List of defunct department stores of the United States

This is a list of defunct department stores of the United States, from small-town one-unit stores to mega-chains, which have disappeared over the past 100 years. Many closed, while others were sold or merged with other department stores.

Department stores merged with Federated and May

Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1990 and 2005 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company with many stores becoming units of Macy's, Inc.. The following is a list of the affected stores, including some local and regional stores that earlier had been absorbed into chains that became part of Federated, May, or Macy's.

• Abraham & Straus (Macy's in 1995)
  • D. M. Read
• Bamberger's (Macy's in 1986)
• The Bon Marché (Macy's in 2005)
  • C.C. Anderson's Golden Rule (The Bon Marché in 1923)
    • The Paris (The Bon Marché in the early 1980s)
  • Barnes-Woodin Co. (Yakima, Washington, The Bon Marché in 1952)
  • Columbia River Mercantile (Longview, Washington, The Bon Marché in 1953)
  • Draper's (The Bon Marché after World War II)
  • A. M. Jensen's (Walla Walla, Washington, The Bon Marché in 1951)
  • Missoula Mercantile Co. (Missoula, Montana, The Bon Marché in 1981)
  • Montague-McHugh (Bellingham, Washington, The Bon Marché in the 1950s)
  • Runbaugh-Mclain (Everett, Washington, The Bon Marché in 1952)
  • Stone-Fisher Co. (Tacoma, Washington, The Bon Marché in 1952)
  • Russell's (The Bon Marché after World War II)
• Bullock's (Macy's in 1996)
  • Bullocks Wilshire
• Burdines (Macy's in 2005)
  • Maas Brothers
• Carter Hawley Hale Stores (merged into Macy's West 1996)
  • The Broadway (Southern California). Headquartered in Los Angeles.
  • Emporium-Capwell (Northern California)
    • Capwell's (East Bay)
    • The Emporium (San Francisco and South Bay, North Bay)
  • Hale Bros. (San Francisco and Sacramento)
  • Weinstock's (Sacramento and Reno)
• Davison's (Macy's in 1986)
• The F & R Lazarus and Co. (Macy's in 2005)
  • Shillito's
  • Rike Kumler Co. (Rike's)
  • William H. Block Co. (Blocks)
  • Joseph Horne Co. (Horne's)
  • Herpolsheimer's
• Famous-Barr (Macy's in 2006)
  • William Barr Dry Goods Co.
  • The Famous Clothing Store
• Filene's (Macy's in 2006)
  • Filene's Basement (separated from Filene's in 1988, closed in 2011)
  • G. Fox & Co.
  • B. Peck & Co. (sold to Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.)^[1]
• Foley's (Macy's in 2006)
  • May-Daniels & Fisher
    • Daniels & Fisher
    • May Company Denver
    • The Denver Dry Goods Company
    • Z.L. White
  • Sanger-Harris
    • A. Harris
    • Sanger Brothers
• Gold Circle (discount store chain) Founded in 1967 by Federated; merged into Richway in 1988 and later dismantled during 1990 bankruptcy
• Gold Triangle (discount store chain for electronics, appliances, home building supply, sporting goods, photography, housewares) Founded in 1970 - closed in 1981, 6 Florida locations - 3 Miami, Plantation, Tampa and Orlando.
• Goldwater's
• Goldsmith's Merged into Rich's in mid-1980s. (Macy's in 2005)
• Hecht's (Macy's in 2006)
  • Castner Knott (Hecht's in 1998)
  • Strawbridge's (Macy's in 2006)
  • Thalhimers
  • Woodward & Lothrop
• I. Magnin, owned by Federated 1965-1988 and R.H. Macy Co. 1988-1994; most stores closed 1988-1993, remainder of stores converted to Macy's West and Bullock's or sold to Saks Fifth Avenue. Union Square, San Francisco location eventually incorporated into adjacent Macy's.
• John Wanamaker or Wanamaker's (Philadelphia and New York City flagship stores), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company in 1995; merged with Federated Department Stores in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.)
• The Jones Store (Macy's in 2006)
• Jordan Marsh (Macy's in 1996)
• Kaufmann's (Macy's in 2006)
  • May Company Ohio
    • O'Neil's (department store)
      • Stark Dry Goods - Canton (department store)
  • Sibley's
    • William Hengerer Co.
  • Strouss-Hirshberg
• L.S. Ayres (Macy's in 2006)
  • Stewart's
  • H. & S. Pogue Company
  • Wolf and Dessauer
• Liberty House (Macy's in 2001)
• Marshall Field's (Macy's in 2006)
  • Dayton's (Marshall Field's in 2001)
  • Frederick & Nelson (defunct in 1992)
    • The Crescent (department store) (defunct in 1992)
    • Lipman's
  • Halle Brothers Co.
  • Hudson's (Marshall Field's in 2001)
  • J.B. Ivey & Co.
• Meier & Frank (Macy's in 2006)
  • Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution (Meier & Frank in 2001)
• O'Connor Moffat & Co., purchased by R.H. Macy in 1945, renamed Macy's in 1947. Their Union Square, San Francisco location is Macy's flagship West Coast store and headquarters of Macy's West.
• Rich's (Macy's in 2005)
• Robinsons-May (Macy's in 2006)
  • May Company California (Robinsons-May in 1993)
    • Hamburger's
  • J. W. Robinson's (Robinsons-May in 1993)
• Stern's (Macy's in 2001)
  • Gertz

Other department stores

Alabama

• Duncan's (Gadsden)
• Dunnavant's (Huntsville)
• Gayfer's (Mobile)
• Hammel's (Mobile)
• Loveman's (Birmingham)
• Mazer's (Birmingham) Opened in 1932, closed in 2011.^[2]
• Montgomery Fair (Montgomery) Acquired by Gayfer's. Rosa Parks was an employee at the store.
• Parisian (Birmingham), sold to Belk 2006, renamed September 2007. Five stores sold to The Bon-Ton, converted to the Carson Pirie Scott name.
• Pizitz (Birmingham), 13-store Alabama chain, sold to McRae's 1987, renamed later that year
• Rogers (Florence) Became a division of Dunlap's that closed in 2007 after sale of store chain by Rogers family.

Alaska

• Northern Commercial (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kenai)

Arizona

• Babbit's (Flagstaff)
• Bashford-Burmister Co. (Prescott)
• Broadway Southwest (Mesa)
• Diamond's (Phoenix & Tucson, Albuquerque, Denver and Las Vegas), was part of Dayton Hudson
• Goldwater's (Phoenix)
• Jones & Hughes (Phoenix)
• Korrick's (Phoenix)
• Levy's (Tucson)
• Sanguinetti's (Yuma, Somerton, & Gadsden, Arizona; Cahto & Bard, California)
• Steinfeld's (Tucson)
• White House (Phoenix)
• Yellow Front Stores

Arkansas

• MM Cohn (Little Rock), 2007
• Gus Blass and Company Little Rock. Merged with Pfeifer Brothers and became Pfeifer Blass; became Dillards in 1974
• Pfeifer Brothers Little Rock. Merged with Gus Blass and Company and became Pfeifer Blass; became Dillards in 1974

California

• A.G.E.
• The Akron (Los Angeles), a Southern California-based "eclectic" department store chain that had specialized in carrying imported goods and unusual items such as parking meters and live Mexican monkeys, and which had stores as far north as San Francisco and far south as San Diego before it was forced to close it stores in 1985^[3][4][5]
• Blum's (San Jose), originally M. Blum & Co., established 1907;^[6] store appears to have closed shortly after death of owner and founder in 1940^[7]
• The Broadway (Los Angeles), converted to Macy's
• Brock's (Bakersfield), started in 1924 and sold to Gottschalks in 1987^[8][9]
• Breuner's
• Buffum's
• Bullock's (Los Angeles), converted to Macy's
• Bullocks Wilshire (Los Angeles), converted to I. Magnin, then Macy's
• Butler Brothers (California)
• Carithers's (Petaluma), closed in 1986^[10]
• CBSS (Sacramento)
• H. C. Capwell Co. (Oakland), merged with Emporium in 1929 to form the Emporium Capwell Co. holding company, Emporium-Capwell was acquired by Broadway-Hale Stores in 1970, Broadway-Hale Stores later became Carter Hawley Hale Stores and then Broadway Stores, Inc.; during this time, Capwell kept its name until 1979^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]}
• City of Paris Dry Goods Co. (San Francisco), became City of Paris by Liberty House. Demolished except the rotunda, now part of Neiman Marcus.
• Crowley's (Vallejo)
• Daly's (Eureka), closed in 1995^[17]
• Desmond's
• Disco Department Stores (San Rafael), chain of discount stores located in Northern California and Northern Nevada, first store was opened in San Rafael in 1956 as Marin Associated Consumers by co-founder William L. Simmons,^[18] stores were later renamed MAC Disco Mart and then MAC Disco Discount Department Stores,^[19] chain sold to Daylin in 1966 and renamed Disco Discount Department Stores, first store outside of Northern California opened in Reno in 1968,^[20] stores were closed by 1975 due to financial problems with parent company^[21]
• Fedco
• FedMart
• Fedway (Los Angeles) – first store in this division opened (in Texas) in 1952 by Federated Department Stores; Westwood store (first in California) opened in 1953; all stores closed and sold off in 1968^{[22][23][24][25][26]}
• Frink's (Pasadena), founded by Jose and Lola Frink in the early twentieth century, but closed by mid-century^[27]
• Gemco
• Goodman's (San Francisco)
• Gottschalks, bankrupt March 31, 2009, which closed all of the stores.^[28] A few former Gottschalks stores were replaced as Macy's and Forever 21 in the Pacific region. There were plans to reopen stores in Auburn, Clovis and Oakhurst in spring 2011,^[29][30] but the deal ultimately fell through.^[31]
  • Gottschalks Mainline, clearance, etc.
• Grodin's (San Francisco Bay Area), a 36-unit chain of men's and women's specialty stores, closed in January 1987.^[32]
• Graysons
• Hale's (Hale Brothers) (Sacramento/San Francisco), merged with Broadway in 1970 to form the Broadway-Hale holding company while keep its name on its stores,^{[16][33][34][35][36]} merged into The Emporium under Carter, Hawley & Hale
• A. Hamburger & Sons. (Los Angeles), founded in 1881, purchased by May Co. 1923 and renamed May Company California^{[37][38][39][40][41][42]}
  

