Discount stores These stores closed due to changes in shopping places and patterns, and/or large debt from
mergers and acquisitions.
National and regional •
99¢ Only Stores •
Acorn Stores (
Minneapolis,
Minnesota) •
Ames Department Stores Inc. (based in
Rocky Hill, Connecticut) •
Arlan's Department Store (Mid-Atlantic and Midwest) •
Ayr-Way (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. •
Bargain Hunt (
La Vergne, Tennessee) On January 31, 2025, Bargain Hunt's parent company, Essex Technology Group, warned that they were preparing to file for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy as soon as the following week. On February 1, 2025, after it was reported that the company shut its only distribution center, Bargain Hunt announced that they would be closing all 91 stores, with
liquidation sales beginning shortly after. Bargain Hunt filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on February 3, 2025, listing assets between $50 million to $100 million and liabilities between $100 million to $500 million. Up to 300+ employees lost their jobs after Bargain Hunt closed. The stores closed in March 2025. •
Bob's Stores, 24 stores, (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island) •
The Bon-Ton and its subsidiaries:
Bergner's,
Boston Store (Wisconsin),
Carson's,
Elder-Beerman,
Herberger's and
Younkers. •
Bradlees (based in
Boston,
Massachusetts) (
New England, Mid-Atlantic) •
Britt's Department Store (national) •
E. J. Korvette (East Coast and Midwest) last stores were closed in 1980 after filing for bankruptcy •
Fisher's Big Wheel (Northeast & Midwest) Discount Department Stores based out of metro Pittsburgh, PA. •
Fred's (Southeast) •
Gamble-Skogmo •
G. E. M. Membership Department Stores (national/
Ontario,
Canada; also known as
G.E.X. and
G.E.S.) •
Gibson's Discount Center, based in Texas but had spread to many other states at its peak •
W. T. Grant •
Goody's (store) •
Hills Department Stores Was bought out by Ames Department Stores. •
Howard Brothers Discount Stores •
Jack's (operated by
Penn-Daniels and based in
Quincy, Illinois with locations in
Illinois,
Iowa, and
Missouri) •
Jamesway (Mid-Atlantic) •
S.H. Kress & Co.,
Puerto Rico subsidiary
Tiendas Kress survived parent company until its remaining locations closed in 2022. • Leggett (Mid-Atlantic), acquired by
Belk in 1997 •
Lord & Taylor, the oldest department store chain in the
United States, founded in 1826 in
New York City, 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 (national) •
Mervyn's (primarily western U.S. but also in a few midwestern and southern U.S. states) •
Montgomery Ward (national –
Chicago) •
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 •
Peebles- its parent company
Stage Stores would file for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy and would close all remaining stores including
Gordmans,
Palais Royal,
Bealls (Texas),
Goody's, were all closed down. •
P.N. Hirsch, acquired by
International Shoe Company (later renamed Interco) in 1964; later sold to
Dollar General in 1983 and rebranded •
Schultz's Family Stores, began as Schultz Bros. Co., headquartered in
Lake Zurich, Illinois, 77 total stores in 1974 in the Upper Midwest, bankrupt and acquired by
Prange Way in 1989 •
Shoppers Fair •
Steve & Barry's •
Syms •
Topps stores were closed when parent company,
Interstate Stores filed for bankruptcy in 1974 •
Tuesday Morning (Nationwide) •
TurnStyle •
Two Guys (Mid-Atlantic) •
Value City •
Venture Stores (Midwest) Based out of St Louis, MO metro area. •
Woolco, founded by the F.W. Woolworth Company as a full-line discount department store •
F. W. Woolworth Company •
Zayre (
New England, Mid-Atlantic,
Chicago,
Florida,
Georgia)
Alabama •
Gayfer's (
Mobile) •
Loveman's (
Birmingham) •
Mazer's (Birmingham) Opened in 1932, closed in 2011. •
Parisian (Birmingham), sold to
Belk 2006, renamed September 2007. Five stores sold to
The Bon-Ton, converted to the
Carson Pirie Scott name. •
Pizitz (Birmingham), 13-store Alabama chain, sold to
McRae's 1987, renamed later that year •
Rogers (
Florence) Became a division of
Dunlap's that closed in 2007 after sale of store chain by Rogers family.
