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Drug Emporium is the name of a discount drug store corporation, founded in 1977 in Columbus, Ohio, that was sold to several different buyers during 2000 to 2001.Although several store locations continue to use the Drug Emporium name, these locations are no longer affiliated with the now-defunct Columbus-based corporation.
Snyder Drug Stores – acquired by Walgreens in 2010; Standard Drug Company – was part of Melville Corporation; SupeRx – Kroger created the first SupeRx store in 1961 with most stores next door or very close to existing Kroger stores [75] [76] Thrift Drug – merged into Eckerd after J.C. Penney bought Eckerd
On June 29, 2017, Walgreens announced the cancellation of the merger. Walgreens instead offered to purchase 2,186 Rite Aid stores, less than half of the chain, for $5.18 billion (plus a $325 million cancellation penalty), a deal which would have seen Rite Aid effectively exit the southeastern United States.
Big Lots Stores, Inc. (stylized as Big Lots!) is a soon-to-be-defunct American discount retail chain headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1967 as Consolidated Stores, it has over 900 locations across the United States. Big Lots stores typically sell closeout and overstock merchandise from other stores, although some stores also sell ...
Although Eastland itself was a single-story mall, all three of its original anchor stores were constructed with two stories of retail space. The Sears store closed off its upper level at some point during the 1980s. With the closure and subsequent demolition of Northland in 2002, Eastland became the oldest shopping mall in the Columbus metro area.
Lazarus developed or was an early adopter of many shopping innovations such as "one low price" (no bargaining necessary, earlier implemented by the John Wanamaker Store [3]), first department store escalators in the country, first air-conditioned store in the country, and Fred Lazarus Jr. successfully lobbied President Franklin Roosevelt to ...
Schottenstein Stores Corp., based in Columbus, Ohio, is a holding company for various ventures of the Schottenstein family. Jay Schottenstein and his sons Joey Schottenstein , Jonathan Schottenstein , and Jeffrey Schottenstein are the primary holders in the company.
Sun Television and Appliances was a speciality retailer of consumer electronics, home appliances, and office equipment founded in 1949 by brothers Macy and Herbie Block. The company had stores in cities throughout the midwest, and also operated stores in rural areas of the United States, where there was no other competition [1] in Ohio, Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia ...