded 1862, became a large Southland-wide chain, closed 1970s *

Disco Department Stores Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric piano, ...

(San Rafael), chain of discount stores located in Northern California and Northern Nevada, first store was opened in San Rafael in 1956 as Marin Associated Consumers by co-founder William L. Simmons, stores were later renamed MAC Disco Mart and then MAC Disco Discount Department Stores,(Page 13)Alternate Link
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Daylin Daylin, Inc. was a major retail conglomerate based in Los Angeles and later Beverly Hills, California. Its best-known unit was Handy Dan Improvement Centers, which prefigured The Home Depot; the company also briefly owned London Drugs as well as Gr ...

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B. H. Dyas B. H. Dyas Co. was a Los Angeles sporting goods retailer that turned into a department store and went out of business in the 1930s, owned by Bernal Hubert Dyas (1882–1959). Origins as sporting goods store Dyas opened a sporting goods store, D ...

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Fifth Street Store The Fifth Street Store was a major department store in Los Angeles opened in 1905. Name The official name of the company and store changed many times: *1905–1909: Steele, Faris, & Walker Co. - the official company name and name under which the ...

: Walker's (Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego), main store in downtown Los Angeles was also known as the Fifth Street Store since it was located at the corner of Fifth and Broadway, main store was founded in 1905 as Steele, Faris, Walker Co., later became Muse, Faris, Walker Co., and then finally Walker Inc. in 1924; opened first branch store in Long Beach in the late 1920s; opened a branch store in San Diego in 1935; San Diego store separated in the early 1950s; opened second Long Beach store in 1954; closed Los Angeles store; sold Long Beach stores in 1960 and store renamedAlternate Link
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* Globe Department Store, South

Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street **Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...

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South Los Angeles South Los Angeles, also known as South Central Los Angeles or simply South Central, is a region in southwestern Los Angeles County, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles, south of downtown. It is "defined on Los Angeles city maps as a ...

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, bankrupt March 31, 2009, which closed all of the stores. A few former Gottschalks stores were replaced as

and Forever 21 in the Pacific region. There were plans to reopen stores in Auburn, Clovis and Oakhurst in spring 2011, but the deal ultimately fell through. *

GET (Government Employees Together) This is a list of defunct department stores of the United States, from small-town one-unit stores to mega-chains, which have disappeared over the past 100 years. Many closed, while others were sold or merged with other department stores. De ...

Lakeshore Plaza, San Francisco, discount chain, a membership retailer open only to employees of local, state, and federal government agencies. * Grodin's (San Francisco Bay Area), a 36-unit chain of men's and women's specialty stores, closed in January 1987. *

Gump's Gump's is a luxury American home furnishings and home décor retailer, founded in 1861 in San Francisco, California. The company was acquired by the Chachas family in June 2019 and announced that it would be opening a San Francisco location for th ...

(San Francisco) closed 2018 *

Haggarty's Haggarty's (also J. J. Haggarty, the New York Cloak and Suit House, the New York Store) was a department store chain founded in Los Angeles in 1906, which closed in May 1970 due to not keeping up with fashion trends and a resulting $4.4 million i ...

, Los Angeles-based chain of junior department stores for apparel, 1906–1970 * Hale's (Hale Brothers) (Sacramento/San Francisco), merged with Broadway in 1970 to form the Broadway-Hale holding company while keeping its name on its stores;Alternate Link
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May Co. The May Department Stores Company was an American department store holding company, formerly headquartered in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded in Leadville, Colorado, by David May in 1877, moving to St. Louis in 1905. After many ch ...

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* Harris & Frank * Hart's Department Store ( San Jose) * Henshey's (Santa Monica), finally closed in 1992 after being in business since 1925 * Hilson's ( Martinez), three locations closed 2001 * Hink's (

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), also known as J.F. Hink & Son, closed in 1985 * Hinshaw's ( Arcadia and Whittier), both stores were closed in 1992 *

Kahn's Kahn's is an American meat processing and distribution company established in Cincinnati, Ohio. History Originally from Albersweiler in Germany's Rhenish Palatinate, 45-year-old Elias Kahn immigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, in 1882 ...

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Marston's Marston's plc is a British pub and hotel operator. Founded by John Marston in 1834, it is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Marston's disposed of its brewing operations in 2020, selling the assets to a newly formed joint venture with the C ...

San Diego, 3 branches, purchased by

in the 1960s *

Mattei Bros. Mattei may refer to: * Mattei (surname) * Mattei, California * Mattei family, noble Roman family * '' The Mattei Affair'' (Italian: ''Il Caso Mattei''), a 1972 film * Mattei sarcophagus I, known as Mattei I * Electrohomeopathy, also Mattei can ...

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) – closed in 1995 * May Company (Los Angeles), merged with Robinsons and became

, then Macy's * Mervyn's of California, operated stores in western US. Went bankrupt December 2008 * Milliron's, see

, above * Nahas, 1953–early 1980s junior department stores with clothing and home goods, mostly in Los Angeles County. Purchased and absorbed independent department stores Rathbun's North Hollywood, Trenwiths Santa Barbara and

Butler Bros. Butler Brothers was a retailer and wholesale supplier based in Chicago. It was founded in 1877 as a mail-order company by Charles Hamblet Butler, George H. Butler and Edward Burgess Butler. History In the 1920s, Butler Brothers moved into reta ...

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Phelps-Terkel Phelps-Terkel was a Los Angeles based department store specializing in men's clothing. Its Miracle Mile, Los Angeles Modernist store at 5550 Wilshire Boulevard, corner of S. Burnside Avenue, was considered a landmark by the Los Angeles Conservancy' ...

junior department store for apparel, founded 1923, survived in various forms until 1992 *

Pic 'N' Save Pic 'N' Save Corporation (later MacFrugals) was at one time the second-largest closeout retail chain in the United States. Financial troubles caused the chain to close many stores in the late 1990s and early 2000s. History William Zimmerman fou ...

, became Big Lots * Prager's (

), closed in 1921 after 25 years in business * Rankin's, Downtown Santa Ana and Orangefair Center, Fullerton *

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and Central Valley), became Liberty House * Robert's, based in Long Beach, which grew to nine stores before closing in the 1990s * J.W. Robinson (

), converted to Robinsons, then merged with May Company to become Robinsons-May, then eventually became Macy's * Rosenberg's (

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), located on Third Street; closed in 1998; now a Barnes & Noble * Sage's Complete Shopping, one of the first full department stores that coined the name "super market," at Baseline and E Street in San Bernardino, later with stores in Riverside, Rialto, Colton and Redlands, confounded by Milton Ross Sage and C. C. Jenkins, 1937-1973 *

Silverwoods Silverwoods, originally promoted as F. B. Silverwood, after its founder, was a men's clothing store chain founded in Los Angeles in 1894 by Francis Bernard (F.B. "Daddy") Silverwood, a Canadian-American originally from near Lindsay, Ontario. He was ...

* Swelldom, junior department stores for apparel, Los Angeles, 1906–1970s * Two Guys * Unimart (Los Angeles,

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Walker Scott Walker Scott, also Walker-Scott or Walker's, was a chain of department stores in San Diego and surrounding area from 1935 to 1986 and had eight branches at the time of its closure. It was founded by Ralf Marc (or R.M.) Walker and George A. Scott ...

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White Front White Front was a chain of discount department stores in California and the western United States from 1959 through the mid-1970s. The stores were noted for the architecture of their store fronts which was an enormous, sweeping archway with the st ...

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Wineman's Wineman's was a chain of department stores in Southern and Central California which started in Ventura in 1890, and later became iconic local department stores of Oxnard and, later, Huntington Park. Origins (1890-1920) Wineman's first opened a s ...

