Swallen's was a chain of department stores based in

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, United States. The first Swallen's store opened in 1948. The company filed for

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in 1995 and all stores were closed by the end of the year. Each Swallen's store featured all or some mixture of these product categories: appliances, electronics, hardware, sporting goods and firearms, clothing, shoes, pets, cameras, groceries, boats and marine items, automotive, toys, and gasoline.

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