Alaska •
Northern Commercial (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kenai)
Arizona •
Babbit's (
Flagstaff) •
Broadway Southwest (
Mesa) •
Diamond's (
Phoenix,
Tucson,
Albuquerque,
Denver and
Las Vegas), was part of
Dayton Hudson •
Goldwater's (Phoenix) •
Goldwyn's (Tucson) •
Levy's (
Tucson) •
Myerson's White House (Tucson) •
Sacanni's (Tucson) •
Yellow Front Stores Arkansas •
MM Cohn (
Little Rock), 2007
California •
The Akron (Los Angeles), a Southern California–based "eclectic" department store chain that had specialized in carrying imported goods and unusual items such as parking meters and live Mexican monkeys, and which had stores as far north as San Francisco and far south as San Diego before it was forced to close its stores in 1985 •
Blackstone's Department Store •
Blum's (
San Jose), originally M. Blum & Co., established 1907; store appears to have closed shortly after death of owner and founder in 1940 •
The Bon Marché (Los Angeles) (Le Sage Brothers Co.), 430–434 Broadway, Los Angeles, opened in 1907, closed within a year •
Boston Stores (California), HQ in Inglewood and later Carson; liquidated 1989 •
The Broadway (
Los Angeles), converted to
Macy's •
Brock's (
Bakersfield), started in 1924 and sold to
Gottschalks in 1987 •
Breuner's •
Buffums •
Bullock's (Los Angeles), converted to Macy's •
Bullocks Wilshire (Los Angeles) today it is Southwestern University School of Law. •
Butler Brothers (California) •
Carithers's (
Petaluma), closed in 1986 •
H.C. Capwell Co. (
Oakland), merged with
Emporium in 1929 to form the Emporium Capwell Co. holding company,
Emporium-Capwell was acquired by
Broadway-Hale Stores in 1970, Broadway-Hale Stores later became Carter Hawley Hale Stores and then Broadway Stores, Inc.; during this time, Capwell kept its name until 1979 •
City of Paris Dry Goods Co. (
San Francisco), became
City of Paris by Liberty House. Demolished except the
rotunda, now part of
Neiman Marcus. •
City of Paris (Los Angeles), no relation to the San Francisco store or to Ville de Paris (Los Angeles), 1850s–1897 •
Coulter's •
Crowley's (
Vallejo) •
Daly's (
Eureka), closed in 1995, with four Northern California stores, after operating for exactly 100 years •
Desmond's, founded 1862, became a large Southland-wide chain, closed 1970s •
Disco Department Stores (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, chain sold to
Daylin in 1966 and renamed Disco Discount Department Stores, first store outside of Northern California opened in Reno in 1968, stores were closed by 1975 due to financial problems with parent company •
B. H. Dyas •
Eastern-Columbia Department Store, Eastern Outfitters, Columbia Outfitters, San Francisco/Los Angeles through the 1950s •
Fedco, a membership retailer, not subject to "
Fair Trade pricing" •
FedMart, a membership retailer, not subject to "
Fair Trade pricing" • Fedway (Los Angeles) – first store in this division opened (in Texas) in 1952 by Federated Department Stores; Westwood store (first in California) opened in 1953; all stores closed and sold off in 1968 •
Fifth Street Store: 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 renamed •
Frink's (Pasadena), founded by Jose and Lola Frink in the early twentieth century, but closed by mid-century •
Gemco • Globe Department Store, South
Broadway between 51st–52nd,
South Los Angeles (1920s–1930s) •
Gottschalks, bankrupt March 31, 2009, which closed all of the stores. A few former Gottschalks stores were replaced as
Macy's 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) at Lakeshore Plaza, on Sloat Boulevard, in San Francisco, a discount chain, a membership retailer, not subject to "
Fair Trade pricing", and open only to employees of local, state, and federal government agencies. Lakeshore Plaza had a
Lucky store and in the late 1960s,
Government Employees Together became part of Lucky store's
Gemco. •
Grodin's (San Francisco Bay Area), a 36-unit chain of men's and women's specialty stores, closed in January 1987. •
Gump's (San Francisco) closed 2018 •
Haggarty's, 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; merged into
The Emporium under
Carter, Hawley & Hale. •
A. Hamburger & Sons (
Los Angeles), founded in 1881, purchased by
May Co. 1923 and renamed May Company California •
Harris Department Store, based in San Bernardino, absorbed by
Gottschalks •
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 (
Berkeley), also known as J.F. Hink & Son, closed in 1985
Arcadia Publishing •
Hinshaw's (
Arcadia and
Whittier), both stores were closed in 1992 •
Kahn's (
Oakland), founded by Israel Kahn in 1879, acquired by newly formed
B. F. Schlesinger & Sons in 1925, B.F. Schlesinger & Sons was renamed
Western Department Stores in 1941, Kahn was rebranded Rhodes in 1960 •
S. Lazard & Co. •
Levee's (
Vallejo), closed in the early 1980s •
Liberty House (became Macy's) •
H. Liebes (San Francisco), liquidated when its parent company, Beck Industries, filed for bankruptcy in 1970 •
I. Magnin (San Francisco), converted to Macy's •
Joseph Magnin Co., closed 1984 •
Marston's San Diego, 3 branches, purchased by
The Broadway in the 1960s •
Mattei Bros. (
Petaluma) – closed in 1995 •
May Company (Los Angeles), merged with Robinsons and became
Robinsons-May, then Macy's •
Mervyn's of California, operated stores in western US. Went bankrupt December 2008 • Milliron's, see
Fifth Street Store, 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. Van Nuys. •
F. C. Nash & Co. –
Nash's (Pasadena), at one time had 5 stores in downtown locations in neighboring small cities during the 1950s and 1960s, founded in 1889 as a grocery store, became a department store in 1921, branch stores were unable to compete with larger chains opening in malls built in the late 1960s and early 1970s and had to be closed, main store destroyed in a daytime fire on May 11, 1976 •
National Stores (
Los Angeles) •
O'Connor, Moffat & Co., purchased by Macy's 1945, name changed to Macy's 1947 •
Phelps-Terkel junior department store for apparel, founded 1923, survived in various forms until 1992 •
Pic 'N' Save, became MacFrugal's, then
Big Lots •
Prager's (
San Francisco), closed in 1921 after 25 years in business •
Rankin's, Downtown Santa Ana and
Orangefair Center, Fullerton •
Ransohoff's, (
San Francisco and
Sacramento) Ransohoff's, Inc., founded in 1902, by Leopold Ransohoff. •
Rhodes (
Sacramento 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 (
Los Angeles), converted to Robinsons, then merged with May Company to become Robinsons-May, then eventually became Macy's •
Rosenberg's (
Santa Rosa), 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 •
Swelldom, junior department stores for apparel, Los Angeles, 1906–1970s •
Two Guys •
Unimart (Los Angeles,
San Diego), locations variously became
Two Guys,
Gemco,
FedMart; was owned by Food Giant Markets Inc until it merged in 1967 with
Vornado, the owner of
Two Guys, which quickly converted Unimart stores to
Two Guys. •
Ville de Paris, Los Angeles 1893–1919 • Walker's, see
Fifth Street Store (original Los Angeles store, from which Walker's Long Beach spun off) and
Walker Scott (San Diego spinoff). •
Walker's (Long Beach) •
Walker Scott (San Diego),
Solana Beach branch is now a HomeGoods store; founded as a branch of the
Walker's Department Store of Los Angeles in 1935; close Walker associate George Scott became president in 1951 following death of Eliza Walker, widow of the deceased founder, in 1951; name of store changed to Walker-Scott in 1955; downtown store closed in 1984; all stores closed by 1986 •
Webb's •
Weinstein's (1041 Market Street San Francisco), founded by Isidor Weinstein, went bankrupt in 1968 •
Weinstock's (Sacramento), founded in 1874 as the One-Price Store by
David Lubin and his half brother Harris Weinstein, renamed Mechanics' Store the following year, later renamed The Weinstock Lubin Company, acquired by Hale Bros. 1949, eventually acquired by Federated in 1995 via various mergers of its parent company, stores eventually rebranded Macy's •
White Front •
The White House (San Francisco), closed in 1965 •
Whole Earth Access (
Berkeley), last stores closed in 1998 •
Wineman's (HQ in Ventura, Oxnard, then Huntington Park) •
Zody's (Los Angeles), bankrupt and locations were sold to
Ralphs Grocery Stores in 1986
Colorado •
Broadway Southwest (
Denver) •
The Denver Dry Goods Company, locations throughout the
Front Range &
Denver Metro •
Joslins (Denver), converted to
Dillard's in 1998 •
May D&F, with some of its stores purchased by Broadway Southwest •
Fashion Bar Connecticut •
Ames Department Stores Inc. (
Rocky Hill) •
Arlan's Department Store (
Waterbury) •
Caldor (
Norwalk) •
The Edw. Malley Co., formerly the largest hometown department store in
Downtown New Haven Store relocated during urban renewal in 1962 from Chapel Street to Church Street.
Bankruptcy and closure, 1981. •
E.J. Korvettes (Downtown Hartford) •
Feinson's (
Danbury), closed 2000 •
G. Fox & Co. (
Hartford), (
Downtown Hartford) flagship closed and all branches merged into
Filene's 1993, and most converted to
Macy's 2006 •
Grant's (central Connecticut, Stamford) •
Read's Department Stores (
D.M. Read) (
Bridgeport), merged into
Jordan Marsh •
Shartenberg's Department Store (1915–1962),
Downtown New Haven. Razed in 1964 as part of
Mayor Richard C. Lee's redevelopment plans. •
Two Guys (
Newington) •
Shoppers Fair Delaware •
Almart •
Ames •
Bradlee's •
Caldor •
Hess's (Blue Hen Mall Dover, DE, and Seaford, DE) •
John Wanamaker or
Wanamaker's (
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
Federated Department Stores in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.) •
Montgomery Ward • Mullin's, sold to
Bamberger's, known as Bamberger's and Mullin's • Newark Department Store •
Service Merchandise •
Strawbridge and Clothier •
Value City • Wilmington Dry Goods
District of Columbia •
Garfinckel's •
Hecht's, converted to
Macy's 2006 •
Jelleff's •
S. Kann Sons Co. •
Lansburgh's •
Palais Royal, acquired by
Woodward & Lothrop 1946 •
Raleigh Haberdasher, operated originally as a
haberdasher; expanded in later years to family fashions. Acquired by Hartmarx Corp. before closing. •
Woodward & Lothrop,
bankrupt and closed 1995 after briefly acquiring and operating
John Wanamaker & Company (
Philadelphia)
Florida •
Brown's Department Stores (Dania Beach, Hollywood, Pompano Beach) •
Burdines (
Miami), merged with
Macy's in 2005 •
Cohen Brothers (
Jacksonville), purchased by May in 1959; renamed
May-Cohen •
Furchgott's (
Jacksonville) •
Gold Triangle (Miami, Plantation, Tampa, Orlando) •
Ivey's (Winter Park), purchased by
Dillard's in 1990 •
Jackson Byron's (later J. Byrons) (
Miami) •
Jordan Marsh (Miami) •
J.M. Fields (Pompano Beach) •
Maas Brothers (
Tampa), merged into
Burdines in 1991 •
Maison Blanche •
McRae's, sold to Belk in 2006 •
Richard's, (
Miami, Hollywood) •
Robinson's of Florida (
St. Petersburg) •
Gayfers (
Clearwater, Florida) •
Parisian, sold to
Belk in 2007 •
W. T. Grant (discount,
Jacksonville) •
Woolco (
Jacksonville, South Daytona and other locations) •
Zayre (discount,
Jacksonville and other locations)
Puerto Rico •
González Padín (High-end, oldest
Puerto Rican department store, founded in 1884, dissolved in 1995.) •
Es de Velasco (High-end, department store, founded in 1939, acquired by
González Padín, closed in 1995.) •
New York Department Stores (Founded in 1931, acquired by the
Melville Corporation in 1994, most stores turned into
Marshalls.) •
Pitusa (Discount, department store, founded in 1976, bankrupt in 2014.)