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Zody's Hartfield-Zodys was an American retail corporation begun in 1960. It operated the Hartfield chain of women's ready-to-wear apparel in the Los Angeles area, and starting in 1960, the Zodys chain of discount retail stores (1960–1986), which oper ...

(Los Angeles), bankrupt and locations were sold to

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May D&F May-Daniels & Fisher (commonly known, and doing business as "May-D&F," in later years without the hyphen) was a Denver, Colorado department store created in 1957 when the original May Company operations in Colorado, founded by David May in 1877 ...

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Store relocated during urban renewal in 1962 from Chapel Street to Church Street. Bankruptcy and closure, 1981. *

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(Downtown Hartford) * Feinson's (

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), closed 2000 * G. Fox & Co. (

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), (

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) flagship closed and all branches merged into

1993, and most converted to

2006 *

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(central Connecticut, Stamford) * Read's Department Stores (

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), merged into

* Shartenberg's Department Store (1915–1962),

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. Razed in 1964 as part of Mayor Richard C. Lee's redevelopment plans. * Two Guys ( Newington) *

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* Almart * Bradlee's *

Hess's Hess's was a department store chain based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The company started in 1897 with one store, originally known as Hess Brothers, and grew to nearly 80 stores by its peak in the late 1980s. The chain's stores were closed or sol ...

(

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) * John Wanamaker or

( Wilmington and suburbs), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington, DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company in 1995; merged with

in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.) *

* Newark Department Store * Strawbridge and Clothier
Wilmington Dry Goods

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, converted to

2006 * Jelleff's *

S. Kann Sons Co. S. Kann Sons Co., or more commonly Kann's was a department store based in Washington, D.C. It was the District's second department store and pioneered the one-price policy and " the customer is always right" concept in retailing on the Washington, ...

Lansburgh's Lansburgh's was a chain of department stores located in the Washington, D.C. area. The clientele were middle-income consumers. History The first store, at 7th and E Streets, NW, in Washington, D.C.'s downtown shopping district, opened on Octob ...

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, acquired by

1946 * Raleigh Haberdasher, operated originally as a haberdasher; expanded in later years to family fashions. Acquired by Hartmarx Corp. before closing. *

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and closed 1995 after briefly acquiring and operating John Wanamaker & Company (

)

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* Brown's Department Stores (Dania Beach, Hollywood, Pompano Beach) *

(

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), merged with

Macy’s Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American chain of high-end department stores founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It became a division of the Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores in 1994, through which it is affiliated wi ...

in 2005 *

Cohen Brothers Jacob Elias Cohen (April 1, 1862 – June 1, 1927) was an American businessman who served as president and CEO of Cohen Brothers department store in Jacksonville, Florida. He was nicknamed "Wanamaker of the South" after John Wanamaker the propri ...

(

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), purchased by May in 1959; renamed May-Cohen * Furchgott's (

) * Gold Triangle (Miami, Plantation, Tampa, Orlando) *

Ivey's Ivey's (J.B. Ivey & Company), a former department store chain, was acquired by Dillard's, Inc. in 1990. Ivey's was based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was founded in 1900 by Joseph Benjamin (J. B.) Ivey. History J. B. Ivey opened the first Iv ...

(Winter Park), purchased by Dillard's in 1990 * Jackson Byron's (later J. Byrons) (

) *

(Miami) *

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(Pompano Beach) * Maas Brothers ( Tampa), merged into

in 1991 * Maison Blanche *

, sold to Belk in 2006 * Richard's, ( Miami, Hollywood) *

Robinson's of Florida Robinson's of Florida was a chain of department stores on Florida's Gulf Coast and Orlando and based in St. Petersburg, Florida, starting with a store at Tyrone Square Mall in 1972. It had been founded in the 1970s as an attempt by Associated Dry G ...

(

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Gayfers Gayfer's was a regional department store chain in the southern United States. Based in Mobile, Alabama, the chain of stores operated from 1879 until 1998 when it was taken over by Dillard's. History C.J. Gayfer migrated to Mobile, Alabama, f ...

( Clearwater, Florida) * Parisian, sold to

in 2007 *

(discount,

) *

(

, South Daytona and other locations) *

(discount,

and other locations)

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* Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose (Atlanta) *

(

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), owned by Macy's since 1925 and converted to Macy's in 1986 * J.B. White (Augusta), became Dillard's in 1998 after J.B. White name was retired *

J. M. High Company The J. M. High Company was a department store in Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded by Joseph Madison High (1855-1906), whose wife, Harriet "Hattie" Harwell Wilson High (1862-1932), donated her family's mansion on Peachtree Street to house the mus ...

(Atlanta) * Kessler's (Atlanta), also locations in

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and Canton; low-end chain that closed in 1995 * Parisian acquired by Belk in 2007 * Rich's (Atlanta), acquired by Macy's *

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(Atlanta), liquidated in 1999; regional chain similar to Kohl's

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* Liberty House (

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)

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* Block's Department Store (

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and region) It was a

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-based department store chain that had stores in Idaho and Utah and was liquidated in 1986.Link
via

. Not to be confused with the Indianapolis-based William H. Block Co. which was also known as "Block's". * Idaho Department Store (southern Idaho) Caldwell-based department store chain that was purchased by the P.N. Hirsch division of Interco in 1966 when it had 25 stores and had survived at least to the mid-1980s.Link
via

. The chain was still a part of Interco when P.N. Hirsch was sold in 1983 but there is no mention of the chain in print after that point. *

King's Variety Store King's Variety Store was a chain of discount stores founded in 1915 by M.H. King in Burley, Idaho. At its peak, King's had 27 stores in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregio ...

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* A. M. Rothschild & Co *

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(Ottawa) closed in 1983 * The Fair (Chicago and suburbs), acquired by

in 1958 * Gately's People's Store *

Goldblatt's Goldblatt's was an American chain of local discount stores that operated in Chicago, Illinois, as well as Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. Founded in 1914, the chain grew to more than twenty stores at its peak, gradually closing some stores in th ...

(Chicago), some stores acquired by Ames Department Stores Inc. * K's Merchandise Mart ( Decatur) *

Lewis's Lewis's was a chain of British department stores that operated from 1856 to 2010. The owners of Lewis's have gone into administration many times over the years, including 1991. The first store, which opened in Liverpool city centre, became ...

(Champaign) * Robeson's (Champaign) * Henry C. Lytton & Co. (Chicago, with branch in

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) *Madigans * MainStreet Chicago, acquired by

Kohl's Kohl's (stylized in all caps) is an American department store retail chain, operated by Kohl's Corporation. it is the largest department store chain in the United States, with 1,165 locations, operating stores in every U.S. state except Haw ...

in 1988 *

(Chicago), acquired by Macy's September 2006 despite local protest * McCabe's (Rock Island) * McDade's *

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. * Siegel-Cooper Company * Chas A. Stevens (Chicago) Purchased by Hartmarx Corp. before being closed. * Turn Style ( Melrose Park), created by The Jewel Companies, Inc., sold to

in 1978 *

* Wieboldt's (Chicago) *

(Chicago)

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* Aldens (

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) *

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* L.S. Ayres (Indianapolis, 6 stores, and statewide) * Ball Stores (

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) * William H. Block Co. (Indianapolis, statewide), also was known as Block's * Danner's Discount Department Stores (Indianapolis, statewide), several locations also known as 3D Discount * DeJong's (

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) Purchased by Hartmarx Corp. and resold before being closed * Fetla's ( Valparaiso) *

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) *

(South Bend) * Gordon's ( Gary) * Heck's (Fort Wayne) * Hills Department Store (Indianapolis) * K&S Department Store ( Kokomo) * George H. Knollenberg Co. ( Richmond), founded in 1866 by George Knollenberg, closed in 1995 *

