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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.
In 1997, McCrory's closed 300 of its last 460 stores. The company also converted some stores to their Dollar Zone format of dollar store, but these closed in early 2002. [9] In December 2001, McCrory announced that the remaining McCrory, [9] TG&Y, G. C. Murphy and J.J. Newberry stores would begin liquidation. In February 2002, McCrory Stores ...
F. C. Nash & Co. – Nash's (Pasadena), at one time had 5 stores in downtown locations in neighboring small cities during the 1950s and 1960s, founded in 1889 as a grocery store, became a department store in 1921, branch stores were unable to compete with larger chains opening in malls built in the late 1960s and early 1970s and had to be ...
A&P – also known as The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company; filed for bankruptcy for the second time in July 2015 and closed its last store in November 2015 [111] ABC Markets; ABCO Foods- former Arizona division of Alpha Beta spun off in 1984; stores closed by 2003; AJ Bayless- Arizona; stores sold to Bashas' in 1993
Defunct department stores based in Chicago (9 P) M. Defunct manufacturing companies based in Chicago (2 C, 35 P) N. Defunct newspapers published in Chicago (1 C, 58 P)
Pages in category "Defunct discount stores of the United States" The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dixie Square Mall was an enclosed shopping mall at the junction of 151st Street and Dixie Highway in the Chicago suburb of Harvey, Illinois, United States.Opened in 1966, the mall featured Montgomery Ward, JCPenney, Woolworth, Walgreens, and Jewel as its anchor stores, with discount store Turn Style joining in 1970.
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.