Georgia •
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose (Atlanta) •
Davison's (
Atlanta), 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 (Atlanta) •
Kessler's (Atlanta), also locations in
Rome,
Newnan and
Canton; low-end chain that closed in 1995 •
Parisian acquired by Belk in 2007 •
Rich's (Atlanta), part of Federated Dept Stores which purchased RH Macy & Co. and retired Rich’s name •
Uptons (Atlanta), liquidated in 1999; regional chain similar to Kohl's
Hawaii •
Liberty House (
Honolulu) •
Shirokiya (
Honolulu)
Idaho •
Block's Department Store (
Idaho Falls and region) It was a
Pocatello-based department store chain that had stores in Idaho and Utah and was liquidated in 1986. 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. 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 Illinois •
A. M. Rothschild & Co •
Ames • Blakely's Department Store with locations in LaSalle and Taylorville, Illinois went out of business in 1971. •
Bergner's (Peoria) closed in 2018 •
Carson Pirie Scott (Chicago and suburbs) closed in 2018 reopened 2019 in
Evergreen Park closed again in 2020 •
Famous Department Store (Ottawa) closed in 1983 •
The Fair (Chicago and suburbs), acquired by
Montgomery Ward in 1958 •
Gately's People's Store •
Goldblatt's (Chicago), some stores acquired by
Ames Department Stores Inc. •
K's Merchandise Mart (
Decatur) •
Lewis's (Champaign) • Robeson's (Champaign) •
Henry C. Lytton & Co. (Chicago, with branch in
Gary, Indiana) • Madigans •
MainStreet Chicago, acquired by
Kohl's in 1988 •
Marshall Field's (Chicago), acquired by Macy's September 2006 despite local protest •
McCabe's (Rock Island) •
McDade's •
Montgomery Ward,
mail order store. Founded in 1872, Montgomery Ward pioneered mail-order catalog retailing and opened its first retail store in 1926. A bankruptcy reorganization in 1999 failed to turn the chain around. Closed 2001. Still exists as a
catalog/
internet/
mail order retailer. •
Sears, Roebuck & Co. •
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
Venture Stores in 1978 •
Venture Stores •
Wieboldt's (Chicago) •
Zayre (Chicago)
Indiana •
Aldens (
Terre Haute) •
Ayr-Way (
Indianapolis, statewide also surrounding states), originally a division of
L. S. Ayres, subsequently acquired by
Target •
L.S. Ayres (Indianapolis, 6 stores, and statewide) •
Ball Stores (
Muncie) •
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 (
Evansville) Purchased by Hartmarx Corp. and resold before being closed • Fetla's (
Valparaiso) •
The Giant Store (
Anderson) •
Goldblatt's (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 •
Meis (
Terre Haute), founded in 1923 and was acquired by
Elder-Beerman 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. •
Edward C. Minas Co. (
Hammond), also had a branch store in
Calumet City, Illinois at
River Oaks Center •
Root Dry Goods Co. (
Terre Haute) First opened in 1856 and operated until 1998 when it was sold to
May Department Stores and converted to
L.S. Ayres stores. Was owned by
Mercantile Stores from 1914 to 1998. •
L. Strauss & Co. (
Indianapolis) • Prevo. Founded in 1900 by Samuel C. Prevo. Closed in 1992 after 92 years of operation. •
Schultz's Family Stores (statewide and Illinois) •
H. P. Wasson and Company (Indianapolis) •
Weiler's Banner-Fair Incorporated (
Anderson,
Portland 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 •
Zayre (
Indianapolis) •
Ziesel's (
Elkhart), founded in 1904 and closed in 1986
Iowa •
Newman's (Cedar Rapids) •
Younkers Kansas •
ALCO Stores 8
Gorman's Department Store (Kansas City, Kansas) •
Henry's (Wichita) •
Joe Vaughan Men's Clothing (Kansas City, Kansas) •
Newman's (Arkansas City) •
Woolf Brothers (Wichita) •
Young's Department Store (Kansas City, Kansas)
Kentucky •
S.W. Anderson's (
Owensboro) •
J. Bacon's & Sons "Bacon's" (
Louisville), division of
Mercantile Stores Company. All locations merged into sister division
McAlpin's (
Cincinnati) 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
Hess's in 1987. •
Hess's (Louisville) •
Hub (Danville), opened 1906, renamed
Hub-Frankel by 1948. Closed in 1996. •
Kaufman-Straus (Louisville), changed to
Kaufman's (1960), purchased from
City Stores Company by
L. S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in 1969 and rebranded as
Ayres •
Mr. Wiggs •
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
Weiss Brothers (1961), name changed to
Gus Mayer (1970) •
Stewart Dry Goods (Louisville and Lexington), division of
Associated Dry Goods. Merged into
L. S. Ayres (
Indianapolis) along with
H & S Pogue Company (
Cincinnati) in the early 1980s, then Macy's 2006. •
Wolfe-Wile Co. (Lexington) •
Shopper's Fair (Paducah) ?
Louisiana •
Beall-Ladymon (Shreveport), purchased from Horace Ladymon by
Stage Stores, Inc. in 1994. Stores converted to Stage soon thereafter. •
D. H. Holmes (New Orleans), purchased by
Dillard's in 1989 •
Krauss, 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) •
Palais Royal (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
Maine •
Ames Department Store •
Arlan's Department Store (
Portland) •
Ben Franklin's (
Bucksport) •
Bradlee's •
Britt's (
Ellsworth) •
Grants Department Store (Bangor, Belfast,
Biddeford, Calais, Old Town,
Rockland, Portland, Brunswick) • LS Hall Company
Caribou, Maine •
Mammoth Mart (Bangor, Biddeford, Brunswick,
Scarborough,
Waterville), Ellsworth •
McLellan's (
Waterville,
Westbrook) •
J.J. Newberry (Lincoln, Millinocket, Calais, Eastport, Ellsworth, Brunswick,
Norway) •
Porteous, Mitchell & Braun (Congress Street, Portland), branch locations in
Auburn,
Bangor, Brunswick,
Presque Isle,
South Portland,
Newington, New Hampshire and
Burlington, Vermont •
Freese's, Main St Bangor, Maine
Maryland •