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(

), founded in 1923 and was acquired by

in 1987. At one time, it had 10 stores in three states with locations Terre Haute, Marion, Elkhart, and Kokomo in Indiana, Danville, Mattoon, and Carbondale in Illinois, and Paducah, Kentucky.Alternate Link
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( Hammond), also had a branch store in

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at River Oaks Center * Root Dry Goods Co. (

) First opened in 1856 and operated until 1998 when it was sold to

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and converted to L.S. Ayres stores. Was owned by

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from 1914 to 1998. * L. Strauss & Co. ( Indianapolis) * Schultz's Family Stores (statewide and Illinois) * H. P. Wasson and Company (Indianapolis) * Weiler's Banner-Fair Incorporated (

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and Hartford City) * The Wicks Co. ( Bloomington), operated between 1891 and 1976. * Wolf & Dessauer (Fort Wayne, downtown and Southtown, and Huntington), purchased from City Store Company by L. S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in 1969 and rebranded as Ayres *

( Indianapolis) * Ziesel's ( Elkhart), founded in 1904 and closed in 1986

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* Newman's (Cedar Rapids) *

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* ALCO Stores * Henry's (Wichita) * Newman's (Arkansas City) * Woolf Brothers (Wichita)

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* S.W. Anderson's (

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) * J. Bacon's & Sons "Bacon's" (

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), division of

Company. All locations merged into sister division

McAlpin's McAlpin's was a Cincinnati-based department store founded in 1852 as Ellis, McAlpin & Co. McAlpin's opened their landmark downtown location on Fourth Street in 1880. In 1954, McAlpin's became the first Cincinnati department store to open a suburba ...

(

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) 1980s, select locations converted to Dillard's 1998 with Dillard purchase of Mercantile and the rest closed. * Ben Snyder's (Louisville), was founded in 1913 and later sold to

in 1987. *

(Louisville) * Hub (Danville), opened 1906, renamed Hub-Frankel by 1948. Closed in 1996. *

Kaufman-Straus Kaufman-Straus was a local department store that operated in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1879 to 1969. In 1879, local retail clerk Henry Kaufman opened the first store on Jefferson between 7th and 8th. Four years later, Benjamin Straus entered into ...

(Louisville), changed to Kaufman's (1960), purchased from City Stores Company by L. S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in 1969 and rebranded as Ayres * Parson's ( Ashland), furniture department continues to operate as standalone business circa 2009 * H. P. Selman & Co. or Selman's (Louisville), founded in 1915, purchased by

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(1961), name changed to

Gus Mayer Gus Mayer Stores Inc. is a Birmingham, Alabama based, family-owned department store. The two-store chain is owned by the Pizitz Management Group. It has locations at The Summit in the Greater Birmingham area and The Mall at Green Hills in Nashvi ...

(1970) * Stewart Dry Goods (Louisville and Lexington), division of Associated Dry Goods. Merged into L. S. Ayres ( Indianapolis) along with H & S Pogue Company (

) in the early 1980s, then Macy's 2006. * Wolfe-Wile Co. (Lexington) * Shopper's Fair (Paducah) ?

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Beall-Ladymon Stage Stores was a department store company specializing in retailing off-price brand name apparel, accessories, cosmetics, footwear, and housewares throughout the United States. Stores were usually located in shopping malls and centers or in s ...

(Shreveport), purchased from Horace Ladymon by

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in 1994. Stores converted to Stage soon thereafter. * D. H. Holmes (New Orleans), purchased by Dillard's in 1989 *

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, 1903–1997 * Maison Blanche (New Orleans), last operated under that name by Mercantile Stores Co. Remaining Maison Blanche stores converted to Dillard's in 1998. * The Palace (Monroe) *

(Shreveport), purchased by Wellan's of Alexandria 1985. Rebranded and later closed. Stage later revived the name after their purchase of Wellan's. * Selber Bros. (Shreveport), begun in 1907, purchased by and converted to Dillard's in 1988

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* Ames Department Store * Arlan's Department Store (

) *

Ben Franklin's Ben Franklin is a chain of five and dime and arts and crafts stores found primarily in small towns throughout the United States, currently owned by Promotions Unlimited of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. They are organized using a franchise system, ...

( Bucksport) * Bradlee's * Britt's ( Ellsworth) * Grants Department Store (Bangor, Belfast,

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, Calais, Old Town, Rockland, Portland, Brunswick) * LS Hall Company

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* Mammoth Mart (Bangor, Biddeford, Brunswick,

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, Waterville), Ellsworth * McLellan's ( Waterville, Westbrook) *

J.J. Newberry J. J. Newberry's was an American five and dime store chain in the 20th century. It was founded in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States, in 1911 by John Josiah Newberry (1877–1954). J. J. Newberry learned the variety store business by working ...

(Lincoln, Millinocket, Calais, Eastport, Ellsworth, Brunswick,

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) * Porteous, Mitchell & Braun (Congress Street, Portland), branch locations in Auburn, Bangor, Brunswick, Presque Isle, South Portland,

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and Burlington, Vermont * Freese's, Main St Bangor, Maine

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* Bradleys (Dundalk, Baltimore) *

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, and Maryland suburbs) * Hamburgers (Baltimore) Originally Isaac Hamburger & Son's clothiers * Hechinger (Landover, Baltimore and Maryland suburbs) *

(Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Maryland suburbs), converted to Macy's 2006 *

Hochschild Kohn's Hochschild Kohn's, also known as Hochschild-Kohn or simply Hochschild's, was a 20th-century American department store chain based in Baltimore, Maryland. It was started in 1897 as a partnership between Max Hochschild, Benno Kohn, and his brother L ...

(Baltimore and Maryland suburbs) *

Hutzler's Hutzler's, or Hutzler Brothers Company, was a department store founded in Baltimore by Abram G. Hutzler (1836–1927) in 1858. From its beginning as a small dry goods store at the corner of Howard and Clay Streets in downtown Baltimore, Hutzler's ...

(Baltimore and Maryland suburbs) *

S. Klein S. Klein On The Square, or simply S. Klein, was a popular-priced department store chain based in New York City. The flagship stores (a main building and a women's fashion building) were located along Union Square East in Manhattan; this lo ...

(

Beltway Plaza The Beltway Plaza mall is located in Greenbelt, Maryland. It was developed by Sidney J. Brown and First National Realty, opening on October 17, 1963. It was originally composed of a massive S. Klein department store separated by a large parking ...

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)

( Rockville) * Lazarus ( Cumberland) * Rosenbaum Brothers (Cumberland) * Stewart's (Baltimore and Maryland suburbs) * Sunny's Surplus (Baltimore, Dundalk, Elkridge, Towson) *

''aka'' Woodies (Washington, D. C. and Maryland suburbs)

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* AJ Wright (Framingham) Sold by TJX Companies, in 2010 * Almy's, closed 1985 *

, Southbridge, closed 2002 *

Ann & Hope Ann & Hope was a Rhode Island–based retailer that pioneered practices now common in modern big box stores. The company was named after the ship ''Ann and Hope'' which was lost at sea off Block Island, Rhode Island in 1806. They operated from 19 ...

( Seekonk,

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, Danvers and

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) closed in 2001 * Arlan's Department Store (

New Bedford New Bedford (Massachusett: ) is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It is located on the Acushnet River in what is known as the South Coast region. Up through the 17th century, the area was the territory of the Wampanoag Native American pe ...

Fall River, Massachusetts Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state. Located along the eastern shore of Mount H ...

The Bon Marché (Lowell) The Bon Marché was a department store in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts, in business from 1878 to 1976. Frederic Mitchell founded a dry goods store in 1878 under the name "This is Mitchell's". His brother Charles Mitchell operated a shoe store. ...