  Christmas advertisement for Hamburger's Department Store, Los Angeles, 1905
• Harris Department Store, absorbed by Gottschalks
• Hart's Department Store (San Jose)^[43]
• Henshey's (Santa Monica), finally closed in 1992 after being in business since 1925^[44][45]
• Hilson's (Martinez), three locations closed 2001^[46]
• Hink's (Berkeley), also known as J.F. Hink & Son, closed in 1985^[47]
• Hinshaw's (Arcadia and Whittier), both stores were closed in 1992^[48]
• Jeremys (San Francisco, Berkeley) closed 2016
• Kahn's (Oakland), founded by Israel Kahn in 1879, acquired by newly formed B. F. Schlesinger & Sons in 1925,^[49][50][51] B.F. Schlesinger & Sons was renamed Western Department Stores in 1941, Kahn was rebranded Rhodes in 1960^[52][53]
• Levee's (Vallejo), closed in the early 1980s^[54]
• Liberty House (became Macy's)
• H. Liebes (San Francisco), liquidated when its parent company, Beck Industries, filed for bankruptcy in 1970^[55][56]
• I. Magnin (San Francisco), converted to Macy's
• Joseph Magnin Co., closed 1984
• Mattei Bros. (Petaluma) – closed in 1995^[57]
• May Company (Los Angeles), converted to Robinsons-May, then Macy's
• Mervyn's of California, operated stores in western US. Went bankrupt December 2008
• 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 closed, main store destroyed in a daytime fire on May 11, 1976^{[58][59][60][61][62]}
• O'Connor, Moffat & Co., purchased by Macy's 1945,^[63] name changed to Macy's 1947^[64]
• Pic 'N' Save
• Prager's (San Francisco), closed in 1921 after 25 years in business^[65][66]
• Rhodes (Sacramento and Central Valley), became Liberty House
• J.W. Robinson (Los Angeles), converted to Robinsons-May, then Macy's
• Rosenberg's (Santa Rosa), located on Third Street; closed in 1998;^[67] now a Barnes & Noble
• Two Guys
• Unimart (Los Angeles, San Diego), locations variously became Two Guys, Gemco, FedMart; was owned by Food Giant Markets Inc until it merged in 1967 with Vornado, the owner of Two Guys, which quickly converted Unimart stores to Two Guys.^[68][69]
• Walker's (Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego), main store in downtown Los Angeles was also known as the Fifth Street Store since it was located at the corner of Fifth and Broadway, main store was founded in 1905 as Steele, Faris, Walker Co., later became Muse, Faris, Walker Co., and then finally Walker Inc. in 1924; opened first branch store in Long Beach in the late 1920s; opened a branch store in San Diego in 1935; San Diego store separated in the early 1950s; opened second Long Beach store in 1954; closed Los Angeles store; sold Long Beach stores in 1960 and store renamed^{[70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84]}
• Walker Scott (San Diego), Solana Beach branch is now a Ross discounter; originally founded as a branch of the Walker Department Store of Los Angeles in 1935;^[85] close Walker associate George Scott became president in 1951 following death of Eliza Walker, widow of the deceased founder, in 1951; name of store changed to Walker-Scott in 1955; downtown store closed in 1984; all stores closed by 1986^[86][87][88]
• Weinstein's (San Francisco), founded by Isidor Weinstein, went bankrupt in 1968^[65][89][90]
• Weinstock's (Sacramento), founded in 1874 as the One-Price Store by David Lubin and his half brother Harris Weinstein, renamed Mechanics' Store the following year, later renamed The Weinstock Lubin Company, acquired by Hale Bros. 1949, eventually acquired by Federated in 1995 via various mergers of its parent company, stores eventually rebranded Macy's^[91][92]
• White Front
• The White House (San Francisco), closed in 1965^[93]
• Whole Earth Access (Berkeley), last stores closed in 1998^[94]
• Zody's (Los Angeles), bankrupt and locations were sold to Ralphs Grocery Stores in 1986

Colorado

• Broadway southwest (Denver)
• Crews - Beggs (Pueblo)
• The Denver Dry Goods Company, locations throughout the Front Range & Denver Metro
• Eakers (Golden, Arvada, Denver)
• Everybody's Store (Pueblo)
• Gano-Downs (Denver metro)
• The Golden Eagle (Denver)
• Hibbard and Company (Colorado Springs) 1892-1996
• Joslins (Denver), converted to Dillard's in 1998
• (Kline's Dry Goods), Colorado Springs
• A.T. Lewis (Denver)
• Neusteters (Denver), with locations along the Front Range ca. 1895-1985
• Perkins Shearer (Denver), with locations along the Front Range 1872-1992
• Pueblo Store Co.
• Wellsworth Department Store (Julesburg)
• Fashion Bar

Connecticut

• Ames Department Stores Inc. (Rocky Hill)
• Arlan's Department Store (Waterbury)
• Brown Thompson's (Downtown Hartford)
• Caldor (Norwalk)
• D&L (Davidson & Leventhal) (New Britain), branch store at the Manchester Parkade.
• D.W. Rogers Co (Greenwich)
• The Edw. Malley Co., formerly the largest downtown department store in Downtown New Haven
• E.J. Korvettes (Downtown Hartford)
• Fairfield Store (Fairfield), closed 1996
• G. Fox & Co. (Hartford), merged into Filene's, converted to Macy's 2006
• Grant's (central Connecticut, Stamford)
• Howland's Department Store (Bridgeport), merged into Steinbach of New Jersey
• Howland Hughes Company (Waterbury), now operating as the Connecticut Store on Bank Street
• Genung's Department Store (Danbury), became Howland's some time in the late 1970s
• Kamins (Glastonbury)
• Luettgen's Ltd. (Hartford), 2-floor main anchor at Civic Center Mall, Hartford, owned by Aetna Life and Casualty, created because Filene's would not locate in downtown Hartford
• Marlow's Department Store (Manchester), closed 2003
• Mr. Bigs (Norwich)
• Raphael's Department Store (New Britain), branch store at the Bristol Centre Mall
• Read's Department Stores (D.M. Read) Reid and Hughes norwich(Bridgeport), merged into Jordan Marsh
• Sage-Allen (Hartford)
• Seapark's Department Store (East Hartford)
• Shartenberg's Department Store (1915–1962), Downtown New Haven. Razed in 1964 as part of Mayor Richard C. Lee's redevelopment plans.
• Skydel's (Bridgeport)
• Two Guys (Newington)
• Steigers (Springfield, MA)

Delaware

• Almart
• Bradlee's
• Braunsteins
• D.M. Webb (Nylon Capital Shopping Center, Seaford, DE)
• Hess's (Blue Hen Mall Dover, DE, and Seaford, DE)
• Hoy`s $.5 and $.10
• John Wanamaker or Wanamaker's (Wilmington and suburbs), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company in 1995; merged with Federated Department Stores in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.)
• Montgomery Ward
• Nichols
• Strawbridge and Clothier
• Wilmington Dry Goods

District of Columbia

• Garfinckel's
• Hecht's, converted to Macy's 2006
• Ida's
• Jelleff's
• S. Kann Sons Co.
• Lansburgh's
• Morton's
• Palais Royal, acquired by Woodward & Lothrop 1946
• Raleigh Haberdasher, operated originally as a haberdasher; expanded in later years to family fashions. Acquired by Hartmarx Corp. before closing.
• Woodward & Lothrop, bankrupt and closed 1995 after briefly acquiring and operating John Wanamaker & Company (Philadelphia)

Florida

• Atlantic Mills (Discount department stores) (Jacksonville)
• Brown's Department Stores (Dania Beach, Hollywood, Pompano Beach)
• Burdines (Miami)
• Cohen Brothers (Jacksonville), purchased by May in 1959; renamed May-Cohen
• Falk's (Tampa)
• Furchgott's (Jacksonville)
• Gold Triangle (Miami, Plantation, Tampa, Orlando)
• Ivey's (Jacksonville), purchased by Dillard's in 1990
• Jackson Byron's (later JByrons) (Miami)
• Jefferson Stores (Miami)
• Jordan Marsh (Miami)
• J.M. Fields (Pompano Beach)
• Maas Brothers (Tampa), merged into Burdines in 1991
• Maison Blanche
• May-Cohen (Jacksonville)
• Parisian (Jacksonville)
• Pic-N-Save Drugs (Discount department stores) (Jacksonville) (Longwood)
• Richards (Miami)
• Robinsons of Florida (St. Petersburg)
• Gayfers (Clearwater, Florida)
• Foxmoor (Clearwater, Florida Sunshine Mall)
• W. T. Grant's Plaza) (Discount department stores) (Jacksonville)
• Woolco (Jacksonville, South Daytona and other locations)
• Zayre (Discount department stores) (Jacksonville and other locations)

Georgia

• Adler's (Savannah)
• Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose (Atlanta)
• Cofer Bros. (Tucker)
• Cullum's (Augusta), higher-end department store
• Davison's (Atlanta), owned by Macy's since 1925 and converted to Macy's in 1986
• Fine's (Savannah)
• Goldstein's (Marietta)
• Hogan's (Savannah)
• J.B. White (Augusta), became Dillard's in 1998 after J.B. White name was retired
• J. M. High Company (Atlanta)
• J.P. Allen (Atlanta), women's store only, men's store run separately named Zachry
• Jones (Canton)
• Kessler's (Atlanta), also locations in Rome, Newnan and Canton; low-end chain that closed in 1995
• Kirven's (Columbus), also one store in LaGrange
• Leon Frohsin's (Atlanta)
• Levy's (Savannah), converted to Maas Brothers in 1987
• Michael Brothers (Athens), bought out by Davison-Paxon, later Davison's
• Muse's (Atlanta), later operated mostly as a specialty shop
• Regenstein's (Atlanta), higher-end department store that closed in the late 1970s
• Rich's (Atlanta), acquired by Macy's
• Saul's (Marietta), closed in the 1970s
• Upton's (Atlanta), liquidated in 1999; regional chain similar to Kohl's

Hawaii

• Liberty House (Honolulu)

Idaho

• Block's Department Store (Idaho Falls and region) It was a Pocatello-based department store chain that had stores in Idaho and Utah and was liquidated in 1986.^[95] Not to be confused with the Indianapolis-based William H. Block Co. which was also known as "Block's".
• Davids (Moscow)
• Idaho Department Store (southern Idaho) Caldwell-based department store chain that was purchased by the P.N. Hirsch division of Interco in 1966 when it had 25 stores and had survived at least to the mid 1980s.^[96] The chain was still a part of Interco when P.N. Hirsch was sold in 1983^[97] but there is no mention of the chain in print after that point.