Bradlees (Dundalk, Baltimore) •
Garfinckel's (
Washington, D.C., and Maryland suburbs) • Hamburgers (Baltimore) Originally Isaac Hamburger & Son's clothiers •
Hechinger (Landover, Baltimore and Maryland suburbs) •
Hecht's (Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Maryland suburbs), converted to Macy's 2006 •
Hochschild Kohn's (Baltimore and Maryland suburbs) •
Hutzler's (Baltimore and Maryland suburbs) •
S. Klein (
Beltway Plaza,
Greenbelt)
Lansburgh's (
Rockville) •
Lazarus (
Cumberland) •
Rosenbaum Brothers (Cumberland) •
Stewart's (Baltimore and Maryland suburbs) •
Sunny's Surplus (Baltimore, Dundalk, Elkridge, Towson) •
Woodward & Lothrop aka Woodies (Washington, D. C. and Maryland suburbs)
Massachusetts •
AJ Wright (Framingham) Sold by TJX Companies, in 2010 • Almy's, closed 1985 •
Ames,
Southbridge, closed 2002 •
Ann & Hope (
Seekonk,
North Dartmouth,
Danvers and
Watertown) closed in 2001 •
Arlan's Department Store (
New Bedford,
Fall River, Massachusetts •
The Bon Marché (Lowell), later merged into
Jordan Marsh •
Bradlees (
Boston,
Somerset, Massachusetts) •
Building#19,
Swansea, Massachusetts,
New Bedford, Massachusetts •
Denholm & McKay (Worcester), two branches at one time •
Filene's (Boston), converted to Macy's 2006 •
Filene's Basement (Boston), separated from parent Filene's in 1988, closed 2011 •
Forbes & Wallace (
Springfield •
Gilchrist's (Boston) •
W. T. Grant, bankrupt in 1976,
Fall River, Massachusetts,
Somerset, Massachusetts •
J.M. Fields,
Fall River, Massachusetts Chelmsford, Massachusetts •
Jordan Marsh (Boston), converted to
Macy's 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, originally Lechmere Sales (Cambridge), closed 1997,
Seekonk, Massachusetts •
Mammoth Mart (flagship store in
Framingham) •
Raymond's Department Stores (Boston, also Dedham and other locations) •
Rich's (Salem,
Greenfield and other locations), closed 1997 •
Spag's (
Shrewsbury), 1936–2004, sold to
Building#19 •
R. H. Stearns and Company (Boston) •
Service Merchandise •
Stuart's Department Store (Lowell) •
Zayre (Framingham),
Fall River, Massachusetts •
Wilson's (
Greenfield, Massachusetts)
Michigan • A. B. Taylor
Saugatuck •
Ames Department Store,
Menominee •
Arbaugh's of
Lansing, also known as Cameron & Arbaugh. See
The Arbaugh. •
Arlan's Department Store (
Detroit) though not opened in Detroit until 1960s expansion, founded in 1945, bankrupt in 1973 •
B. Altman and Company Meridian Mall,
Lansing. • Barie Dry Goods • B. Siegel (Detroit), eight stores at chain's peak, closed in 1981. • Boston Store Company. Originating with Isaac and Rachel Kratzenstein, it became the Kratze Bros. Department Store in 1912. Bought by the Boston Store Company, which was established by Charles Netcher and local businessmen in 1921. In the deal, the building and stock came to $125,000-$150,000, which was "one of the biggest mercantile deals in the history of Escanaba. Large company which "owned one of the most modern and complete mercantile buildings in the Upper Peninsula." • Cameron & Arbaugh Department Store,
Lansing • Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (
Carson's), locations in
Benton Harbor,
Howell,
Livonia,
Rochester Hills and
Clinton Township. • C. B. Williams
Alpena • Ciechanowski's Dry Goods,
Hamtramck • Colonial Merchandise Mart, downtown
Detroit), housed in its headquarters building, an
Art Deco architecture building, that is replicated in
Lego bricks. • Crapo Department Store,
Bay City Had expanded as far as Ann Arbor and Flint. • Davidson's Department Store,
Hillman,
Palmer • Department Store & Warehouse, E.A. Alray, Prop.
Middleville •
Elder-Beerman, locations in Adrian, Benton Harbor, Howell, Midland, Monroe, and Norton Shores. Ohio based company. Michigan stores opened in 1987. •
E.J. Korvette Korvette's Founded 1948, Bankrupt 1980. • E.L. Leland & Co.
Saugatuck • Gilmore Brother's 1881–1999
Kalamazoo. Locations in downtown Kalamazoo, Southland, Maple Hill Mall and in Battle Creek's Lakeview Square Mall. • Gantos.
Grand Rapids 1932–2000. Lebanese immigrant Theodore Gantos is the founder. Women's wear boutique. • Goodridge Brothers
Saginaw • Gordman's.
Petoskey and
Cheboygan • Goshorn's Store
Saugatuck •
Hale's Department Store,
South Haven, 154 years. • Heavenrich's
Saginaw. •
Himelhoch's (
Detroit), 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. Closed in 1977. "Fifty years later, the chain had stretched across the country, and even to Paris." Its original location on Washington Boulevard is a historic landmark. • Houseman's
Grand Rapids. • Howell's Department Store,
Howell •
Julian Scott Department Store Detroit • Kahn's Department Store,
Mikado • Kennedy's Department Store,
Manistee •
Kern's Detroit, closed in 1959. •
Kresge's and
S. S. Kresge (
Michigan) (incorporated in 1899), • Larsen's Department Store,
Manistee Its flagship store in
Marinette, Wisconsin is a registered historic place. The chain consisted of 13 stores in
Wisconsin,
Michigan, and
Iowa. •
Lord & Taylor •
The L.H. Field Company Jackson (1869–1991) • Lloyd's Department Store, a/k/a "The Wonder Store" (1926–1946)
Menominee • 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. • Marsh's Department Store
Au Gres • The M.W.Tanner Company Department Store,
Saginaw • Mill End,
Bay City and
Clare •
Milliken's,
Traverse City with branches in
Manistee,
Cadillac, and
Mount Pleasant. Jackson, Harper Woods, Lansing, Southfield, Southgate, Livonia Pontiac, Royal Oak Wyoming Ludington, Manistee, Port Huron, Roseville, Three Rivers. • Morrison and Schneider
Seney and
Germfask (1893–1914) • Mott's Department Store
Dundee. • Niergarth Department Store,
Reed City •
Newberry's,
Manistee • O.A. Wolbrink & Sons Department Store,
Ganges • Penzlauer & Bros.