, later merged into

(

Somerset, Massachusetts Somerset is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,303 at the 2020 census. It is the birthplace and hometown of Clifford Milburn Holland (1883–1924), the chief engineer and namesake of the Holland Tunnel ...

) * Building #19, Swansea, Massachusetts, New Bedford, Massachusetts * Denholm & McKay (Worcester), two branches at one time *

(Boston), converted to Macy's 2006 *

(Boston), separated from parent Filene's in 1988, closed 2011 * Forbes & Wallace ( Springfield *

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(Boston) *

, bankrupt in 1976,

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(Boston), converted to

in 1991 due to bankruptcy * Kennedy’s of New England, Boston-based chain specializing in men & boy’s clothing; closed 1980 * King's Department Stores Inc. (Brockton) *

Lechmere Lechmere ( "leech-meer") was a Massachusetts-based chain of retail stores that closed in 1997. At the time of its closing, it had 27 stores, including 20 in New England. The chain offered electronics, appliances, and various household goods. It a ...

, originally Lechmere Sales (Cambridge), closed 1997,

Seekonk, Massachusetts Seekonk is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, on the Massachusetts border with Rhode Island. It was incorporated in 1812 from the western half of Rehoboth. The population was 15,531 at the 2020 census. Until 1862, the town o ...

* Mammoth Mart (flagship store in

Framingham Framingham () is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The city proper covers with a popul ...

) * Raymond's Department Stores (Boston, also Dedham and other locations) * Rich's (Salem, Greenfield and other locations), closed 1997 *

Spag's Spag's was a discount department store on Route 9 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The store was considered an early pioneer of discount retailing and was notable for its longtime resistance to accepting charge cards (until 1992), offering plastic ...

( Shrewsbury), 1936–2004, sold to Building #19 *

R. H. Stearns and Company R. H. Stearns & Company, or Stearns, as it was commonly called, was an upper-middle market department store based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded by R. H. Stearns in 1847. The flagship store was located on Tremont Street, opposite Boston Co ...

(Boston) *

* Stuart's Department Store (Lowell) *

(Framingham),

* Wilson's (

Greenfield, Massachusetts Greenfield is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Greenfield was first settled in 1686. The population was 17,768 at the 2020 census. Greenfield is home to Greenfield Community College, the Pioneer Val ...

)

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* Arbaugh's of Lansing, also known as Cameron & Arbaugh. See

The Arbaugh The Arbaugh is a mixed-use building containing 48 loft-style apartments, which was originally built as a department store. The building is located at 401 South Washington in Lansing, Michigan. The building was listed on the National Register of Hi ...

. * Arlan's Department Store (

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...

) though not opened in Detroit until 1960s expansion, founded in 1945, bankrupt in 1973 * Billings Five and Dime Store,

Bay City, Michigan Bay City is a city and county seat of Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and it is the principal city of the Bay City Metrop ...

* Ciechanowski`s Dry Goods.

Hamtramck Hamtramck ( ) is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 28,433. Hamtramck is surrounded by the city of Detroit except for a small portion that borders the fellow enclave city of Hi ...

, a/k/a Crowley Milner (Detroit), sold to

in 1999 * E.J. Korvette Korvette's Founded 1948, Bankrupt 1980 * The Fair (

Lansing Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, makin ...

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) *

Federal's Federal Department Store, or Federal's, was a department store chain based in Detroit. History Federal's was founded in 1929. In 1961, Federal's merged with Kobacker's of Columbus, Ohio and in 1969, it bought Shifrin-Willens Jewelers.

(Detroit), discount department store, closed in 1980. * Getz's Marquette, with over a 100-year history, still operating. * Gilmore Brother's 1881-1999

Kalamazoo Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. At the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropoli ...

* Grisdale's Department Store,

* Grand Leader (

Battle Creek Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which en ...

) *

( Grand Rapids,

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), sold to Lazarus in 1988 * Himelhoch's (

), filed for Chap. 11 in 1979. Founded in Caro, MI in 1876, Himelhoch's moved to Detroit in 1907.
Himelhoch's Department Store
returned online in 2018 under the ownership of fourth-generation family members. *

(Detroit), rebranded to Marshall Field & Company in 2001, then Macy's in 2006 *

Jacobson's Jacobson's was an American regional department store chain. Based in Jackson, Michigan, the chain operated primarily in Michigan and Florida, but also had stores in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Kansas. Jacobson's focused on apparel, fine jewelry ...

founded in

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. Independent regional luxury department store chain located primarily in

Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

and

, but also operated stores in

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Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

, and

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...

. The last store closed its doors in early 2002. Then, one store in

Winter Park, Florida Winter Park is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 30,183 according to the 2022 census population estimate. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Winter Park was f ...

was re-established as Jacobson's in 2004. * J.B. Perry,

Port Huron Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County. The population was 30,184 at the 2010 census. The city is adjacent to Port Huron Township but is administered separately. Located along the St. Clair ...

*Kahn's Department Store,

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* Kern's (Detroit), closed in 1959 *

KMart Kmart Corporation ( , doing business as Kmart and stylized as kmart) is an American retail company that owns a chain of big box department stores. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States. The company was inc ...

, originally headquartered in

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, still operating a few locations. * Knapp’s (J.W. Knapp Company) closed in 1980 * Knepp's Department Store,

Kresge's Kmart Corporation ( , doing business as Kmart and stylized as kmart) is an American retail company that owns a chain of Big-box store, big box department stores. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States. The co ...

and S. S. Kresge (

) (incorporated in 1899), later

K-Mart Kmart Corporation ( , doing business as Kmart and stylized as kmart) is an American retail company that owns a chain of big box department stores. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States. The company was inco ...

Corporation, then

Sears Holdings Corporation Sears Holdings Corporation was an American holding company headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. It was the parent company of the chain stores Kmart and Sears and was founded after the former purchased the latter in 2005. It was the 20th- ...

is frequently credited with invention of the modern discount department store with the opening of Kmart in 1962. The last Kresge's store in Livonia, Michigan closed in 1987. The chain operated over 2,000 stores worldwide. Stores included lunch counters and fountain service as well as full department stores. It also operated

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stores which were a smaller-scale version of Kresge's and located in downmarket or declining commercial districts (the equivalent of a "dollar store" division of Kresge's). Jupiter stores, unlike Kresge and Kmart stores, sold 'factory seconds' merchandise. * Lendzon's,

* Mack & Co. (originally Mack & Schmid) located at Liberty and Main Street, Ann Arbor, in the building that eventually housed the later Pretzel Bell. It was in business from the end of the 19th Century to 1940. *John H. Maurer Bargain Store, Cadillac *Mill End, Bay City and Clare * Milliken's,

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and

Manistee, Michigan Manistee ( ') is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in southwestern Manistee County, it is part of the northwestern Lower Peninsula. Manistee is the county seat of Manistee County, and its population was 6,259 at the 2020 census. Th ...

. See

William Milliken William Grawn Milliken (March 26, 1922 – October 18, 2019) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 44th governor of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party, he is the longest-serving governor in Michigan history, servin ...

. * Mitzelfeld's Department Store,

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Aaron Montgomery Ward Aaron Montgomery Ward (February 17, 1843 or 1844 – December 7, 1913) was an American entrepreneur based in Chicago who made his fortune through the use of mail order for retail sales of general merchandise to rural customers. In 1872 he founde ...

