Marc's Stores is a discount

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-and-grocery chain, with stores in northern and central

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. It is owned by Clevelander Marc Glassman. Marc's has over 60 stores in the

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, Akron, Canton, Youngstown, and Columbus areas.

History

Bernie Shulman opened his first mega-discount drug store in Mayfield Heights, Ohio in 1969. In 1979 one of Shulman's managers, Marc Glassman, opened his own store, Marc's, in Middleburg Heights in the Southland Shopping Center in Middleburg Heights. That first store was badly damaged in a fire in October 1980 that started in, and destroyed, the adjacent J.C. Penney department store. Marc's closed for several months, eventually reopening in a larger space at the same site. Following the success of the Middleburg Heights store, Glassman built additional Marc's stores. In 1983, he purchased Shulman's store. Glassman continued to build stores in

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. Glassman's western stores were named Marc's, while those to the east were named ''Bernie Shulman's'', to honor Shulman, who died in 1976, and because of brand recognition. As the Marc's stores expanded south to

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and Akron, the recognition of the ''Marc's'' name grew. Glassman decided to retire the ''Bernie Shulman's'' name for new stores, using the ''Marc's'' name for grand openings, including stores east of Cleveland. The first of the Marc's " superstores" opened in Garfield Heights on June 30, 1992. By year's end, all ''Bernie Shulman's'' stores were rebranded. On August 8, 2018, a Marc's store opened in

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, a suburb of

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in southwestern Ohio, in a former

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site. This store is scheduled to close on February 5, 2023, due to the ending of its lease. In March 2020, Glassman opened a 54,000-square-foot store at 3112 Cleveland Ave. NW in Canton to replace the store that had been in the 30th Street Plaza since the late 1980s.

Media

The company is rarely discussed in the media. Employees are prohibited from giving interviews, and Glassman does not speak to

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References

External links

Official site
{{Supermarkets of the United States Cuyahoga County, Ohio Pharmacies of the United States Retail companies established in 1979 Supermarkets of the United States 1979 establishments in Ohio Health care companies based in Ohio Companies based in Cleveland