Saulte Ste. Marie (1868 – 1906). In 1887 they established what became "a mammoth" department with some 17,790 square feet, four stories tall. "It was considered at opening "the largest general store in Michigan outside Detroit." Penzlauer Bros. had large lumber-related business. In 1906 when they sold out and opened a store in Los Angeles. The successor was Cowan & Hunt, who renamed the store Penzlauer Bros. & Company. On January 1, 1918 the name was changed to Cowan & Hunt. Both companies hired women clerks and in 1918 there were 29 women working there. According to Twentieth Century Retailing in Downtown Detroit by Michael Hauser and Marianne Weldon it was "the first large retail concern to extend credit at retail." • Roberts Department Store
Sandusky Sold to and operated as Herpolsheimer's (of Grand Rapids) for a period. • Rogers Department Store
Grand Rapids. • Rudyard Department Store
Rudyard • Sam & Son Cut Rate
Plymouth • Seegert's & Klump Hardware,
Riga •
Shoppers Fair By December 1974, all of the Detroit stores were closed, and by 1975, the ten remaining stores in the chain had gone out of business as well. • Shoppers' World
Highland Park • B. Siegel & Company, originally Heyns Bazaar. Fine-clothing store "reputed to be the finest and most complete suit and cloak store in America," bankrupt in 1981. •
Smith Bridgman Flint. • J.B. Sperry (Sperry's) (1893–2000),
Port Huron • Stage Department Store,
Cadillac •
Steketee's (Grand Rapids), with branches at Eastbrook Mall and in Kalamazoo (Maple Hill Mall), Holland (Westshore Mall), Grand Haven, and downtown Muskegon (Muskegon Mall),
Muskegon • Teerman's,
Holland. • Tempo Department Store, then a part of
Gambles Store network.
Menominee (1967–1975) • Toeller's (Battle Creek), sold to L. W. Robinson Co. in 1971. The Calhoun County Toeller Building was designed by Cain Associates and dedicated in September, 1977. • Tom Hinzelman's Department Store,
Manistique • Tripp's Department Store,
Allegan • The White Store,
Lapeer • Wiechmann's Department Store, downtown and
Fashion Square Mall,
Saginaw •
Winkelman's, (Detroit). • Wonderland Discount Department Stores,
Laporte and
Michigan City, Indiana and
Dowagiac,
Niles and
South Haven, Michigan •
Woolworth • W.J. Loder Hardware Store, purchased in 1893 by J.B. Sperry,
Port Huron • Zolkower Department Stores, many locations in the Detroit area, 1919–1962. Stores were located in
Delray,
Allen Park,
Dearborn and
Farmington.
Minnesota •
Dayton's (
Minneapolis), est. 1902, converted to
Marshall Field & Company in 2001, then
Macy's 2006 •
Donaldson's (Minneapolis), est. 1883, converted to
Carson Pirie Scott in 1987 and closed in 1995 •
Goldfine’s (Duluth) closed in 1975 •
Harold's (Minneapolis) •
Herberger's (St. Cloud) • Norby's Department Store
Detroit Lakes •
Powers Dry Goods (Minneapolis), est. 1881, acquired by
Associated Dry Goods in 1920, merged with Donaldson's in 1985 •
Salkin & Linoff (Minneapolis) •
Young-Quinlan (Minneapolis)
Mississippi •
McRae's (
Jackson), acquired by
Belk in 2006
Missouri •
Famous-Barr (
St. Louis), founded 1911, flagship of
May, acquired by
Macy's 2006 •
Goedeker's 1847 filed for bankruptcy, despite being founded in 1951. •
Heer's (
Springfield), established in 1869, closed in 1995 •
The Jones Store (Kansas City), absorbed by May Department Stores 1998, sold to Macy's chain 2006 •
The Paris (Kansas City) •
Kmart (St. Louis) •
Newman's (
Joplin), acquired by parent company of
Heer's of
Springfield in the early 1980s, closed in 1995 •
Scruggs Vandervoort & Barney (
St. Louis), closed in 1967 •
Stix, Baer, Fuller (St. Louis), acquired by
Dillard's in 1983 • Townsend & Wall (
St. Joseph) •
Venture Stores (St. Louis) •
Woolf Brothers (Kansas City), founded 1865, closed in 1992. (See
Herbert M. Woolf.)
Montana •
Buttrey's (
Havre) (
Miles City) (
Wolf Point, Montana) •
Cole's (Billings) •
Hennessy's, acquired by
Dillard's in 1998 •
J.M. McDonald (
Montana,
Wyoming, others)
Nebraska •
J.L. Brandeis and Sons Store (
Omaha), acquired by
Younkers in 1987 •
Gold and Company (
Lincoln), acquired by
J.L. Brandeis and Sons Store in 1964. Building now Gold's Galleria office/retail complex. •
Herpolsheimer's (Lincoln), closed 1931. •
J.M. McDonald (
Hastings), 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 in 1929, closed in 1941 when Allied sold the contents of the store to Gold & Co. ·The Avenues: opened in 1949 and filed for chap 11 in 2010, closed all stores, except 3. 1 in NJ, 1 in OH, and 1 in FL.
Nevada •
Ronzone's (Las Vegas et al.)