, its founder grew up in Niles. Various locations, including Dearborn, Jackson, Harper Woods, Lansing, Southfield, Southgate, Livonia Pontiac, Royal Oak Wyoming Ludington, Manistee, Port Huron, Roseville, Three Rivers. * Neisner's *Norman’s, Bay City, East Tawas, Standish,

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, Alpena * Pizer's Variety Store Harrisville, originally The White Store, at the corner of Lake Street and Main Street. * Robinson's,

* Sam's Cut Rate, Detroit *

* Seitner’s Department Store,

Saginaw Saginaw () is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both in the area known as Mid-Michigan. Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and considered part of Greater ...

Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began a ...

* B. Siegel & Company, originally Heyns Bazaar. * Smith Bridgman (

) * Steketee's (Grand Rapids) * Teerman's,

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. * The Fair Savings Bank Department Store, a/k/a The Fair Department Store

Escanaba Escanaba ( ), commonly shortened to Esky, is a port city in Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on Little Bay de Noc in the state's Upper Peninsula. The population was 12,616 at the 2010 census, making it the third-largest city i ...

See Escanaba Central Historic District. * Toeller's (Battle Creek), sold to L. W. Robinson Co. in 1971 *

(Redford Township), Telegraph & Schoolcraft; (Warren), 13 Mile & Van Dyke; all closed by 1974 * F.B. Watkins, Hopkins *The White store Lapeer * Winkelman's (Detroit), purchased by Petrie Stores in 1983; closed during bankruptcy in 1998 *Wonderland Discount Department Stores, Laporte and Michigan City, Indiana and Dowagiac, Niles and

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* WoolworthSS Kresge and F.W. Woolworth Stores on Woodward Avenue
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* Wurtzburg's of Grand RapidsWurtzburg's
The Department Store Museum. * Yankee Stores, discount store with locations in Michigan and Ohio; closed in 1974 *

Midland and Marquette. Owned by

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(

), est. 1902, converted to Marshall Field & Company in 2001, then

2006 * Donaldson's (Minneapolis), est. 1883, converted to

in 1987 and closed in 1995 *

(St. Cloud) * Powers Dry Goods (Minneapolis), est. 1881, acquired by Associated Dry Goods in 1920, merged with Donaldson's in 1985 * Salkin & Linoff (Minneapolis) * Glass-Block (Duluth), founded as Panton & White * Wahl's (Duluth)

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

(

), acquired by

in 2006

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

(

St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

), founded 1911, absorbed by

early 1990s, acquired by

2006 *

Heer's Heer's Department Store, with its original location at 138 Park Central West (formerly College Street) in Springfield, Missouri, was one of southwest Missouri's largest and most prominent department stores for 80 years. Heer's Department Store w ...

( Springfield), established in 1869, closed in 1995 *

(Kansas City), absorbed by May Department Stores 1998, sold to Macy's chain 2006 *

Kmart Kmart Corporation ( , doing business as Kmart and stylized as kmart) is an American retail company that owns a chain of big box department stores. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States. The company was inc ...

(St. Louis) * Newman's ( Joplin), acquired by parent company of

of Springfield in the early 1980s, closed in 1995 * Scruggs Vandervoort & Barney (

), closed in 1967 *

Stix, Baer, Fuller __NOTOC__ Stix, Baer and Fuller (sometimes called "Stix" or SBF or the Grand-Leader) was a department store chain in St. Louis, Missouri that operated from 1892 to 1984. Founders and History Originally called the Grand-Leader, the original centr ...

(St. Louis), acquired by Dillard's in 1983 * Townsend & Wall ( St. Joseph) *

(St. Louis) * Woolf Brothers (Kansas City), founded 1865, closed in 1992. (See Herbert M. Woolf.)

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* Buttrey's ( Havre) ( Miles City) * Cole's (Billings) * Hennessy's, acquired by Dillard's in 1998 * J.M. McDonald (

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, others)

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* J.L. Brandeis and Sons Store ( Omaha), acquired by

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. * Gold and Company (

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), acquired by J.L. Brandeis and Sons Store in 1964.Link
via

. Building now Gold's Galleria office/retail complex. *

(Lincoln), closed 1931. * J.M. McDonald (

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

), eventually grew to a chain of 82 stores, sold in 1968, liquidated shortly after 1982 * Miller & Paine (Lincoln and Grand Island), acquired by Dillard's in 1988 * Rudge & Guenzel (Lincoln), acquired by

Allied Stores Allied Stores was a department store chain in the United States. It was founded in the 1930s as part of a general consolidation in the retail sector by B. E. Puckett. See also Associated Dry Goods. It was the successor to Hahn's Department Stor ...

in 1929, closed in 1941 when Allied sold the contents of the store to Gold & Co.Link
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* Ronzone's (Las Vegas et al.)

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...

* Steinbach (

Manchester, New Hampshire Manchester is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is the most populous city in New Hampshire. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 115,644. Manchester is, along with Nashua, one of two seats of New Ha ...

) Sold to

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* Great Eastern (aka Great Eastern Mills) Paramus, NJ, Little Falls NJ, Elmont NY and others. merged with Diana Stores, then Daylin inc. *

Alexander's Alexander's is a real estate investment trust that owns 7 properties in New York metropolitan area, including 731 Lexington Avenue, the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P. It is controlled by Vornado Realty Trust. It was founded by George Farkas and ...

(

Paramus Paramus ( Waggoner, Walter H ''The New York Times'', February 16, 1966. Accessed October 16, 2018. "Paramus – pronounced puh-RAHM-us, with the accent on the second syllable – may have taken its name from 'perremus' or 'perymus,' Indian for ...

) * Bamberger's ( Newark and other NJ locations), division of R.H. Macy, converted to Macy's in 1986 *

Chase-Newark Chase-Newark was a short lived, upper middle-market department store based in Newark, New Jersey. The company also operated 2 suburban stores during its three-year history. Chase-Newark was founded early in 1964 when David Chase purchased the Kre ...

(Newark and 2 branches) *

* Hahne and Company ( Newark and statewide), New Jersey's carriage trade store merged into sister division

* E. J. Korvette (

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Trenton) *

Kresge-Newark Kresge-Newark was an upper-middle market department store based in Newark, New Jersey. The firm was started in 1923 when its founder Sebastian Kresge purchased the L.S. Plaut Department store "S. S. Kresge Enters New Enterprise— Twenty-five ...

(Newark and 2 branches) * Muir's Department Store *

Ohrbach's Ohrbach's was a moderate-priced department store with a merchandising focus primarily on clothing and accessories. From its modest start in 1923 until the chain's demise in 1987, Ohrbach's expanded dramatically after World War II, and opened numer ...

Reynolds Brothers Reynolds Brothers, also known as Reynolds, is a department store chain in New Jersey. It was founded in 1899 and operated a single location for over 60 years before starting expansion into a regional New Jersey chain of family apparel and accesso ...

( Lakewood) * Steinbach (New Jersey locations) * Two Guys (also known as Two Guys from Harrison) * Yards Department Store ( Trenton)

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) * J. N. Adam & Co. ( Buffalo) * The Addis Company, merged with

Dey Brothers Dey Brothers was a department store located in and around Syracuse, New York. History Dey's, a part of Allied Stores Co., was purchased by Campeau Corp. in 1986 and sold off in 1987 to May Company, the parent company of Dey's rival, Sibley's. ...

( Syracuse) *

(New York metropolitan area), declared bankruptcy in 1992 * B. Altman and Company (New York City) *

AM&A's Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Company (AM&A's) was a chain of department stores based in Buffalo, New York. It was an institution to generations of shoppers in the Buffalo area. The company remained family owned until its sale to The Bon-Ton in 1995. ...

( Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Company, Buffalo), purchased by

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in 1994 *

Arnold Constable Arnold Constable & Company was a department store chain in the New York City metropolitan area. At one point it was the oldest department store in America, operating for over 150 years from its founding in 1825 to its closing in 1975. At the comp ...

