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They entered the St. Louis, MO market in 1995, opening in Webster Groves in St. Louis County. At that time, Value City had 79 stores. They acquired the Grandpa's discount chain in 1999, which included 15 stores in the St. Louis area. [3] Retail Ventures originally sought to sell the Value City operation to focus on its more profitable brands. [4]
GrandPa's or GrandPa Pidgeon's was a discount store founded in 1954 by Tom and Mildred Pidgeon, spreading across the midwest from its Bridgeton, Missouri (located in St. Louis County) origins, which remained truly "discount", when most others like Venture, Kmart and Target gradually raised prices in order to finance a more attractive layout and broader range of merchandise.
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 , acquired by parent company of Heer's of Springfield in the early 1980s, closed in 1995; Scruggs Vandervoort & Barney , closed in 1967; Stix, Baer, Fuller (St. Louis), acquired by Dillard's in 1983
The chains have been closing money-losing stores and transferring prescription files to more profitable locations. Nearly 30% of US drugstores closed in one decade, study shows Skip to main content
Tom Holley owned the local Grandpa's chain in St. Louis, which he sold in November 1999 to Value City so he could open additional Deal$ stores after the first few proved successful. It eventually evolved into a chain of 41 discount dollar stores located from Missouri to Ohio. Later acquired by SuperValu on May 20, 2002, Deal$ had grown to 53 ...
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Litin's Party Value, a Minneapolis party supply store that began as a wholesaler of paper goods in the late 1940s, is closing, owner Ned Litin said. Starting this week, items will be significantly ...
Miller & Rhoads closed and became Montgomery Ward in 1990, [4] which closed in 1997 and became Value City in 1999. In 1992, the Thalhimer's store was converted to Hecht's, [5] which in turn became Macy's in 2006. CBL & Associates Properties acquired the mall from Faison in 2003. [6] Value City closed in 2008 and was demolished for a new movie ...