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TG&Y was a five and dime, or chain of variety stores and larger discount stores in the United States.At its peak, there were more than 900 stores in 29 states. Starting out during the Great Depression in rural areas and eventually moving into cities, TG&Y stores were firmly embedded in southern culture as modern-day general stores with a bit of everything.
Bailey Brothers (Cleveland, Ohio) Later Bailey's Department Store, closed 1968. [369] [370] B.R. Baker, Toledo [371] Buckeye Mart (Columbus, Ohio) owned by 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.
Many TG&Y stores were larger than the typical 10,000 to 15,000 square foot McCrory store, and the merchandise mix was very different. The TG&Y stores were not profitable and a drain on corporate assets. McCrory converted many of the TG&Y stores to the Bargain Time brand. They were closed by the end of the decade.
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Larger format variety stores, also known as dime stores or 5 and 10 cent stores. Especially W. T. Grant [3] and TG&Y [4] promoted its locations as "junior department stores", but also at times J. J. Newberry and even Thrifty Drug Stores, [5] which originated as a drug store that started selling general merchandise , did so in Southern California.
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