New Hampshire •
Steinbach (
Manchester, New Hampshire) Sold to
The Bon-Ton New Jersey • Great Eastern (aka Great Eastern Mills) Paramus, NJ, Little Falls NJ, Elmont NY and others. Merged with Diana Stores, then
Daylin inc., which closed the chain •
Alexander's (
Paramus) •
Bamberger's (
Newark and other NJ locations), division of
R.H. Macy, converted to Macy's in 1986 •
Chase-Newark (Newark and 2 branches) •
J.M. Fields •
W. T. Grant •
Hahne and Company (
Newark and statewide), New Jersey's "
carriage trade" store merged into sister division
Lord & Taylor •
Jamesway •
E. J. Korvette (
North Brunswick Trenton) •
G.C. Murphy (
Salem, New Jersey) •
Kresge-Newark (Newark and 2 branches) •
Muir's Department Store •
Ohrbach's •
Reynolds Brothers (
Lakewood) •
Steinbach (New Jersey locations) •
Two Guys (also known as
Two Guys from Harrison) • Yards Department Store (
Trenton) • Tepper's (
Plainfield) • Quackenbush (
Paterson) Merged with Stern's
New Mexico New York (state) •
Abraham & Straus (
Brooklyn) •
J. N. Adam & Co. (
Buffalo) •
The Addis Company, merged with
Dey Brothers (
Syracuse) •
Alexander's (New York metropolitan area), declared bankruptcy in 1992 •
B. Altman and Company (New York City) •
AM&A's (
Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Company, Buffalo), purchased by
The Bon-Ton of
York, Pennsylvania in 1994 •
Arnold Constable (
Fifth Avenue, New York City) •
Barker's (multiple locations) •
Bamberger's •
Barneys New York •
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 (New York City,
Boston, and
upstate New York) •
Britt's (
Vestal) multiple locations including Gloversville/Johnstown •
Caldor •
Chappell's (
Syracuse), merged into
The Bon-Ton of
York, Pennsylvania in the 1990s •
De Pinna on
Fifth Avenue,
Manhattan •
Dey Brothers (
Dey's, Syracuse) •
Family Bargain Centers (Binghamton, Norwich, South Corning) •
J.M. Fields •
B. Forman Co. (
Rochester) •
Fowler, Dick & Walker – The Boston Store (
Binghamton), now
Boscov's •
Franklin Simon & Co. • Genung's (
White Plains and at least seven other locations), became Howland, then
Steinbach •
Georg Jensen Inc. (New York, NY) (
Manhattan) 1935–1968 •
Gertz Department Stores (
Queens,
Nassau and
Suffolk counties), owned by
Allied Stores; closed in 1982 and changed to
Stern's then Macy's •
Gimbels (
Manhattan). The rivalry of
Macy's and Gimbels is immortalized in
Miracle on 34th Street;
Bernard Gimbel, the owner of Gimbels, along with
Horace Saks founded
Saks Fifth Avenue •
Gold Circle (multiple locations) •
Grand Way (
Grand Union (supermarket)) •
W. T. Grant (Binghamton, Troy, Long Island, Queens, and others) •
Hens and Kelly (
Buffalo) •
Hess New Hartford, Rotterdam •
Hills Department Stores •
Jamesway (
Oneonta), currently Price Chopper Plaza Rte 28. Also Johnstown •
Jenss (Buffalo), closed their last location on September 15, 2000 •
Jupiter Stores, Division of the S.S. Kresge Company. • Kobacker, two locations in
Buffalo, New York; closure announced on December 27, 1972. No relation to Kobacker's Market, a grocery store in Brewster, New York •
E.J. Korvette (
New York City), closed 1980 •
Kresge's (multiple locations) •
Loehmann's, peaked at about 100 stores in 17 states, liquidated in 2014 after several bankruptcies. •
Lord & Taylor 1823-2020 •
Luckey, Platt & Company Department Store (
Poughkeepsie) •
Martin's (
Brooklyn) •
J.W. Mays (Downstate New York), closed 1989, now leases old store locations •
McClean's (Binghamton) •
McCrory's (Johnson City, Amsterdam, Utica, others) •
G. C. Murphy •
John G. Myers (
Albany) •
J.J. Newberry (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. •
Best, closed in 1996 •
Bargain City (Toledo), started by Hyman Swolsky in Toledo as Bargain Barn, later renamed Bargain City, sold to
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 • B.R. Baker, Toledo •
Donenfeld's (Dayton) •
Elder-Beerman •
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 •
Gold Circle (
Columbus, Ohio) part of the
Federated Stores Company •
Goldman's (Dayton) •
Gregg's (
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 •
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,
Mansfield,
Portsmouth), purchase by Davidson Bros., the parent of
Federal's in 1961 •
Lamson Brothers (
Toledo). Lamson's entered bankruptcy and closed in 1976. •
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
Elder-Beerman of
Dayton in 1985. •
Leader Store (
Lima), converted to
Elder-Beerman, still operating as of 2009 •
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. •
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 1967 •
Murphy's Mart •
Neisner's (
Lakewood, Ohio) & Warren Village Shopping Center
Cleveland, Ohio. Warren Village store burned in 1972, Lakewood store closed in 1978. •
Rattenberg's, (
Utica). •
Rike Kumler Co. (
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 Co. of Cleveland in 1964; Bargain City acquired by Gray Drug in 1967; both chains sold to Cook United in 1981; closed in 1987. •
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), 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
F&R Lazarus (Columbus). Select locations converted to Macy's 2006. • Stein's, Toledo •
Stern and Mann (
Canton), opened in 1887, close by the early 1990s •
Strouss (
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 1995 •
The Fashion (store) (
Columbus, Ohio), purchased by
Allied Stores in 1949; 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) •
Uncle Bill's, a northeast Ohio chain that was part of
Cook United stores. • Valley View (Brookfield), operated 1959–1995. •
Value City Sold by Schottenstein holdings of Columbus, re-branded as Halle's in 1980 and closed in 1983 •
Van Leunen's (
Cincinnati), closed in 1994 when parent company decided to focus on sporting goods •
Edward Wren Co. (
Springfield), also was known as Wren's, sold to
Allied Stores in 1952, merged with & rebranded as
William H. Block Co. (
Indianapolis) in 1984, closed 1987 •
Zayre 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), opened in 1904, closed in 1992
Oklahoma •
Froug's (
Tulsa) •