( Fifth Avenue, New York City) * Barker's (multiple locations) * Bamberger's *

Barneys New York Barneys New York Inc. is an American luxury brand founded in New York City in 1923. It has introduced major designers including Armani, Azzedine Alaïa, Comme des Garçons, Christian Louboutin, and Ermenegildo Zegna to the US market. Barneys ...

* Beirs (Niagara Falls) * L.L. Berger (Buffalo), last store, in downtown Buffalo, closed in 1991 * Best & Co. (New York), closed in the 1960s *

Bonwit Teller Bonwit Teller & Co. was an American luxury department store in New York City, New York, founded by Paul Bonwit in 1895 at Sixth Avenue and 18th Street, and later a chain of department stores. In 1897, Edmund D. Teller was admitted to the par ...

(New York City,

, and

upstate New York Upstate New York is a geographic region consisting of the area of New York State that lies north and northwest of the New York City metropolitan area. Although the precise boundary is debated, Upstate New York excludes New York City and Long Is ...

) * Britt's ( Vestal) multiple locations including Gloversville/Johnstown *

* Century 21 *

Chappell's Chappell's was a family-owned department store chain based in Syracuse, New York. It opened in 1896 and remained in business until 1994. At its peak, it operated ten stores in the Syracuse area, Cortland, Watertown and Massena. In no particular ...

( Syracuse), merged into

in the 1990s *

De Pinna De Pinna was a high-end clothier for men and women founded in New York City in 1885, by Alfred De Pinna (1831 - 1915), a Sephardic Jew born in England. They also sold menswear-inspired clothing for women that was finely tailored. The flagship sto ...

on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan *

(Dey's (company), Dey's, Syracuse) * Family Bargain Centers (Binghamton, Norwich, South Corning) *

* B. Forman Co. (Rochester, New York, Rochester) * Fowler, Dick & Walker - The Boston Store (Binghamton, New York, Binghamton), now Boscov's * Franklin Simon & Co. * Georg Jensen Inc. (New York, NY) (Manhattan) 1935-1968 * Gertz (department store), Gertz Department Stores (Queens, Nassau County, New York, Nassau and Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk counties), owned by

; closed in 1982 and changed to

then Macy's * Gimbels (Manhattan). The rivalry of

and Gimbels is immortalized in ''Miracle on 34th Street''; Bernard Gimbel, the owner of Gimbels, along with Horace Saks founded

(multiple locations) * Grand Way (Grand Union (supermarket)) *

(Binghamton, Troy, Long Island, Queens, and others) * Hens and Kelly ( Buffalo) * Hess's, Hess New Hartford, Rotterdam * Hills Department Stores *

(Oneonta, New York, Oneonta), currently Price Chopper Plaza Rte 28. Also Johnstown * Jenss (Buffalo), closed their last location on 15 September 2000 * Jupiter (store), Jupiter Stores, Division of the S.S. Kresge Company. * Kobacker, two locations in Buffalo, New York; closure announced on December 27, 1972.Alternate Link
via

. No relation to Kobacker's Market, a grocery store in Brewster, New York * E.J. Korvette (

), closed 1980 * S. S. Kresge, Kresge's (multiple locations) * Loehmann's, peaked at about 100 stores in 17 states, liquidated in 2014 after several bankruptcies. *

1823-2020 * Luckey, Platt & Company Department Store (Poughkeepsie, New York, Poughkeepsie) * Martin's (New York), Martin's (

) * J.W. Mays (Downstate New York), closed 1989, now leases old store locations * McClean's (Binghamton) * McCrory Stores, McCrory's (Johnson City, Amsterdam, Utica, others) * G. C. Murphy * John G. Myers Company, John G. Myers (Albany, New York, Albany) *

(multiple locations) * Neisner's or Neisner Brothers was a chain of variety stores in North America, opened their first variety store in Rochester, New York, in 1911. *

, liquidated in 1987 and acquired by Steinbach (store), Howland-Steinbach * Pharmhouse * Philadelphia Sales (Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott) *

(New York City), closed 1978 * Sattler's ( Buffalo) *

(Sibley, Lindsey, & Curr) (Rochester, New York, Rochester, in 1911, unit of Associated Dry Goods later merged into L.S. Ayers (Indianapolis) and then select locations converted to

* Siegel-Cooper Company * Sisson's (Binghamton) * Alexander Turney Stewart, A.T. Stewart's (Manhattan), purchased by

of Pennsylvania * Times Square Stores, discount department chain mostly focused on Long Island * Twin Fair, Inc. dba Twin Fair (multiple locations) * Two Guys (multiple locations) * John Wanamaker or

(

), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington, DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company in 1995; merged with

in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.) * F.W. Woolworth Company, Woolworth's multiple locations * Zayre's (currently Wal-Mart, Miller Hill, Q) became Ames. Multiple locations

North Carolina

* Brody's (Kinston, North Carolina, Kinston), acquired by Proffitt's in 1998 *

(Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte), acquired by Dillard's in 1990 *Sky City (store), Sky City closed 1990

North Dakota

* The Fair (Minot, North Dakota, Minot)

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

* Alms and Doepke (Cincinnati), Located furthest from central downtown Cincinnati relative to other department stores: N. side of Central Pkwy. between Walnut and Race Streets in an area bordering the "Over the Rhine" district; no branch stores. Closed and liquidated in 1955 * Best Products, Best, closed in 1996 * Bargain City (Toledo), started by Hyman Swolsky in Toledo as Bargain Barn, later renamed Bargain City, sold to Gray Drug, Gray Drug Co. of Cleveland in 1967, renamed Rink's Bargain City after merger, sold to Cook United Inc. and renamed Rink's in 1981, closed in 1987 * Bailey Brothers (Cleveland, Ohio) Later Bailey's Department Store, closed 1968. * B.R. Baker, Toledo * Gamble-Skogmo#Discount Department Stores, Buckeye Mart (Columbus, Ohio) owned by Gamble-Skogmo, Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.; Columbus stores closed in the mid-1970s; Remaining Ohio stores along with Tempo stores in Michigan were sold to Fisher's Big Wheel Stores and renamed Fisher's Buckeye Tempo. * Gamble-Skogmo#Discount Department Stores, Clark's (Portsmouth), owned by Clark's Gamble Corp., whose two shareholders were Landau Stores, Inc. and Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., Clark's Gamble Corp. was later sold to Cook United * Cook's (department store), Cook's flagship of Cook United Corporation. * Donenfeld's (Dayton)Alternate Link
via NewsBank. *

, (Cleveland, Ohio), branches of Federal Department Stores in Michigan not part of Federated Stores, this company closed in 1974Link
via

. * Fisher's Big Wheel and Fisher's Buckeye-Tempo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Closed 1994 * Frank Brothers (Marion, Ohio), Closed 1979. * Gaylords Department Store, Northeastern Ohio, Giant Tiger until 1968 *

(Columbus, Ohio) part of the Federated Stores Company * Goldman's (Dayton) * Gregg's (department store), Gregg's (Lima, Ohio, Lima) * Halle Brothers Co. (Cleveland), also known as "Halle's", division of Marshall Field & Company, sold 1981 to Associated Investors Corp, Downtown closed 1982, Final Westgate Location in Fairview Park, Ohio closed in 1983 * Harts Stores a division of Big Bear Stores, Columbus, Ohio * Heck's Department Store * Higbee's (Cleveland), converted to Dillard's in 1992, now the Jack Cleveland Casino * Hills Department Stores * Milner's, Toledo *

