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Younkers Inc. (/ ˈ j ɒ ŋ k ər z /) [2] is an American online retailer and former department store chain founded as a family-run dry goods business in 1856 in Keokuk, Iowa. The retailer had evolved over more than 150 years to include a presence in locations throughout Iowa and bordering states in the Midwest region of the United States.
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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 [3]
Younkers closed their downtown Des Moines location on August 12, 2005. Part of the building was destroyed in a fire during the early morning hours of March 29, 2014, that caused the upper floors of the building to collapse. At the time of the fire, the building was undergoing renovation into 120 apartments and retail space. [3]
Younkers, American department store; Younker Brothers Department Store, historic building in Des Moines, Iowa This page was last edited on 21 ...
Prange Way logo. Prange Way began as a bargain basement store called Prange's Budget Store in the flagship building in 1911. The Prange Way chain later evolved into a discount department store, with several locations throughout Wisconsin and Illinois. Two of their first major discount stores called Prange Way opened between 1965 and 1966 in the ...
They made a deal with Younkers, another department store based out of Des Moines, and sold its chain to Younkers in 1987. Younkers kept 11 of the stores and converted them to the Younkers name. Younkers kept 11 of the stores and converted them to the Younkers name.
In 1968, Younkers was opened as the Kennedy Mall's first store. [4] This was followed by Montgomery Ward in May 1969, [5] and Roshek's in the fall of 1970. The mall was formally opened on April 15, 1970, with F. W. Woolworth Company operating as a junior anchor. At the time, it had sixty stores, which made it Iowa's largest enclosed mall.