John A. Brown (Oklahoma City), was part of
Dayton Hudson; absorbed by
Dillard's •
Oertle's (Tulsa) •
Renberg's (Tulsa)
Oregon •
Lipman's (was part of
Dayton Hudson) •
Olds, Wortman & King (
Portland) •
Emporium (also known as Troutman's Emporium) •
Meier & Frank •
G.I. Joe's Pennsylvania •
Ames •
Bamberger's (Newark and other NJ locations), division of R.H. Macy, most former locations switched to Macy's in 1986 •
BEST •
Big N (1960s) •
Bloom Brothers Department Stores (
Chambersburg,
Waynesboro,
Dry Run, and
Burnt Cabins; also
Baltimore, Maryland), 1897–1944 •
Boston Store (
Erie) •
Bradlees •
Britt's Department Store (
Allentown) •
Caldor •
Cox's (
McKeesport), 1955–1983 •
E. J. Korvette (
Philadelphia area) •
Fisher's Big Wheel, closed in 1994 •
Fowler, Dick & Walker, The Boston Store (downtown
Wilkes-Barre), converted to
Boscov's •
Frank & Seder (
Pittsburgh) •
GC Murphy Co. (Pittsburgh & suburbs) •
Gee Bee Department Stores •
Gimbels (
Philadelphia, Downtown Pittsburgh and suburbs) •
The Globe Store (
Scranton), closed in 1994 •
Glosser Brothers •
Gold Circle •
(W.T.) Grant's Department Store (
Sayre) •
Hess's (
Allentown), closed in 1996 •
Hills Department Stores •
Horne's (
Pittsburgh), closed in 1994 •
Jamesway •
J.M. Fields •
John Wanamaker or
Wanamaker's (
Philadelphia), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington, DC–based Woodward & Lothrop owned by
Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company (
Hecht's) in 1995; merged with
Federated Department Stores in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.) • Katz Bros. (Honesdale) •
Kaufman's (
Uniontown) •
Kaufmann's (Pittsburgh), converted to Macy's 2006 •
S. Klein (Broomall) •
Kresge's (Pittsburgh and Suburbs) (S.S. Kresge was also the founder of K-Mart Stores) •
S. H. Kress & Co. (
Nanticoke) •
Laneco (
Easton) •
Lazarus (Downtown Pittsburgh and suburbs) – now Macy's •
Leh's (
Allentown area), closed in 1994 •
Lit Brothers (
Philadelphia), closed in 1977 • LL Stearns
Williamsport, Pennsylvania •
McCrory •
Metzlers •
Montgomery Ward •
Murphy's Mart (Pittsburgh and Suburbs) •
J.J. Newberry (multiple locations) •
Orr's (
Bethlehem,
Easton), closed in 1993 •
Penn Traffic •
Service Merchandise •
Snellenburg's (Philadelphia area), 1869–1962 •
Strawbridge & Clothier (Philadelphia), converted to Macy's 2006 •
Towers (Pittsburgh and suburbs) •
Trader Horn (Butler) •
Two Guys Department Store •
The Bon-Ton Department Store (Based in York, Pa.) •
Watt & Shand (
Lancaster), sold to
The Bon-Ton •
Woolworth's (Pittsburgh and suburbs) •
Zayre (Pittsburgh & suburbs) •
Zollinger Harned (Allentown)
Rhode Island •
Apex Stores (flagship in
Pawtucket) •
The Outlet Company (Providence) •
The Shepard Co. (Providence) •
Benny's, a discount store based in
Smithfield that had locations in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. All locations closed in December 2017. •
Ann & Hope (
Cumberland) Downgraded in 2001 closed all outlet stores in 2020.
South Carolina •
J. B. White South Dakota •
Fantle's Tennessee •
Bry's (
Memphis), sold to the parent company of
Lowenstein's in 1956 before going out of business •
Cain-Sloan (
Nashville), absorbed by
Dillard's •
Castner Knott (Nashville), division of
Mercantile Stores Company •
Fazio's •
Gerber's (Memphis), closed in 1975 •
Foley's (Foley Brothers) (
Houston), division of
May Company, converted to Macy's in 2006 •
Frost Bros. (San Antonio) •
Gemco (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 (El Paso) •
Sakowitz (Houston) •
Sanger-Harris (Dallas), division of Federated Department Stores, merged into sister division
Foley's (Houston) in 1987, converted to Macy's in 2006 •
Sanger Brothers (Dallas) •
E.M. Scarbrough & Sons (Austin) •
Stripling & Cox (Fort Worth) •
Cox's (Fort Worth) merged with
W.C. Stripling & Sons •
W.C. Stripling & Sons (Fort Worth), merged with
Cox's •
The Fair Store (Department store in Port Arthur, Beaumont, and Galveston in the 1970s) •
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
1985, acquired 1999 by
Kroger in a merger and operations assumed by
Smith's Food and Drug Stores (now a separate division of Kroger and converted into
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 • Abernathy's (
Church Street,
Burlington) •
Britts Department Store (
Springfield) •
Grand Way (
South Burlington) • Magram's (Church Street, Burlington (1914–1990), and
Rutland (1976–1989))
Virginia •
Bradlees •
BEST •
GC Murphy Co. •
Hechts (bought by
The May Department Stores Company in 1959, took over
Thalhimer's and
Miller & Rhoads in 1990, bought by
Federated Department Stores in 2005 and spun off into
Macy's East and
Macy's South in 2006) •
S.H. Heironimus (
Roanoke) •
J.M. Fields •
Miller & Rhoads (
Richmond) •
Rices Nachmans, formerly the Rices and Nachmans chains (Norfolk/Hampton Roads metro area) •
Robert Hall Village •
Thalhimers (Richmond)
Washington (state) •
The Crescent (
Spokane), a division of
B.A.T.U.S •
Frederick & Nelson (
Seattle), division of
Marshall Field & Company (Chicago) •
Lamonts •
Peoples (
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) •
White Front (
Burien,
Tacoma,
Shoreline,
Bellevue,
Everett), 1969 to 1972
West Virginia •
Ames various locations •
The Diamond (Charleston and
Vienna) •
Gee Bee Part of Glosser Brothers of Ohio. •
Heck's Department Store, shuttered in the early 1990s •
Hills •
L.A. Joe Department Store •
G. C. Murphy •
Stone & Thomas, West Virginia's biggest department store chain; bought by
Elder-Beerman in 1998 •
Watson's Wisconsin •
Boston Store (
Milwaukee) •
T.A. Chapman Co. (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
Marshall Field's then one former Gimbels location (
Madison) to Macy's 2006. •
Hoff Department Store (Mount Horeb) closed 1984 •
H.C. Prange Co. (
Sheboygan), sold to
Younkers in 1992 •
Lauerman's (Marinette) Thirteen stores in Northeastern Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and Iowa. •
Prange Way (
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."
Wyoming • Stockgrowers Mercantile Co. (
Rock Springs), opened in the 1870s as Tim Kinney and Co. == See also ==