. This chain had many stores in Ohio including: Coshocton, Wooster, East Palestine, Cincinnati. The company came under control of McCrory Stores in 1974. John Josiah Newberry, founder of the company, died in 1954. * John J. Carroll (Newark, Ohio, Newark). * Jupiter (store), Jupiter Stores, Division of the S.S. Kresge Company. Operated several stores in Ohio. Including one in Downtown Mount Vernon, Ohio which had been a S. S. Kresge store for many years. Also a location in Downtown Ashland, Ohio. Jupiter was a no frills store. When leases were soon to be up on several S. S. Kresge stores the Jupiter format was put in place. All remaining Kresge and Jupiter stores were sold to McCrory in 1987 with the Canadian Kresge and Jupiter stores closing in 1994. * Kobackers (Canton, Ohio, Canton, Mansfield, Ohio, Mansfield, Portsmouth, Ohio, Portsmouth), purchase by Davidson Bros., the parent of

in 1961Alternate Link
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.Alternate Link
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. * Lamson Brothers (Toledo, Ohio, Toledo). Lamson's entered bankruptcy and closed in 1976. * Lasalle's, Lasalle & Koch Co. (Toledo), bought by R.H. Macy in 1923; operated under the Lasalle's name until 1981, when Macy consolidated Lasalle's with another division, Macy's Missouri-Kansas, to form Macy's Midwest. Macy sold the former Lasalle's stores to

of Dayton, Ohio, Dayton in 1985. * Lazarus (Columbus, Ohio, Columbus), a founding division of Federated Stores, name change briefly to Lazarus-Macy's and then Macy's in 2005. * Leader Store (Lima, Ohio, Lima), converted to

, still operating as of 2009 * Lion Store, The Lion Dry Goods Co. (Toledo), known locally as the Lion Store. Some locations survive as of 2009 with the Dillard's name, following their 1998 purchase of Lion's previous owner, Mercantile Stores Co. * Mabley & Carew (

), unit of Allied Department Stores * May Company Ohio, May Company (Cleveland), merged into

in 1993 and converted to Macy's 2006 *

(Cincinnati), unit of Mercantile Stores Co., select locations operating as Dillard's as of 2009 * Morehouse Martens (Columbus, Ohio), merged with "The Fashion" to become "Morehouse-Fashion," later shortened to "The Fashion"; closed by

in 1969Alternate Link
via

. * Mr. Wiggs Sandusky based chain that had stores in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, started in Mentor as Bargain Fair in 1956, gradually rebranded stores Mr. Wiggs by 1967Alternate Link
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.Alternate Link
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. * Murphy's Mart * Neisner's (Lakewood, Ohio) & Warren Village Shopping Center Cleveland, Ohio. Warren Village store burned in 1972, Lakewood store closed in 1978. * O'Neil's Department Store (Akron, Ohio, Akron), merged into May Company Cleveland, in 1989 & then

in 1993, converted to Macy's in 2006 * Ontario's (Columbus, Ohio, Columbus) part of Cook United. * H. & S. Pogue Company (

), division of Associated Dry Goods. Merged into sister division L.S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in the early 1980s, which was converted to Macy's in 2006. * Polsky's (Akron, Ohio, Akron), purchased by

in 1955 and closed in 1978Alternate Link
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.Alternate Link
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. * Rattenberg's, (Utica, Ohio, Utica).Alternate Link
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. * Rike Kumler Co. (Dayton, Ohio, Dayton), division of Federated Department Stores. Briefly merged into sister division John Shillito Company (Cincinnati) in the early 1980s as Shillito-Rike's. * Rink's Founded by Hyman Ullner in Hamilton in 1951; acquired by Gray Drug, Gray Drug Co. of Cleveland in 1964; Bargain City acquired by Gray Drug in 1967; both chains sold to Cook United in 1981; closed in 1987.Alternate Link
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. * Rollman's (Cincinnati) Downtown store location—N.W. corner of 5th and Vine Streets—was taken over by Mabley & Carew after primary and branch Rollman's stores were liquidated in the early 1960s * Rudin's (Mount Vernon, Ohio, Mount Vernon), sold to Uhlman's in 1979 * John Shillito Company (Cincinnati), division of Federated Department Stores. Briefly merged into sister division Rike-Kumler Company (Dayton) in the early 1980s as Shillito-Rike's, and then with sister division Lazarus (department store), F&R Lazarus (Columbus). Select locations converted to Macy's 2006. * Stein's, Toledo * Sterling-Lindner Co., Sterling-Lindner-Davis (Cleveland), closed September, 1968; was a part of

Alternate Link
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.Alternate Link
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. * Stern and Mann (Canton, Ohio, Canton), opened in 1887, close by the early 1990sLink
via

. * Strouss (Youngstown, Ohio, Youngstown), division of May Department Stores, merged into May's Kaufmann's (Pittsburgh) division, converted to Macy's 2006 * Swallen's (Cincinnati, Ohio), bankrupt in 1995Alternate Link
via NewsBank.Link
via NewsBank. * The Fashion (store) (Columbus, Ohio), purchased by

in 1949;Alternate Link
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. later merged with Morehouse Martens to form "Morehouse Fashion"; Later returned to The Fashion * William Taylor & Son (Cleveland), also known at Taylor's, acquired by May Company in 1939, closed in December, 1961. Southgate branch changed to May Company * Tiedtke's (Toledo, Ohio, Toledo) * Uhler's (Marion, Ohio) Founded as the Uhler Phillips Company. James Phillips left the company following the scandal that linked his wife Carrie Phillips with President Warren G. Harding. * Uhlman's (Bowling Green, Ohio, Bowling Green), also known as F.W. Uhlman in

and

, purchased by Stage Stores Inc. in 1996 * Uncle Bill's, a northeast Ohio chain that was part of Cook's (department store), Cook United stores. * Union Company (department store), Union Company (Columbus, Ohio, Columbus), purchased by Marshall Fields in 1980 and converted to Halle Brothers which was also owned by Marshall FieldsAlternate Link
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. * Valley View (Brookfield), operated 1959–1995. *

Sold by Schottenstein holdings of Columbus, re-branded as Halle's in 1980 and closed in 1983 * Van Leunen's (Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati), closed in 1994 when parent company decided to focus on sporting goodsLink
via

. * Edward Wren Co. (Springfield, Ohio, Springfield), also was known as Wren's, sold to

in 1952, merged with & rebranded as William H. Block Co. ( Indianapolis) in 1984, closed 1987 *

was a chain of discount stores that operated in the eastern half of the United States from 1956 to 1990, later sold to Ames (store) * Ziegler's (Medina, Ohio, Medina), opened in 1904, closed in 1992

Oklahoma

* John A. Brown (department store), John A. Brown (Oklahoma City), was part of Dayton Hudson; absorbed by Dillard's

Oregon

* Lipman's (was part of Dayton Hudson) * Olds, Wortman & King (Portland, Oregon, Portland) * Emporium (also known as Troutman's Emporium) *

*G.I. Joe's

Pennsylvania

* Bamberger's (Newark and other NJ locations), division of R.H. Macy, most former locations switched to Macy's in 1986 * Best Products, BEST * Big N (1960s) * Bloom Brothers Department Stores (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Waynesboro, Dry Run, Pennsylvania, Dry Run, and Burnt Cabins, Pennsylvania, Burnt Cabins; also Baltimore, Maryland), 1897–1944 * Boston Store (Erie, Pennsylvania), Boston Store (Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie) *

(Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown) *

* Cox's (McKeesport, Pennsylvania, McKeesport), 1955–1983 * E. J. Korvette (

area) * Fisher's Big Wheel, closed in 1994 * Fowler, Dick & Walker, The Boston Store (downtown Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre), converted to Boscov's * Frank & Seder Building (Pittsburgh), Frank & Seder (Pittsburgh) * G.C. Murphy, GC Murphy Co. (Pittsburgh & suburbs) * Gee Bee Department Stores * Gimbels (

, Downtown Pittsburgh and suburbs) * Globe Department Store, The Globe Store (Scranton, Pennsylvania, Scranton), closed in 1994 * Glosser Brothers *

* W.T. Grant, (W.T.) Grant's Department Store (Sayre, Pennsylvania, Sayre) *

(Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown), closed in 1996 * Hills Department Stores *

(Pittsburgh), closed in 1994 *

* John Wanamaker or

(

), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington, DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company (

) in 1995; merged with

in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.) * Kaufman's (Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Uniontown) *

(Pittsburgh), converted to Macy's 2006 *

(Broomall) *

(Pittsburgh and Suburbs) (S.S. Kresge was also the founder of K-Mart Stores) * S. H. Kress & Co. (Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, Nanticoke) * Laneco (Easton, Pennsylvania, Easton) * Lazarus (Downtown Pittsburgh and suburbs) - now Macy's * Leh's (department store), Leh's (Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown area), closed in 1994 * Lit Brothers (

), closed in 1977 * LL Stearns Williamsport, Pennsylvania * McCrory Stores, McCrory *

* Murphy's Mart (Pittsburgh and Suburbs) *

(multiple locations) * Orr's (department store), Orr's (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Bethlehem, Easton, Pennsylvania, Easton), closed in 1993 * Penn Traffic *

* Snellenburg's (Philadelphia area), 1869-1962 * Strawbridge's, Strawbridge & Clothier (Philadelphia), converted to Macy's 2006 * Towers Department Stores, Towers (Pittsburgh and suburbs) * Trader Horn (Butler) * Two Guys Department Store *

Department Store (Based in York, Pa.) * Watt & Shand (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lancaster), sold to

* F.W. Woolworth Company, Woolworth's (Pittsburgh and suburbs) *

(Pittsburgh & suburbs)

Rhode Island

* Apex Stores (flagship in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Pawtucket) * The Outlet Company (Providence) * Shepard Company Building, The Shepard Co. (Providence) * Benny's, a discount store based in Smithfield, Rhode Island, Smithfield that had locations in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. All locations closed in December 2017. *

(Cumberland, Rhode Island, Cumberland) Downgraded in 2001 closed all outlet stores in 2020. South Carolina J.B. White

South Dakota

* Fantle's

Tennessee

* Bry's (Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis), sold to the parent company of Lowenstein's in 1956 before going out of business * Cain-Sloan (Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville), absorbed by Dillard's *

(Nashville), division of Mercantile Stores Company * Fazio's * Gerber's (Memphis), closed in 1975 *

(Memphis), Merged into Rich's, later converted to

* Harvey's (department store), Harvey's (Nashville) * Julius Lewis (Memphis) * Loveman's (Chattanooga), Loveman's (Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga), acquired by Proffitt's in 1986 * Miller's of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville), sold to Hess's in 1987 * Parisian acquired by Belk in 2007 * Proffitt's (Alcoa, Tennessee, Alcoa), converted to

stores in 2006

Texas

* Barker's (San Antonio) * Cox's (Waco, Texas, Waco), closed in 1995 * Dunlaps (Lubbock and many other West Texas/

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locations), closed in 2007 * The Fair (Galveston) * Fedway (Wichita Falls, Longview, Texas, Longview, Amarillo, Midland, Texas, Midland, Corpus Christi, Texas, Corpus Christi), a division of

that had existed in Texas from 1952 to 1968 in which stores were opened in expanding post-World War II markets of Texas and later the rest of the Southwest that were traditionally under served by existing chains; the first store opening in Wichita Falls in 1952; after expanding throughout Texas, chain expanded into New Mexico, Oklahoma, and CaliforniaAlternate Link
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.Alternate Link
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. * Foley's, Foley's (Foley Brothers) (Houston), division of The May Department Stores Company, May Company, converted to Macy's in 2006 * Frost Bros. (San Antonio) *

(Houston) * Joske's (San Antonio, also Houston and Dallas), acquired by Dillard's in 1987 * Mitchell's (Fort Worth) *My Shoes (San Antonio, 1988, Tagline "Put Yourself in My Shoes") * The Popular (Department Store), The Popular (El Paso) * Sakowitz (Houston) * Sanger-Harris (Dallas), division of Federated Department Stores, merged into sister division

(Houston) in 1987, converted to Macy's in 2006 **

(Dallas) * Stripling & Cox (Fort Worth) ** Cox's (Fort Worth) merged with W.C. Stripling & Sons ** W.C. Stripling & Sons (Fort Worth), merged with Cox's * Titche-Goettinger (Dallas area), merged with Joske's in 1979

Utah

* Mervyns (the chain may come back, by the Morris decisions) * Fred Meyer ** Grand Central Stores, acquired by Fred Meyer Fred Meyer#Acquisitions of Grand Central and Smith's, 1985, acquired 1999 by Kroger in a merger and operations assumed by Smith's Food and Drug, Smith's Food and Drug Stores (now a separate division of Kroger and converted into Smith's Food and Drug#Smith's Marketplace, Smith's Marketplace) * ZCMI (Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution), founded and operated by the LDS Church until purchased by May Company (1999), became Meier and Frank in 2003, some stores sold to Dillard's, others became Macy's in 2005

Vermont

* Britts Department Store (Springfield, Vermont, Springfield) * Grand Way (South Burlington, Vermont, South Burlington)

Virginia

* Hechts (bought by

in 1959, took over Thalhimer's and

in 1990, bought by

in 2005 and spun off into Macy's East and Macy's South in 2006) * Heironimus, S.H. Heironimus (Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke) *

(Richmond, Virginia, Richmond) * Rices Nachmans, formerly the Rices and Nachmans chains (Norfolk/Hampton Roads metro area) *

(Richmond)

Washington (state), Washington

* The Crescent (department store), The Crescent (Spokane, Washington, Spokane), a division of B.A.T.U.S *

(Seattle), division of Marshall Field & Company (Chicago) * Lamonts * Peoples (store), Peoples (Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma), 7-store chain in the Puget Sound region, owned by Mercantile Stores Co.; closed in 1983 * Rhodes Brothers (Tacoma), renamed Liberty House in 1974 * Valu-Mart (Seattle), renamed Leslie's in 1974, acquired by Fred Meyer in 1976 * Wigwam Stores Inc. (based in Seattle) *

(Burien, Washington, Burien, Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma, Shoreline, Washington, Shoreline, Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue, Everett, Washington, Everett), 1969 to 1972

West Virginia

various locations * The Diamond (department store), The Diamond (Charleston and Vienna, West Virginia, Vienna) * Gee Bee Department Stores, Gee Bee Part of Glosser Brothers of Ohio. * Heck's Department Store, shuttered in the early 1990s * Hills (store), Hills * L.A. Joe Department Store * G. C. Murphy * Stone & Thomas, West Virginia's biggest department store chain; bought by

in 1998 * Watson's (United States), Watson's

Wisconsin

* Chapman's (Milwaukee) * Copps Department Store (Stevens Point), their department stores closed 1984, when Copps decided to shift their focus over to their supermarkets. * Gimbels (Milwaukee), converted to

then one former Gimbels location (Madison, Wisconsin, Madison) to Macy's 2006. * Hoff Department Store (Mount Horeb) closed 1984 * H.C. Prange Co. (Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Sheboygan), sold to

in 1992 *

(De Pere, Wisconsin, De Pere), spun off in 1990 by H.C. Prange Co.; closed 1996 * Schuster's (Milwaukee), bought by Gimbels in 1962 * Shopko (Green Bay), June 2019 * Roth Brothers (Superior), founded pre-1900 as the "Bee Hive Bazaar."

References

External links

Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Emory University
Muse's Department Store (Atlanta, Ga.) records
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