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Shopko.com at the Wayback Machine (archived January 5, 2019) Shopko (stylized as SHOPKO, formerly stylized as ShopKo) was a chain of department stores based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. All locations closed on June 23, 2019, with the exception of the Shopko Optical locations, [3] which continue to operate. The company was founded in 1962 by James ...
The store was originally a PayLess Discount Store, another retail brand launched by Shopko founder James Ruben, with some elements of a Shopko store inside, according to an April 1968 Press ...
In 1971, the discount store chain ShopKo was acquired by SuperValu, Inc., and was spun off in 1991 to form a separate, publicly traded company. SuperValu retained a 46% interest in the new company, which Shopko later purchased in 1997. SuperValu founded the clothing store County Seat in 1973 and sold it to Carson Pirie Scott in 1983.
Jill Soltau started her career at Carson Pirie Scott before moving into senior level positions at Sears and Kohl's.In 2007, she joined Shopko where she served in various roles before becoming president of the company in 2013.
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Once Sun Capital bought Shopko, it forced the retailer to sell most of its property, locking the retailer into 15-to-20-year leases and saddling it with expensive rental fees that drained the ...
Pamida. Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, market, housewares, pharmacy. Pamida / pəˈmaɪdə / was a chain of department stores with more than 175 locations in 16 Midwestern and West Central U.S. states. Founded by D.J. Witherspoon and Lee Wegener in 1963, Pamida stores were generally located in ...
Shopko is going out of business after more than half a century serving the northern U.S. Its demise will put more than $2 billion of annual sales up for grabs.