Illinois

• Ackemann's (Elgin), three-store chain; main store downtown Elgin, branch store downtown Woodstock, furniture gallery Crystal Lake. Chain closed downtown Woodstock store and then sold furniture exclusively until closing in the mid-1990s.
• Ames
• Gamble's (Monmouth). Hardware department store. Headquartered out of Monmouth, Illinois.
• Block & Kuhl (Peoria), acquired by parent company of Carson Pirie Scott, which was later acquired by P.A. Bergner & Co. (also established in Peoria, now Bergner's, a division of Bon-Ton Stores)
• Bressmer's (John Bressmer and Company) (Springfield), purchased by L. S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in 1958, downtown store closed in 1980
• Community Discount (greater Chicago)
• Famous Department Store (Ottawa) closed in 1983
• The Fair (Chicago and suburbs), acquired by Montgomery Ward in 1958
• Gately's People's Store
• Goldblatt's (Chicago), some stores acquired by Ames Department Stores Inc.
• Halbach-Schroeder (Quincy)
• K's Merchandise Mart (Decatur)
• Lewis's (Champaign)
• Linn & Scruggs (Decatur)
• Henry C. Lytton & Co. (Chicago, with branch in Gary, Indiana)
• Madigan's
• MainStreet Chicago, acquired by Kohl's in 1988
• Marshall Field's (Chicago), acquired by Macy's September 2006 despite local protest
• Maurice L. Rothschild's
• Mayflower (Downtown Chicago), early 1920s to 1930s
• McCabe's (Rock Island)
• McDade's^[98]
• Montgomery Ward, mail order store. Founded in 1872, Montgomery Ward pioneered mail-order catalog retailing and opened its first retail store in 1926. A bankruptcy reorganization in 1999 failed to turn the chain around. Closed 2001. Still exists as a catalog/internet/mail order retailer.
• Morris' (Chicago)
• Myers Brothers (Springfield), relocated from downtown to White Oaks Mall in 1977, and acquired by Bergner's of Peoria the following year
• PN Hirsch (Litchfield)
• Pools (Olney Robinson Newton Paris)
• Robeson's (Champaign)
• Shopper's World (Chicago), acquired by Community Discount
• Summers (Taylorville)
• Joseph Spiess Company (Elgin), four locations, with former downtown Elgin retail store remaining as corporate office and warehouse. Closed all locations by 1996.
• Chas A. Stevens (Chicago) Purchased by Hartmarx Corp. before being closed.
• Thrun's Department Store (Chicago), converted to women's clothing only approximately 1973. Opening of Ford City Mall was the beginning of the end.
• Turn Style (Melrose Park), created by The Jewel Companies, Inc., sold to Venture Stores in 1978
• Venture Stores
• Charles V. Weise Company, also known simply as ''Weise's'', a Rockford-based department store. Acquired by P.A. Bergner & Co. in 1954, but remained an autonomous division until 1982 when all Chas. V. Weise and Bergner-Weise locations were renamed Bergner's.
• Wieboldt's (Chicago)
• Woolworths (Taylorville)
• Zayre (Chicago)

Indiana

• Aldens Terre Haute
• Ayr-Way (Indianapolis, statewide also surrounding states), originally a division of L. S. Ayres, subsequently acquired by Target
• L.S. Ayres (Indianapolis, 6 stores, and statewide)
• Ball Stores (Muncie)
• Belmont Stores (Fort Wayne)
• William H. Block Co. (Indianapolis, statewide), also was known as Block's
• Brite-Way (South Bend)
• Clark's (Elkhart)
• Cook's (Elkhart)
• Danner's Discount Department Stores (Indianapolis, statewide), several locations also known as 3D Discount
• DeJong's (Evansville) Purchased by Hartmarx Corp. and resold before being closed^[99]
• Drake's (Elkhart)
• Fetla's (Valparaiso)^[100][101]
• Frank's Dry Goods (Fort Wayne)
• The Giant Store (Anderson)^[102]
• G.L. Perry 5 & 10 (Elkhart)
• Goldblatt's (South Bend)
• Gordon's (Gary)^[103]
• Heck's (Fort Wayne)
• K&S Department Store (Kokomo)^[104]
• King's (Fort Wayne)
• George H. Knollenberg Co. (Richmond), founded in 1866 by George Knollenberg, closed in 1995^[105]
• Levine's Boston Stores (La Porte and Crown Point)
• Loeb's Department Store (Lafayette)
• Maddy's (Middletown)
• McNaughton's (Muncie)
• Meis (Terre Haute), founded in 1923 and was acquired by Elder-Beerman in 1987.^[106] At one time, it had 10 stores in three states with locations Terre Haute, Marion, Elkhart, and Kokomo in Indiana, Danville, Mattoon, and Carbondale in Illinois, and Paducah, Kentucky.^{[107][108][109][110]}
• Edward C. Minas Co. (Hammond), also had a branch store in Calumet City, Illinois at River Oaks Center^[111]
• Mr. Wiggs (Fort Wayne and Richmond), branch store of a Cleveland area based chain that first opened in 1965
• Pool's Discount Stores (Crawfordsville & Greencastle)
• Prevo's Department Store (Greencastle, Indiana)
• Rink's (Elkhart)
• Robertson's Department Store (South Bend and Elkhart)
• Robinson's (Indianapolis)
• Rody's (Greenfield and Knightstown)
• Root Dry Goods Co. (Terre Haute) First opened in 1856 and operated until 1998 when it was sold to May Department Stores and converted to L.S. Ayres stores. Was owned by Mercantile Stores from 1914 to 1998.^{[112][113][114]}
• L. Strauss & Co. (Indianapolis)
• Schultz and Co. Terre Haute
• Schultz's Family Stores (statewide and Illinois)
• Stillman's (Fort Wayne, downtown and Southgate), formerly The Grand Leader
• E.H. Tepe (South Bend and Merrillville)
• Thieme & Schuessler (Lafayette)
• H. P. Wasson and Company (Indianapolis)
• Weiler's Banner-Fair Incorporated (Anderson, Portland and Hartford City)^[115]
• The Wicks Co. (Bloomington), operated between 1891 and 1976.^[116][117]
• Wolf & Dessauer (Fort Wayne, downtown and Southtown, and Huntington), purchased from City Store Company by L. S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in 1969 and rebranded as Ayres^[118]
• Zayre (Indianapolis)
• Ziesel's (Elkhart), founded in 1904 and closed in 1986^[119]

Iowa

• Armstrong's (Cedar Rapids and Dubuque (Kennedy Mall))
• Harris-Emery (Des Moines)
• Horsefall's Lansing Iowa
• James Black Co. A.K.A. Black's (Waterloo)
• Killian's (Cedar Rapids)
• Newman's (Cedar Rapids)
• Oransky's (Des Moines)
• Rosheks (Dubuque)
• Sanford's (Cedar Rapids)
• Schramm's (Burlington)
• Stampher's (Dubuque)
• Yetter's (Iowa City)

Kansas

• ALCO Stores
• David's (Stores purchased and converted to ALCO) (Wichita)
• Henry's (Wichita)
• Innes (Wichita)
• Walker's (Wichita)

Kentucky

• S.W. Anderson's (Owensboro)^{[120][121][122]}
• J. Bacon's & Sons "Bacon's" (Louisville), division of Mercantile Stores Company. All locations merged into sister division McAlpin's (Cincinnati) 1980s, select locations converted to Dillard's 1998 with Dillard purchase of Mercantile and the rest closed.^[123]
• Ben Snyder's (Louisville), was founded in 1913 and later sold to Hess's in 1987.^{[124][125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133]}
• The Denton Co. (Lexington)
• Hess's (Louisville)
• Kaufman-Straus (Louisville), changed to Kaufman's (1960), purchased from City Store Company by L. S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in 1969 and rebranded as Ayres
• Levy Brothers (Louisville) 1861-1987
• Mitchell, Baker & Smith (Lexington)
• Parson's (Ashland), furniture department continues to operate as standalone business circa 2009
• Purcell's (Lexington)
• Pushins (Bowling Green)
• H. P. Selman & Co. or Selman's (Louisville), founded in 1915, purchased by Weiss Brothers (1961), name changed to Gus Mayer (1970)^[134]
• Stewart Dry Goods (Louisville and Lexington), division of Associated Dry Goods. Merged into L. S. Ayres (Indianapolis) along with H & S Pogue Company (Cincinnati) in the early 1980s,^[135] then Macy's 2006.^[136]
• Wolfe-Wile Co.^[137] (Lexington)

Louisiana

• Abdalla's (Lafayette), last store closed in 2005
• Beall-Ladymon (Shreveport), purchased from Horace Ladymon by Stage Stores, Inc. in 1994. Stores converted to Stage soon thereafter.
• Dalton's (Baton Rouge)
• Godchaux's (New Orleans), on Canal Street; closed in 1986
• Goudchaux's (Baton Rouge), purchased by Maison Blanche in the 1980s, converted to that nameplate exclusively soon after
• D. H. Holmes (New Orleans), purchased by Dillard's in 1989
• Krauss, 1903–1997
• Maison Blanche (New Orleans), last operated under that name by Mercantile Stores Co. Remaining Maison Blanche stores converted to Dillard's in 1998.
• M. Levy & Co. (Shreveport), last operated in the early 1980s.
• Muller's (Lake Charles), closed in 1986
• The Palace (Monroe)
• Palais Royal (Shreveport), purchased by Wellan's of Alexandria 1985. Rebranded and later closed. Stage later revived the name after their purchase of Wellan's.
• Rosenfield's (Baton Rouge)
• Rubenstein's (Shreveport), shuttered in the late 1980s.
• Selber Bros. (Shreveport), begun in 1907, purchased by and converted to Dillard's in 1988^[138]
• Weiss & Goldring (Alexandria), main store closed in 2005, now operates as a 5,000-square-foot (460 m²) men's store
• West Brothers, Minden
• WF Beall & Co. (Shreveport), converted to Beall-Ladymon in the 1980s.
• The White House (Lake Charles), Beaumont, Texas-based department store, closed in the early 1990s

Maine

• Ame's Department Store
• Arlan's Department Store (Portland)
• Ben Franklin's (Bucksport)
• Berman's (Bucksport)
• Bradlee's
• Dunham’s of Maine (Waterville)
• Emery Brown’s (Waterville)
• Freeses (Bangor), affiliated with Almy, Bigelow & Washburn (Almy's Stores), Salem, Massachusetts
• Giant (Brunswick)
• Grand City Variety (Brunswick)
• Grants Department Store (Bangor, Belfast, Biddeford, Old Town, Rockland, Portland, Brunswick)
• Kresge (Lewiston)
• Levine’s (Waterville)
• Mammoth Mart (Bangor, Biddeford, Brunswick, Scarborough, Waterville), Ellsworth
• McLellan's (Waterville, Westbrook)
• Mill Outlet (Brunswick)
• J.J. Newberry (Ellsworth, Brunswick, Norway)
• Porteous, Mitchell & Braun (Congress Street, Portland), branch locations in Auburn, Bangor, Brunswick, Presque Isle, South Portland, Newington, New Hampshire and Burlington, Vermont
• Rines Bros. (Portland)
• W.F. Senter (Brunswick), now called Senter Place
• Sterns (Waterville)
• F.W. Woolworths (Brunswick, South Portland)
• A.H. Benoit (Portland)

Maryland

• Acme (Dundalk, Baltimore)
• Bradleys (Dundalk, Baltimore)
• Braeger Gutman's (Baltimore)
  • Braeger (Baltimore) merged with Gutmans, became Braeger Gutman's
  • Gutman's (Baltimore) merged with Braeger, became Braeger Gutman's
• Cooks (Dundalk, Baltimore)
• Epstein's (Baltimore), started on Eastern Ave. and spread to the suburbs
• Evan's (Virginia and Maryland suburbs)
• Eyerly's (Hagerstown and Frederick), bought by Bon-Ton in 1946 and changed name to Bon-Ton in the mid-to-late-1970s
• Floyds Discount Department Store (Randallstown)
• Garfinckel's (Washington, D.C., and Maryland suburbs)
• Hamburgers^[139] (Baltimore) Originally Isaac Hamburger & Son's clothiers
• Hecht's (Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Maryland suburbs), converted to Macy's 2006
• Hochschild Kohn's (Baltimore and Maryland suburbs)
• Hutzler's (Baltimore and Maryland suburbs)
• S. Klein (Beltway Plaza, Greenbelt)
• Lazarus (Cumberland)
• [(M. Lurie & Co. (15 W Lexington St) (Baltimore, Maryland)<1921 Report of Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Baltimore>
• Peskins (Cumberland)
• Stewart's (Baltimore and Maryland suburbs)
• Sunny's Surplus (Baltimore, Dundalk, Elkridge, Towson)

Massachusetts

• AJ Wright (Framingham) Sold by TJX Companies, in 2010
• Albert Steiger's (Springfield), sold to May Co, 1996
• Almy, Bigelow & Washburn (Almy's Stores) (flagship store in Salem)
• William A. Allen Co. (Leominster), one branch remaining out of four
• Ames, Southbridge, closed 2002
• Ann & Hope (Seekonk, North Dartmouth, Danvers and Watertown) closed in 2001
• Arlan's Department Store (New Bedford)
• Bailey's Department Store (Holyoke)
• Barnard, Summer & Putnam Co. (Worcester)
• The Bell Shops (Lynn); later founders of Zayre
• The Bon Marché (Lowell), later merged into Jordan Marsh
• Boston Store (North Adams), owned by Forbes & Wallace; later became England Bros.
• Bradlees (Boston)
• Building #19
• Corcoran's (Cambridge)
• Daniel Lowe and Company (Salem)
• Denholm & McKay (Worcester), two branches at one time
• Edgar's (Brockton and Fall River), affiliated with Almy's Stores
• Empire (Salem and Gloucester)
• The Fair Department Store in Worcester, Spencer, Southbridge, West Boylston, Gardner, Whitinsville and Milford.
• England Brothers (Pittsfield), closed 1988
• Filene's (Boston), converted to Macy's 2006
• Filene's Basement (Boston), separated from parent Filene's in 1988, closed 2011
• Forbes & Wallace (Springfield
• Gagnon's, (Lowell)
• Giant Store, (Lowell)
• Gilchrist's (Boston)
• W. T. Grant, bankrupt in 1976
• Grover Cronin (Waltham)
• J.M. Fields
• Jerry's Army-Navy (Salem and Newburyport), became Rich's Department Stores
• Jordan Marsh (Boston), converted to Macy's in 1991 due to bankruptcy
• Kennedy's (Boston) merged with Hamburger and Sons of Baltimore, closed completely in 1992
• King's Department Stores Inc. (Brockton)
• Kline's (Watertown), closed 1993
• Lechmere, originally Lechmere Sales (Cambridge), closed 1997
• London's (Attleboro)
• Mammoth Mart (flagship store in Framingham)
• Lord's (Medfield), closed 2013
• Mars' Bargainland (New Bedford, Orange and Peabody)
• McCallum's (Northampton), owned by Forbes & Wallace
• The Mart (Worcester)
• R.A. McWhirr (Fall River)
• Michell & Co. (Haverhill)
• Murray Jean's (Fall River)
• Orbit's, acquired by Bradlees in the late 1960s
• Parke Snow Inc. (Fitchburg),(Norwood)
• A. G. Pollard's & Sons (Lowell)
• H.W. Pray Co. (Newburyport)
• Raymond's Department Stores (Boston, Dedham)
• Remick's (Quincy)
• Rich's Department Stores (Salem, Greenfield and other locations), closed 1997
• T.W. Roger's Co. (Lynn)
• The Shepard Co. (Boston)
• Somerville Lumber (Somerville and Salem)
• Spag's (Shrewsbury), 1936–2004, sold to Building #19
• Spark's (Norwood)
• Star Store (New Bedford and Fairhaven)
• R.H. Stearns and Company (Boston)
• Service Merchandise
• Stuart's Department Store (Lowell)
• Sutherland's (Lawrence), with a branch in Newington, New Hampshire
• System Co. (Lynn)
• R.H. Whites (Boston, Leominster, Worcester); Worcester location owned by Almy's stores just before closing
• Zayre (Framingham)
• The Mart ((Grafton Worcester Street Country Plaza, Worcester Main Street Owned by the Goff Family)

Michigan

• Arlan's Department Store (Detroit)
• B. Siegel (Detroit), seven stores at the chain's peak, closed in 1981
• Colonial (Detroit)
• Crowley's (Detroit), sold to Value City in 1999
• Demerey's (Detroit), purchased by Crowley's in 1974
• E.J. Korvette Korvette's Founded 1948, Bankrupt 1980
• The Fair (Lansing, Flint)
• Federal's (Detroit), discount department store, closed in 1980.
• L.H. Field's (Jackson), department store, closed in 1987.
• Gilmore Brothers (Kalamazoo), closed in 1999
• Goodyear's (Ann Arbor)
• Grand Leader (Battle Creek)^[140]
• Heavenrich's (Saginaw)
• Herpolsheimer's (Grand Rapids, Muskegon), sold to Lazarus in 1988
• Himelhoch Brothers & Company (Detroit), closed in 1977
• Houseman's (Grand Rapids)
• Hudson's (Detroit), rebranded to Marshall Field & Company in 2001, then Macy's in 2006
• J.W. Knapp's (Lansing), also included Smith Bridgman's of Flint; all three buildings were sold to J. C. Penney in the 1980s
• Jacobson's (Jackson), independent regional luxury department store chain located primarily in Michigan and Florida, but also operated stores in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas. The last store closed its doors in early 2002. Then, one store in Winter Park, Florida was re-established as Jacobson's in 2004.
• John Preih Mercantile Co. (Mount Clemens), closed June 1982
• Kern's (Detroit), closed in 1959
• Kresge's and S. S. Kresge (Michigan), later K-Mart Corporation, then Sears Holdings Corporation is frequently credited with invention of the modern discount department store with the opening of Kmart in 1962. The last Kresge's store in Livonia, Michigan closed in 1987. Stores included lunch counters and fountain service as well as full department stores. It also operated Jupiter stores which were a smaller-scale version of Kresge's and located in downmarket or declining commercial districts (the equivalent of a "dollar store" division of Kresge's). Jupiter stores, unlike Kresge and Kmart stores, sold 'factory seconds' merchandise.
• May's of Michigan (Grand Rapids)
• Milliken's (Traverse City)
• Miracle Mart (Detroit) 8 Mile Road
• People's Outfitting Company (Detroit)
• Robinson's (Battle Creek)^[140]
• Rogers Department Store (Grand Rapids)
• Smith Bridgman (Flint)^[141]
• Steketee's (Grand Rapids)
• Toeller's (Battle Creek), sold to L. W. Robinson Co. in 1971^[140]
• Topps (RedfordTownship),Telegraph & Schoolcraft; (Warren), 13 Mile & Van Dyke; all closed by 1974^[142]
• Winkelman's (Detroit), purchased by Petrie Stores in 1983; closed during bankruptcy in 1998^[143]
• Wurzburg's (Grand Rapids)
• Yankee Stores, discount store with locations in Michigan and Ohio; closed in 1974
• Zolkower Department Stores with multiple locations in the Detroit area from 1919 until 1962. Stores were located in Del Ray, Allen Park, Dearborn and Farmington.

Minnesota

• Alfred Olson Co. (Milaca), 1903-2006.
• Brett's (Mankato), 1858–1992
• H. Choate & Co. (Winona), est. 1861
• Dayton's (Minneapolis), est. 1902, converted to Marshall Field & Company in 2001, then Macy's 2006
• Donaldson's (Minneapolis), est. 1883, converted to Carson Pirie Scott in 1987 and closed in 1995
• Dueber's Inc. (Waconia)
• Emporium (St. Paul), closed 1968
• Fandel's Department Store (St. Cloud), 1882–1986
• Field Schlick Co. (St. Paul), closed 1979
• Frank Murphy's (St. Paul)
• Glass Block (Duluth), 1887-1998
• Golden Rule (St. Paul), est. 1886, merged with Donaldson's in 1961, closed in 1992
• Lewis' Department Store (Cambridge), 1902-1991
• C.F. Massey Co (Rochester)
• Ochs (Faribault)
• Panton & White (Duluth), est. 1887, name changed to Glass Block 1913, multiple sales and mergers 1994 & 1998, now Younkers
• Powers Dry Goods (Minneapolis), est. 1881, acquired by Associated Dry Goods in 1920, merged with Donaldson's in 1985
• Rothschild's (St. Paul), merged with Young Quinlan in the 1940s
• Salkin & Linoff (Minneapolis)
• Schuneman & Evans (St. Paul), est. 1890, bought by Dayton's and became Dayton-Schuneman in 1959, then Dayton's in 1963, converted to Marshall Field & Company in 2001, then Macy's 2006, closed 2013
• Sunders Jordan Minnesota
• John W. Thomas & Company (Minneapolis)
• Van Arsdell's
• Young Quinlan (Minneapolis), 1894-1985, merged with Rothschild's in the 1940s

Mississippi

• Abney's Department Store (Bay Springs)
• Egger's Department Store (Columbus)
• The Emporium (Jackson)
• Fine Bros.-Madison (Laurel/Hattiesburg)
• J.J. Gordon's Store (Fayette)
• Iupe's (Canton)
• Kennington's, acquired by McRae's
• The Lampton Co. (Columbia)
• Alex Loeb (Meridian/Laurel)
• Marks-Rothenberg (Meridian)
• McRae's (Jackson), acquired by Belk in 2006
• Waldoff's (Hattiesburg)
• W.E. Walker Stores (Jackson)

Missouri

• Buckner-Ragsdale Company (Cape Girardeau), founded 1907, closed 1982
• Emery, Bird, Thayer, and Company (Kansas City)
• Famous-Barr (St. Louis), founded 1911, absorbed by May Department Stores early 1990s, acquired by Macy's 2006
• Grand Pa's (formerly known as Grandpa Pigeon's), acquired by Value City in 1999
• Harzfelds (Kansas City)
• Heer's (Springfield), established in 1869, closed in 1995
• The Jones Store (Kansas City), absorbed by May Department Stores 1998, sold to Macy's chain 2006
• Sam'l Levy Mercantile (Butler), founded 1876; closed by Martin & Judy Levy in 2002
• Newman's (Joplin), acquired by parent company of Heer's of Springfield in the early 1980s, closed in 1995
• Scruggs Vandervoort & Barney (St. Louis), closed in 1967
• Stix, Baer, Fuller (St. Louis), acquired by Dillard's in 1983
• Townsend & Wall (St. Joseph)
• Venture Stores (St. Louis)
• Woolf Brothers (Kansas City), founded 1865, closed in 1992. (See Herbert M. Woolf.)

Montana

• A.W. Miles (Livingston)
• Buttrey's (Havre) (Miles City)
• Chambers-Fisher (Bozeman)
• Cole's (Billings)
• Hart-Albin Co. (Billings)
• Hennessy's, acquired by Dillard's in 1998
• Kalispell Mercantile (Kalispell), founded 1887, closed 1980s
• J.M. McDonald (Montana, Wyoming, others)
• The Paris (Great Falls)
• Power Mercantile (Lewistown)
• Vaughn and Ragsdale
• Yellowstone Mercantile (Sidney)

Nebraska

• J.L. Brandeis and Sons Store (Omaha), acquired by Younkers in 1987^[144][145]
• Gold and Company (Lincoln), acquired by J.L. Brandeis and Sons Store in 1964.^[146] Building now Gold's Galleria office/retail complex.
• Herpolsheimer's (Lincoln), closed 1931.^[147]
• J.M. McDonald (Hastings), eventually grew to a chain of 82 stores, sold in 1968, liquidated shortly after 1982
• Miller & Paine (Lincoln and Grand Island), acquired by Dillard's in 1988
• Rudge & Guenzel (Lincoln), acquired by Allied Stores in 1929, closed in 1941 when Allied sold the contents of the store to Gold & Co.^[147][148]
• Skagway (Grand Island)

New Hampshire

• The Lynch Corp (Manchester)
• Speare Dry Goods (Nashua)
• Steinbach (Manchester, New Hampshire) Sold to The Bon-Ton
• Ward's Department Store (Hanover)

New Jersey

• Alexander's (Paramus)
• Atlantic Department Store (Trenton), known by the South Trenton locals as Atlantic Mills
• Bamberger's (Newark and other NJ locations), division of R.H. Macy, most former locations operating as of 2009 as Macy's
• Chase-Newark (Newark and 2 branches)
• The Dry Goods (Cherry Hill, Deptford)
• S. P. Dunham's (Trenton & environs)
• M. Epstein (Morristown), 3 locations
• J.M. Fields
• FMC (Morris Plains)
• Garwood Mills (Atlantic City)
• Goerke's (Elizabeth), absorbed by Steinbach
• W. T. Grant
• Great Eastern (Union and New Brunswick, later the Route 1 Flea Market, site of the Mary Ellis grave)
• Hahne and Company (Newark and statewide), New Jersey's carriage trade store merged into sister division Lord & Taylor
• Jamesway
• E. J. Korvette (North Brunswick Trenton)
• Kresge-Newark (Newark and 2 branches)
• K-Way (Manville)
• Levy's (Elizabeth and other NJ locations)
• Meyer Brothers (Paterson & Wayne)
• Miller Wohl Co (Secaucus)
• Mr. Big
• Muir's Department Store
• Nevius-Voorhees (HQ in Trenton?, a store -P.J. Young's - in New Brunswick)
• Orbach's
• Quackenbush (Paterson), absorbed by Stern's
• Reynolds Brothers (Lakewood)
• Sealfons (Summit, Ridgewood, Wayne, Caldwell, Red Bank, Princeton, Shrewsbury, Westfield).
• Steinbach (New Jersey locations)
• Tepper's Department Store (Plainfield)
• J.M. Towne & Co.
• Two Guys (also known as Two Guys from Harrison)
• Unishops Inc (Jersey City)
• Valley Fair Corp (Little Ferry, Irvington, Hillsdale; Value City subsidiary)
• P.J. Young's - Nevius Voorhees (New Brunswick)

New Mexico

• Joyce-Pruitt
• Ilfeld's

New York

• Ames, Multiple locations in New York
• Abraham & Straus (Brooklyn)
• Abrahamson-Bigelow Co (Jamestown)
• Abrahams Bros. (New York City)
• J. N. Adam & Co. (Buffalo)
• The Addis Company, merged with Dey Brothers (Syracuse)
• Alexander's (New York metropolitan area), declared bankruptcy in 1992
• Almart Stores (New York City)
• B. Altman and Company (New York City)
• AM&A's (Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Company, Buffalo), purchased by The Bon-Ton of York, Pennsylvania in 1994
• Argersinger's (Jamestown) formerly Bigelow's
• Arnold Constable (Fifth Avenue, New York City)
• Atlantic Department Stores (New York City)
• Barker's (multiple locations)
• Beirs (Niagara Falls)
• L.L. Berger (Buffalo), last store, in downtown Buffalo, closed in 1991
• Best & Co. (New York), closed in the 1960s
• Bigelow's (Jamestown)
• Bonwit Teller (New York City, Boston, and upstate New York)
• Bresee's (Oneonta), founded 1899
• Britt's (Vestal)
• Burt's (Endicott)
• Caldor
• Carl Co. (Schenectady)
• C. L. Carr Company (Batavia)
• Chappell's (Syracuse), merged into The Bon-Ton of York, Pennsylvania in the 1990s
• Clark's (Glens Falls, NY), current site of Price Chopper Supermarkets store
• De Pinna on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
• Dey Brothers (Dey's, Syracuse)
• Edson's, in the Hotel Syracuse
• Empsall's (Watertown), opened 1906, closed 1993
• Fae Mart Department Stores, Inc. established 1960, defunct 1981
• Family Bargain Center (regional), founded 1956 in Utica
• J.M. Fields
• B. Forman Co. (Rochester)
• Fowler, Dick & Walker - The Boston Store (Binghamton), now Boscov's
• Garber's (Staten Island)
• Gertz Department Stores (Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties), owned by Allied Stores; closed in 1982 and changed to Stern's then Macy's
• Gimbels (Manhattan). The rivalry of Macy's and Gimbels is immortalized in Miracle on 34th Street; Bernard Gimbel, the owner of Gimbels, along with Horace Saks founded Saks Fifth Avenue
• Gold Circle (multiple locations)
• Grand Way (Grand Union (supermarket))
• Grant's (Northway Plaza) Queensbury
• Hearn's Manhattan & The Bronx
• Hens and Kelly (Buffalo)
• Hills Department Stores
• Holzheimer & Shaul (Amsterdam)
• Iszard's (Elmira)
• Jamesway (Oneonta), currently Price Chopper Plaza Rte 28.
• Jenss (Buffalo), closed their last location on 15 September 2000
• Joy department stores (Clifton Park, South Glens Falls, and Rensselaer)
• KBC/Kamino Bargain Center (Fulton), started by retired founder of Family Bargain Center
• Kobacker, two locations in Buffalo, New York; closure announced on December 27, 1972.^[149] No relation to Kobacker's Market, a grocery store in Brewster, New York
• E.J. Korvette (New York City), closed 1980
• Lamstons (Manhattan)
• Loehmann's, peaked at about 100 stores in 17 states, liquidated in 2014 after several bankruptcies.
• Luckey, Platt & Company Department Store (Poughkeepsie)
• Lurie's (Amsterdam)
• MacDonald's, located in the Hotel Syracuse, with a second location in Palm Beach, Florida
• Martin's (Brooklyn)
• J.W. Mays (Downstate New York), closed 1989, now leases old store locations
• McCurdy & Company (Rochester, Midtown Plaza)
• McLean's (Binghamton)
• Moskin's Credit Clothing
• G. C. Murphy
• John G. Myers (Albany)
• John Wanamaker or Wanamaker's (New York City), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company in 1995; merged with Federated Department Stores in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.)
• Nelson's (Rome)
• Nichols Discount City (S.E. Nichols)
• Ohrbach's, liquidated in 1987 and acquired by Howland-Steinbach
• Pharmhouse
• Robbins (New York City), closed 1999
• Rockwell's (Corning)
• Rothschild Bros. Department Store (Ithaca) 1882-1980
• S. Klein (New York City), closed 1978
• Sattler's (Buffalo)
• Sibley's (Sibley, Lindsey, & Curr) (Rochester), unit of Associated Dry Goods later merged into L.S. Ayers (Indianapolis) and then select locations converted to Lord & Taylor
• Sisson Brothers & Weldon (Binghamton)
• Stars (Vestal)
• A.T. Stewart's (Manhattan), purchased by Wanamaker's of Pennsylvania
• Sullivan's (Liberty and Middletown)
• Swezey & Newins Inc (Patchogue)
• The Globe (Watertown), opened 1894, closed 1976
• Times Square Stores, discount department chain mostly focused on Long Island
• Twin Fair, Inc. dba Twin Fair (multiple locations)
• Two Guys (multiple locations)
• Wallace's (Schenectady, Poughkeepsie and Kingston), owned by Forbes & Wallace, Springfield, Massachusetts
• Weston's (multiple locations, acquired by Jamesway)
• Zayre's (currently Wal-Mart, Miller Hill, Q'bry)

North Carolina

• The Bon Marché (Asheville), acquired by Ivey's in the late 1970s (not to be confused with the chain of the same name based in the Pacific Northwest)
• Brody's (Kinston), acquired by Proffitt's in 1998
• Ivey's (Charlotte), acquired by Dillard's in 1990
• The Capitol (Fayetteville), established 1912, closed in 1990
• The Collins Company (Charlotte), acquired by Peeble's in 1984
• Waccamaw, closed 1998
• Spainhour's (Hickory, NC)

North Dakota

• De Lendrecie's (Fargo)
• The Fair (Minot)
• Fauchald's (Minot)
• Herbst (Fargo)
• A.W. Lucas (Bismarck)
• Ontario Store (Grand Forks)
• The Store Without a Name (Fargo)

Ohio

• Atlantic Spartan discount store known as Spartan's, opened in 1969; liquidated in 1972
• Alms and Doepke (Cincinnati), Located furthest from central downtown Cincinnati relative to other department stores: N. side of Central Pkwy. between Walnut and Race Streets in an area bordering the "Over the Rhine" district; no branch stores. Closed and liquidated in 1955^[150]
• Best, closed in 1996^[151]
• Bargain City (Toledo), started by Hyman Swolsky in Toledo as Bargain Barn, later renamed Bargain City, sold to Gray Drug Co. of Cleveland in 1967, renamed Rink's Bargain City after merger, sold to Cook United Inc. and renamed Rink's in 1981, closed in 1987^{[152][153][154][155][156]}
• Bailey Brothers (Cleveland, Ohio) Later Bailey's Department Store, closed 1968.^[157]
• Bragdon's (Portsmouth)
• 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.
• Clark's (Portsmouth), owned by Clark's Gamble Corp., whose two shareholders were Landau Stores, Inc. and Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., Clark's Gamble Corp. was later sold to Cook United^{[154][155][156]}
• Concord City (Dayton)
• Cook's flagship of Cook United Corporation.^{[154][155][156][158]}
• Donenfeld's (Dayton)^[159]
• Federal's, (Cleveland, Ohio), branches of Federal Department Stores in Michigan not part of Federated Stores, this company closed in 1974^[160][161]
• Fisher's Big Wheel and Fisher's Buckeye-Tempo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Closed 1994
• Frank Brothers (Marion, Ohio), Closed 1979.
• H. Freedlander Co. (Wooster), closed 2009
• Gaylords Department Store, Northeastern Ohio, Giant Tiger until 1968^[162]
• Giant Store (Ashland)
• Gold Circle (Columbus, Ohio) part of the Federated Stores Company^[163]
• Goldman's (Dayton)^[164]
• Gregg's (Lima)
• Halle Brothers Co. (Cleveland), also known as "Halle's", division of Marshall Field & Company, sold 1981, closed 1982-83
• Harts Stores a division of Big Bear Stores, Columbus, Ohio
• Hawks Department Store (Bryan)
• Heck's Department Store
• Higbee's (Cleveland), converted to Dillard's in 1992
• Hills Department Stores
• J.J. Newberry. This chain had many stores in Ohio including: Coshocton, Wooster, East Palastine, Cincinnati. The company came under control of McCrory Stores in 1974. John Josiah Newberry, founder of the company, died in 1954.
• John J. Carroll (Newark).^[165]
• Jupiter Stores, Division of the S.S. Kresge Company. Operated several stores in Ohio. Including one in Downtown Mount Vernon, Ohio which had been a S. S. Kresge store for many years. Also a location in Downtown Ashland, Ohio. Jupiter was a no frills store. When leases were soon to be up on several S. S. Kresge stores the Jupiter format was put in place. All remaining Kresge and Jupiter stores were sold to McCrory in 1987 with the Canadian Kresge and Jupiter stores closing in 1994.
• Kenrick's (Portsmouth)
• Kobackers (Canton, Mansfield, Portsmouth), purchase by Davidson Bros., the parent of Federal's in 1961^{[166][167][168]}
• Lamson Brothers (Toledo). Lamson's entered bankruptcy and closed in 1976. ^[169]
• Lasalle & Koch Co. (Toledo), bought by R.H. Macy in 1923; operated under the Lasalle's name until 1981, when Macy consolidated Lasalle's with another division, Macy's Missouri-Kansas, to form Macy's Midwest. Macy sold the former Lasalle's stores to Elder-Beerman of Dayton in 1985.
• Lazarus (Columbus), a founding division of Federated Stores, name change briefly to Lazarus-Macy's and then Macy's in 2005. Operating under that name as of 2009.
• Leader Store (Lima), converted to Elder-Beerman, still operating as of 2009^[170]
• The Lion Dry Goods Co. (Toledo), known locally as the Lion Store. Some locations survive as of 2009 with the Dillard's name, following their 1998 purchase of Lion's previous owner, Mercantile Stores Co.
• Mabley & Carew (Cincinnati), unit of Allied Department Stores
• Marting Brothers (Portsmouth), founded 1872, closed 2003 as Ohio's last locally owned major department store (100,000+ sq ft)
• May Company (Cleveland), merger into Kaufmann's in 1992^[171] and converted to Macy's 2006
• McAlpin's (Cincinnati), unit of Mercantile Stores Co., select locations operating as Dillard's as of 2009
• Millers (Urbana, Ohio) also, Marion, Ohio (closed 1968).
• Morehouse Martens (Columbus, Ohio), merged with "The Fashion" to become "Morehouse-Fashion," later shortened to "The Fashion"; closed by Allied Stores in 1969^[172]
• Mr. Wiggs Sandusky based chain that had stores in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, started in Mentor as Bargain Fair in 1956, gradually rebranded stores Mr. Wiggs by 1967^{[173][174][175][176][177][178][179]}
• Murphy's Mart
• Neisner's (Lakewood, Ohio) & Warren Village Shopping Center Cleveland, Ohio. Warren Village store burned in 1972, Lakewood store closed in 1978.
• NBC Stores (Norwalk & Bellevue)
• Neville's (Lakewood, Ohio) moved into former Bailey's location in 1965. Liquidated in 1969
• Nichols Discount City (S.E. Nichols) Locations in Ashtabula, New Philadelphia, and Wooster as of 1978.
• O'Neil's Department Store (Akron), merged into May Company Cleveland, then Kaufmann's in 1992,^[171] converted to Macy's in 2006
• Ontario's (Columbus) part of Cook United.^{[154][155][156]}
• Peoples Store (Delaware, Ohio)
• H. & S. Pogue Company (Cincinnati), division of Associated Dry Goods. Merged into sister division L.S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in the early 1980s, which was converted to Macy's in 2006.
• Polsky's (Akron), purchased by Allied Stores in 1955 and closed in 1978^[180][181]
• Rattenberg's, (Utica).^[182]
• Rike Kumler Co. (Dayton), division of Federated Department Stores. Briefly merged into sister division John Shillito Company (Cincinnati) in the early 1980s as Shillito-Rike's.
• Rink's Founded by Hyman Ullner in Hamilton in 1951; acquired by Gray Drug Co. of Cleveland in 1964; Bargain City acquired by Gray Drug in 1967; both chains sold to Cook United in 1981; closed in 1987.^{[153][154][155][156][183][184][185]}
• Ringwalts (Mount Vernon)
• Rollman's (Cincinnati) Downtown store location—N.W. corner of 5th and Vine Streets—was taken over by Mabley & Carew after primary and branch Rollman's stores were liquidated in the early 1960s^[186]
• Rudin's (Mount Vernon), sold to Uhlman's in 1979^[187]
• John Shillito Company (Cincinnati), division of Federated Department Stores. Briefly merged into sister division Rike-Kumler Company (Dayton) in the early 1980s as Shillito-Rike's, and then with sister division F&R Lazarus (Columbus). Select locations converted to Macy's 2006.
• Sterling-Lindner-Davis(Cleveland), ., closed September, 1968; was a part of Allied Stores^{[172][188][189][190][191][192]}
• Stern and Mann (Canton), opened in 1887, close by the early 1990s^[193][194]
• Strouss (Youngstown), division of May Department Stores, merged into May's Kaufmann's (Pittsburgh) division, converted to Macy's 2006
• Sutton & Lightner (Marion, Ohio) and Florida.
• Swallen's (Cincinnati, Ohio), bankrupt in 1995^{[195][196][197]}
• The Fashion (store) (Columbus, Ohio), purchased by Allied Stores in 1949;^[198] later merged with Morehouse Martens to form "Morehouse Fashion"; Later returned to The Fashion
• William Taylor & Son (Cleveland), also known at Taylor's, acquired by May Company in 1939, closed in December, 1961. Southgate branch changed to May Company^[199]
• Tiedtke's (Toledo)
• Uhler's (Marion, Ohio) Founded as the Uhler Phillips Company. James Phillips left the company following the scandal that linked his wife Carrie Phillips with President Warren G. Harding.
• Uhlman's (Bowling Green), also known as F.W. Uhlman in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, purchased by Stage Stores Inc. in 1996^{[200][201][202]}
• Uncle Bill's, a northeast Ohio chain that was part of Cook United stores.^{[154][155][156]}
• Union Company (Columbus), purchased by Marshall Fields in 1980 and converted to Halle Brothers which was also owned by Marshall Fields^[203]
• Value City Sold by Schottenstein holdings of Columbus, re-branded as Halle's in 1980 and closed in 1983
• Van Leunen's (Cincinnati), closed in 1994 when parent company decided to focus on sporting goods^[195]
• Edward Wren Co. (Springfield), also was known as Wren's, sold to Allied Stores in 1952, merged with & rebranded as William H. Block Co. (Indianapolis) in 1984, closed 1987^{[204][205][206]}
• Zayre was a chain of discount stores that operated in the eastern half of the United States from 1956 to 1990, later sold to Ames (store)
• Ziegler's (Medina), closed in 1990^[207]

Oklahoma

• C. R. Anthony (Anthony's) (Oklahoma City, other places in Oklahoma and Texas), acquired by Stage Stores, retained stores became part of Stage's Bealls chain
• Brown Duncan (Tulsa)
• John A. Brown (Oklahoma City), was part of Dayton Hudson; absorbed by Dillard's
• Frougs (Tulsa)
• Katz (Stillwater)
• Kerr's (Oklahoma City)
• Rothschild's (Oklahoma City)
• Scott-Halliburton (later Gloyd-Halliburton, McEwen-Halliburton, finally simply Halliburton's) (Oklahoma City)
• Vandever's (Tulsa, Bartlesville)

Oregon

• C.J. Breier Co, a department store chain of about 56 located in Oregon, Washington and Idaho
• Lipman's (was part of Dayton Hudson)
• Olds, Wortman & King (Portland)
• Emporium (also known as Troutman's Emporium)

Pennsylvania

• Ames
• Armstrong - Collier Inc. (Oil City)
• Authenreith's (Brookline, Pittsburgh)
• Bamberger's (Newark and other NJ locations), division of R.H. Macy, most former locations operating as of 2009 as Macy's
• Basco (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• Bergman's (Wilkes-Barre)
• BEST
• Big N (1960s)
• Bloom Brothers Department Stores (Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Dry Run, and Burnt Cabins; also Baltimore, Maryland), 1897–1944
• Boggs and Buhl (Pittsburgh), operated from the mid-19th century until it closed in 1958
• Boston Store (Erie)
• Bradlees
• Bright's Department Store, Carbon Plaza Mall, Lehighton
• Britt's Department Store (Allentown)
• Brody's (Indiana)
• Caldor
• Carlisle's
• Claber's (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• Colonial Fair (Waynesboro)
• Conn Brothers (Chambersburg, Mercersburg, and Dry Run), 1897–1932
• Cox's (McKeesport), 1955–1983
• Danks & Co. (Lewistown, State College, Bellefonte, Clarion, Indiana), 1924–1995
• Dahlkemper's (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• David Weis (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• Deisroth's (Hazelton)
• E. J. Korvette (Philadelphia area)
• Eiben & Err (Pittsburgh)
• Fisher's Big Wheel, closed in 1994
• Fowler, Dick & Walker, The Boston Store (downtown Wilkes-Barre), converted to Boscov's
• Frank & Seder (Pittsburgh)
• Gable's (Altoona)
• Gaylord's
• GC Murphy Co. (Pittsburgh & suburbs)
• Gee Bee Department Stores
• Gimbels (Philadelphia, Downtown Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• The Globe Store (Scranton), closed in 1986^[208]
• Glosser Brothers
• Gold Coast (Southern suburbs, Pittsburgh)
• Grant's Department Store (Philadelphia, Chambersburg and Lehighton)
• (W.T.) Grant's Department Store (Sayre)
• Hess's (Allentown), closed in 1996
• Hills Department Stores
• Horne's (Pittsburgh), closed in 1994
• Isaac Longs (Wilkes-Barre)
• Jamesway
• J.E. Tobacco
• J.M. Fields
• Jetco
• Jewelcor
• John Wanamaker or Wanamaker's (Philadelphia), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company in 1995; merged with Federated Department Stores in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.)
• Kaufman's (Uniontown)
• Kaufmann's (Pittsburgh), converted to Macy's 2006
• Kresge's (Pittsburgh and Suburbs) (S.S. Kresge was also the founder of K-Mart Stores)
• S. H. Kress & Co. (Nanticoke)
• Laneco (Easton)
• Laubach's (Easton), sold to Allied Stores in 1947, replaced by Pomeroy's then closed
• Lazarus Bros. (Wilkes-Barre) destroyed by 1972 flood
• Lazarus (Downtown Pittsburgh and suburbs) - now Macy's
• Leh's (Allentown area), closed in 1994
• Lit Brothers (Philadelphia), closed in 1977
• Metzler's (Uniontown)
• Miller's (Charleroi), (Charleroi, Pleasant Hills and Upper St. Clair)
• Montgomery Ward
• Murphy's Mart (Pittsburgh and Suburbs)
• Nichols (Bloomsburg and Chambersburg)
• Paige's Department Store (Athens)
• Penn Traffic
• Orr's (Bethlehem, Easton), closed in 1993
• Pomeroy's (Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre, Reading, and Philadelphia area)
• Rosenbaum's (Pittsburgh)
• Ruggle's (Towanda)
• Service Merchandise
• Sugermans (Scranton area)
• Snellenburg's (Philadelphia area), 1869-1962
• L.L. Stearns & Sons Department Store (Williamsport), closed late 1970s or early 1980s, assets sold 1986
• Stephen Richards (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• Strawbridge & Clothier (Philadelphia), converted to Macy's 2006
• Surprise Department Store (Easton), Located on Northampton St.
• Swanson's (Titusville)
• Towers (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• Trader Horn (Butler)
• Troutman's, a division of Allied Stores (flagship location in downtown Greensburg); also locations in Butler, Connellsville, Latrobe, Washington, New Castle
• Two Guys Department Store
• Watt & Shand (Lancaster), sold to The Bon-Ton
• Woolworth's (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• A.B.Wyckoff East Stroudsburg, Main Street
• Zayre (Pittsburgh & suburbs)
• Zollinger-Harned Co. (Allentown)

Rhode Island

• Apex Stores (flagship in Pawtucket)
• Cherry & Webb (Providence)
• Kornstein & Company (Woonsocket)
• William Levy's Dry Goods (Newport)
• McCarthy Dry Goods (Woonsocket)
• The Outlet Company (Providence)
• Peerless Department Store (Providence)
• The Shepard Co. (Providence)

South Carolina

• Berry's On Main (Columbia), established 1940, closed 1982
• Condon's (Charleston)
• Edward's (Charleston)
• Kerrison's (Charleston)
• Meyers-Arnold (Greenville, South Carolina), acquired by American Retail Group, who then converted the stores to Uptons in 1987
• Tapp's (Columbia), established 1903 as The James L. Tapp Company, closed in 1995
• The Capitol (Sumter), established 1927, closed 1982

South Dakota

• Fantle's
• Shriver's

Tennessee

• Bry's (Memphis), sold to the parent company of Lowenstein's in 1956 before going out of business^[209]
• Cain-Sloan (Nashville), absorbed by Dillard's
• Castner Knott (Nashville), division of Mercantile Stores Company
• Gerber's (Memphis), closed in 1975^[209]
• Goldsmith's (Memphis), Merged into Rich's, later converted to Macy's
• Harvey's (Nashville)
• Julius Lewis (Memphis)
• Kisber's (Jackson), closed in 1991
• Levy's (Memphis), converted to Gus Mayer
• Loveman's (Chattanooga), acquired by Proffitt's in 1986
• Lowenstein's (Memphis), absorbed by Dillard's
• Miller's of Tennessee (Knoxville), sold to Hess's in 1987
• Miller Brothers Co. (Chattanooga), combined with Miller's of Tennessee in the early 1970s
• Proffitt's (Alcoa), converted to Belk stores in 2006
• Shainberg's (Memphis)
• Wolfe Brothers (Memphis)
• Zayre Stores (Memphis)

Texas

• Barker's (San Antonio)
• Battlestein's (Houston)
• Ben F. Smith's (Texarkana), partially destroyed by top floor night club fire; now a mixed-use development
• Blackburn's (Amarillo)
• Bruner's (San Antonio)
• Cobb's (Lubbock)
• Colbert's (Amarillo, other Texas cities)
• Cox's (Waco), closed in 1995
• Dryden's (Port Arthur)
• Dunlaps (Lubbock and many other West Texas/New Mexico locations), closed in 2007
• Eibands (Galveston)
• Everybody's (Fort Worth), owned by Leonard Brothers
• The Fair (Galveston)
• The Fair Stores (Fort Worth and Arlington)
• Fedway (Wichita Falls, Longview, Amarillo, Midland, Corpus Christi), a division of Federated Department Stores that had existed in Texas from 1952 to 1968 in which stores were opened in expanding post-World War II markets of Texas and later the rest of the Southwest that were traditionally under served by existing chains; the first store opening in Wichta Falls in 1952; after expanding throughout Texas, chain expanded into New Mexico, Oklahoma, and California^{[25][210][211]}
• Foley's (Foley Brothers) (Houston), division of May Company, converted to Macy's in 2006
• Frost Bros. (San Antonio)
• Gemco (Houston)
• Goldstein-Migel (Waco)
• Hemphill-Wells (Lubbock, San Angelo)
• Joske's (San Antonio, also Houston and Dallas), acquired by Dillard's in 1987
• E. M. Kahn (Dallas)
• Leonard Brothers (Fort Worth, Arlington, Hurst, Irving), acquired by Tandy Corp. 1970s, later Dillard's
• Levenson & Rosenberg (El Paso)
• Levy's (Galveston)
• Lichtenstein's (Corpus Christi)
• Meacham's (Fort Worth), competed with Neiman Marcus, acquired by Tandy Corp in the 1970s
• Meyer & Schmidt (Tyler), acquired by Dillard's
• Minter's (Abilene)
• Mitchell's (Fort Worth)
• Monnig's (Fort Worth)
• Morris (Dallas)
• Nathan's (Galveston)
• The Popular (El Paso)
• Sage Department Store and Grocery (Houston) and (Austin)
• Sakowitz (Houston)
• Sanger-Harris (Dallas), division of Federated Department Stores, merged into sister division Foley's (Houston) in 1987, converted to Macy's in 2006
  • A. Harris (Dallas)
  • Sanger Brothers (Dallas)
• Schwartz's (Galveston)
• Stripling & Cox (Fort Worth)
  • Cox's (Fort Worth) merged with W. C. Stripling & Sons
  • W.C. Stripling & Sons (Fort Worth), merged with Cox's
• Terry Farris (McAllen)
• Thornton's (Abilene), dissolved by Thornton family in 1988 & building/land given to the city of Abilene for law enforcement center
• Titche-Goettinger (Dallas area), merged with Joske's in 1979
• Volk (Dallas)
• Watson's (Arlington, Grand Prairie, and Hurst)
• J. B. White (Jacksonville)
• The White House (El Paso and Las Cruces, New Mexico), closed in 1983
• Wolff Brothers (Dallas)
• Wolff & Marx (San Antonio), purchased by rival Joske's in 1965

Utah

• Auerbachs
• Buehler-Bingham (Ogden)
• S. H. Kress & Co
• Mervyns (the chain may come back, by the Morris decisions)
• Fred Meyer
  • Grand Central Stores, acquired by Fred Meyer 1985, acquired 1999 by Kroger in a merger and operations assumed by Smith's Food and Drug Stores (now a separate division of Kroger and converted into Smith's Marketplace)
• The Paris
• ZCMI (Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution), founded and operated by the LDS Church until purchased by May Company (1999). Became Meier and Frank in 2003. Some stores sold to Dillard's but others became Macy's in 2005

Vermont

• Abernathy-Clarkson-Wright (Burlington)
• Britts Department Store (Springfield)^[212]
• Economy Department Store (Rutland)
• Jupiter (Burlington)
• Gaynes (Burlington)
• Centers (Burlington)
• Woolworth's (Burlington)
• Grand Way (South Burlington)
• Hill's (Winooski)
• F.C. Luce Co. (Waterbury)
• The Economy Store 1934-2010 (Northfield)
• Forest Hills (Winooski)

Virginia

• Altschul's Department Store (Norfolk)
• Ames & Brownley (Norfolk)
• The Bargain Center (Martinsville)
• H.B. Carter & Co (Warrenton)
• Fine's Men Shop (Norfolk/Hampton Roads metro area)
• Gammon's (Rural Retreat)
• Globeman Stores (Martinsville)
• Hechts (bought by The May Department Stores Company in 1959, took over Thalhimer's and Miller & Rhoads in 1990, bought by Federated Department Stores in 2005 and spun off into Macy's East and Macy's South in 2006)
• S.H. Heironimus (Roanoke)
• Miller & Rhoads (Richmond)
• Morton's Department Store (Arlington)
• Rices Nachmans, formerly the Rices and Nachmans chains (Norfolk/Hampton Roads metro area)
• Richmond Dry Goods Co.
• Smith & Welton (Norfolk)
• Southern Department Stores (20 locations, including Petersburg)
• Thalhimers (Richmond)

Washington

• Bell's of Burien, renamed Lamonts in 1969
• Bremer's (Bremerton), founded by Bremer, also the founder of Bremerton; closed circa 1985
• The Crescent (Spokane), a division of B.A.T.U.S
• Elvins' (Puyallup), 1908–1979
• Farrel & Eddy (Camas), in several different forms between 1902 and going out of business in 1998
• Frederick & Nelson (Seattle), division of Marshall Field & Company (Chicago)
• Gardner's (Walla Walla), estd. 1861, closed 1980
• Gov-Mart/Baza'r (Seattle), operated in Washington and Oregon, sold to K-Mart in 1973 and renamed as Payless
• House of Values (Seattle), sold to K-mart in 1973 along with Gov-Mart/Baza'r, renamed as Payless/House of Values
• Jayhawks (Enumclaw)
• Lamonts
• Lynden Department Store (Lynden), 1897–1979; building destroyed by fire in 2008
• MacDougall-Southwick (Seattle) 1874-1964, opened several stores in Puget Sound region
• Peoples (Tacoma), 7-store chain in the Puget Sound region, owned by Mercantile Stores Co.; closed in 1983
• Proffitt's (Centralia, Chehalis, Longview, Olympia), opened in 1907 by Lee Proffitt; the chain folded in 1977
• Rhodes Brothers (Tacoma), renamed Liberty House in 1974
• Rhodes of Seattle, not related to the Tacoma store; renamed Lamonts 1i 1969
• Schacht's Department Store (Burlington), from 1905 to 1940
• Valu-Mart (Seattle), renamed Leslie's in 1974, acquired by Fred Meyer in 1976
• Wahl's (Bellingham), operated in downtown from 1913 to 1972
• Wigwam Stores Inc. (based in Seattle)
• White Front (Burien, Tacoma, Shoreline, Bellevue, Everett), 1969 to 1972
• Yard Birds (Chehalis, Olympia, Shelton)
• Young's (Pasco)

West Virginia

• Anderson-Newcomb (Huntington), acquired by Stone & Thomas
• Bernhardt's (Wheeling)
• Cooey-Bentz (Wheeling)
• Collins' (Charleston), opened 1937
• Coyle & Richardson (Charleston)
• The Diamond (Charleston and Vienna)
• Gee Bee Part of Glosser Brothers of Ohio.
• D. Gundling & co.
• Heck's Department Store, shuttered in the early 1990s
• Hills
• The Huntington Store (Huntington)
• L.A. Joe Department Store
• Levin's (Charleston), estd. 1915
• Lowndes' (Clarksburg)
• The Magic Carpet (Wheeling)
• Morrison Store Co. (Clarksburg)
• G. C. Murphy
• George M Snook Co. (Wheeling)
• Steifel's (Wheeling)
• Stone & Thomas, West Virginia's biggest department store chain; bought by Elder-Beerman in 1998
• Value City (Wheeling)
• Watson's
• Watts-Sartor-Lear (Clarksburg)

Wisconsin

• Bostwick's (Janesville)
• Chapman's (Milwaukee)
• Christel's (Kiel)
• Doerflinger's (La Crosse), closed in the 1980s
• Espenhain's (Milwaukee)
• Fischers (Watertown)
• Gimbels (Milwaukee), converted to Marshall Field's then one former Gimbels location (Madison) to Macy's 2006.
• Gloudeman's (Appleton)
• Goldmanns (Milwaukee), closed in 2007
• Henderson-Hoyt (Manitowoc)
• Johnson-Hill (Wisconsin Rapids)
• Kline's (Oshkosh)
• Klitsner's (Milwaukee) closed 1932
• Lauerman Brothers (Marinette)
• Manchester's (Madison)
• Pettibone-Peabody's (Appleton)
• H.C. Prange Co. (Sheboygan), sold to Younkers in 1992
• Prange Way (De Pere), spun off in 1990 by H.C. Prange Co.; closed 1996
• Roth Brothers (Superior)
• Schuette Brothers (Manitowoc) closed 1994
• Schuster's (Milwaukee), bought by Gimbels in 1962
• Winkleman's (Wausau)
• Zahn's (Racine)

National and regional

• Acorn Stores (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• Ames Department Stores Inc. (based in Rocky Hill, Connecticut)
• Arlan's Department Store (Mid-Atlantic and Midwest)
• Ayr-Way (Midwest/Great Lakes States-Based out of Indianapolis) Was discount chain of L.S. Ayres & Co. that eventually became Target Stores.
• L.S. Ayres (Indianapolis-Midwest/ Great Lakes states) Was eventually sold to May Department Stores and finally became Macy's.
• 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^[213]
• F.W. Woolworth Company
• Fisher's Big Wheel (Northeast & Midwest) Discount Department Stores based out of metro Pittsburgh, PA.
• G. E. M. Membership Department Stores (national/Ontario, Canada; also known as G.E.X. and G.E.S.)
• Gibson's Discount Center, based in Texas but had spread to many other states at its peak
• Hills Department Stores (National) Was bought out by Ames Department Stores.
• Jack's (operated by Penn-Daniels and based in Quincy, Illinois with locations in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri)
• Jamesway (Mid-Atlantic)
• S.H. Kress & Co., Puerto Rico subsidiary Tiendas Kress lives on, having survived parent company
• Leggett (Mid-Atlantic), acquired by Belk in 1997^[214]
• Linens 'n Things
• McCrory Stores (national)
• Mervyn's (primarily western U.S. but also in a few midwestern and southern U.S. states)
• Montgomery Ward (national - Chicago)
• Odd Job Stores, Inc. (located in the northeast and midwestern U.S.), acquired by Amazing Savings in 2003 and went bankrupt in 2005^{[215][216][217]}
• P.N. Hirsch, acquired by International Shoe Company (later renamed Interco) in 1964;^[218] later sold to Dollar General in 1983 and rebranded^[219][220]
• Stern's (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania)
• Steve & Barry's
• Syms
• Topps stores were closed when parent company, Interstate Stores filed for bankruptcy in 1974^[142]
• Two Guys (Mid-Atlantic)
• Venture Stores (National) Based out of St Louis, MO metro area.
• Woolco, founded by the F.W. Woolworth Company as a full-line discount department store
• Zayre (New England, Mid-Atlantic, Chicago, Florida)

See also

• List of department stores by country
• List of department stores of the United States
• List of defunct retailers of the United States

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39. "Store Will Celebrate Tomorrow: May Company's Ninth Anniversary Here to Be Marked". Los Angeles Times. March 25, 1932. p. A5. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
40. "David Hamburger, Civic Leader, Passes at 86: Long Illness Fatal to ...". Los Angeles Times. September 5, 1944. p. A1. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
41. "Daughter of Hamburger Dies in Beverly Hills: Mrs. Jennie Marx, 87". Los Angeles Times. May 22, 1953. p. A1. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
42. "Wilbur May, Son of Store Founder, Dies". Los Angeles Times. January 22, 1982. p. B20. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
43. Herhold, Scott (December 21, 2011). "Herhold: Remembering old downtown San Jose's signature department store". Mercury News.
44. "Other News". Los Angeles Times. June 4, 1992.
45. Kelleher, Kathleen (July 12, 1992). "Henshey's, the Westside's First Department Store, Falls Victim to the Economy After 67 Years.: All Sales Final". Los Angeles Times.
46. "Hilson's". Martinez Historical Society: Walking Tour of Martinez. Archived from the original on 2010-12-29.
47. Markel, Wendy P. (2009). Berkeley. Arcadia Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 9780738569420. OCLC 299713761.
48. White, George (June 27, 1992). "Hinshaw's final sale brought out the crowds . . . : . . . that weren't there a week ago. : Departed Stores : Hinshaw's in Arcadia Is Latest Retailer to Be Squeezed Out". Los Angeles Times.
49. "New Department Stores Chain". Wall Street Journal. March 14, 1925. p. 11. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
50. "Chain Acquires Tacoma Store; B.F. Schlesinger & Sons Buy Department Firm; Rhodes Bros. Inc., Operated for Thirty Years Local Bankers Will Effect New Financing". Los Angeles Times. July 21, 1925. p. 11. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
51. "Store Chain Reorganized: Schlesinger Units In West to Operate Separately". New York Times. August 19, 1933. p. 16. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
52. Hayes, Elinor (August 17, 1960). "Kahn's Department Stores Changing Name to Rhodes". Oakland Tribune. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
53. Allen, Annalee & Clausen, Edmund (2005). Oakland. Arcadia Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 9780738530147. OCLC 62146939.
54. Kern, James E. (2004). Vallejo. Arcadia Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 9780738529097. OCLC 56829052.
55. "H. Liebes, Subsidiary Of Beck Industries, To Cease Its Business: Firm, Protected From Creditors By Bankruptcy Act, Couldn't Arrange Additional Financing". Wall Street Journal. November 18, 1970. p. 4. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
56. Bormash, Isadore (August 29, 1970). "Liebes In A Move To Pay Its Debts: San Francisco Store Chain Files Under Chapter XI of Bankruptcy Act". New York Times. p. 45. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
57. Martin, Glen (January 31, 1995). "A Struggle for Downtown Petaluma / Stores closing as shoppers turn to malls". San Francisco Chronicle.
58. Burke, Kathy (March 11, 1976). "$1.5 Million Fire Destroys Landmark Pasadena Store". Los Angeles Times. p. 3. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
59. Burke, Kathy (March 10, 1976). "100 Flee Flames in Pasadena Department Store". Los Angeles Times. p. A1. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
60. "Nash's Store to Mark 75th Birthday Monday". Los Angeles Times. October 4, 1964. p. J16. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
61. "Services Slated For Pasadena Merchant". Los Angeles Times. January 16, 1967. p. B8. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
62. Erdman, Ann (2010-03-04). "Mystery History - Solved". Pasadena PIO. City of Pasadena. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
63. "Macy Gets Store In San Francisco: Arranges to Acquire O'Connor, Moffatt & Co. Through an Exchange of Stock; Expansion Also Planned; Land Adjoining the West Coast Establishment Is Bought or Leased as Part of Deal More Land Acquired Deal Based on Long Study". New York Times. July 6, 1945. p. 17. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
64. "Becomes Macy's, San Francisco". New York Times. October 17, 1947. p. 36. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
65. Kelley, Tim (June 30, 2011). "Historical Context Statement, Mid-Market Historical Survey, Conducted for The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency" (PDF). Tim Kelley Consulting.
66. "The Sensation of San Francisco! Prager's Retirement Sale", (advertisement)". San Francisco Call. 23 January 1921.
67. LeBaron, Gaye (March 13, 2005). "Lamenting the loss of the independent department store". The Press Democrat.
68. "Vornado Inc., Food Giant Inc. OK Merger". Schenectady Gazette. September 30, 1967. p. 19.
69. "Vornado Realty Trust History". Funding Universe.
70. "Walker's Store To Slice Cake Today". Los Angeles Times. October 7, 1926. p. A10. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
71. "Silver Jubilee On At Walker's: Fifth-Street Store Observes Twenty-Fifth Anniversary". Los Angeles Times. October 5, 1930. p. A3. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
72. "R. M. Walker Funeral Set: Company's Stores To Close Tuesday When Rites Will Be Conducted". Los Angeles Times. August 30, 1935. p. 12. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
73. "Walker's Store Sold: Owners of Building Pay $1,400,000 for Mercantile House". Los Angeles Times. September 1, 1937. p. A1. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
74. "Fifth St. Store Shares Offered". Los Angeles Times. October 18, 1944. p. 10. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
75. "Walker's Start Building East Long Beach Store". Los Angeles Times. July 25, 1954. p. A6. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
76. "$4,000,000 Store Opens, In Long Beach Center". Los Angeles Times. October 23, 1955. p. E26. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
77. "H. F. Conrad Buys Long Beach Store". Los Angeles Times. June 2, 1953. p. 28. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
78. "Succumbs: R. M. Walker Dies In East; Merchant Identified With Growth of Los Angeles for Thirty-five Years; R. M. Walker Dies In East; Store Owner, Clubman and Philanthropist Stricken on Buying Trip". Los Angeles Times. August 29, 1935. p. 1. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
79. "Handsome Department Store.: New Steele-Faris-Walker Emporium Of Dry Goods Opened--Inspected by a Large Crowd". Los Angeles Times. October 3, 1905. p. II6. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
80. "New Head And Expansion.: Former Chicago Business Man Becomes President Of Fifth-Street Store". Los Angeles Times. February 7, 1909. p. II8. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
81. "Fifth Street Store To Start Building.: Big Broadway Project Will Represent Investment of Over Million and a Half Dollars. Fine Structure to Rise at Fifth and Broadway". Los Angeles Times. August 14, 1921. p. V1. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
82. "Walker's Store in Change of Management". Los Angeles Times. April 13, 1957. p. 13. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
83. "Butler Bros. Unit Acquires L.B. Store". Los Angeles Times. May 8, 1960. p. G6. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
84. "City Products Buys Big Store In California". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 7, 1960. p. A5. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
85. "Walker's To Open In San Diego: Los Angeles Concern Leases Large Building for New Department Store". Los Angeles Times. June 21, 1935. p. A5. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
86. O'Reiley, Tim (September 2, 1985). "Walker-Scott Purchase Part of Ratner Expansion". San Diego Business Journal. 6 (6). p. 5. Link via ProQuest.
87. "Walker Scott Closing Stores in Downtown, La Jolla in February". Los Angeles Times. July 28, 1984. p. SD_A1. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
88. Ritter, Bill (November 8, 1986). "Walker-Scott to Close All 6 of Its San Diego Stores". Los Angeles Times.
89. Weinstein Company reports, 1938-1968. OCLC 174263692.
90. "Weinstein's Closes Its Big Store". San Francisco Chronicle. May 25, 1966.
91. Kahn, Ava Fran, ed. (2002). "The One-Price Store of David Lubin and Harris Weinstock". Jewish Voices of the California Gold Rush: A Documentary History, 1849-1880. Wayne State University Press. pp. 375–378. ISBN 9780814328590. OCLC 44926858.
92. Kassis, Annette (2012). Weinstock's: Sacramento's Finest Department Store. The History Press. ISBN 9781609494445. OCLC 798058249.
93. "White House Department Store Closes". Los Angeles Times. February 1, 1965. p. B6. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
94. Emert, Carol (November 11, 1998). "Whole Earth Closing Last 3 Stores". San Francisco Chronicle.
95. "Liquidation sale held by Block's". WWD. 151 (112). June 10, 1986. p. 8. Block's, a chain of stores based here [Pocatello] for over 70 years, will close by June 21. The company, owned by Sy Block, president, is undergoing a liquidation sale and five of the 11 units are already closed. The chain's stores are in Idaho and Utah. At its peak, the chain had 14 stores. Link via ProQuest.
96. "Interco Strides Toward Third Successive Peak". Barron's. April 17, 1967. p. 29. Interco made its first diversification move in 1964, when it bought for 337,679 shares P.N. Hirsch & Co., a chain of junior department stores. At the time, Hirsch had 105 stores. At the 1966 year-end, the division ran 210 stores, located in 16 states in the Midwest, Northwest and South. Last year eight stores were opened in the Midwest. The Hirsch division is also busily expanding in other ways. In January 1966, it purchased four department stores in northern California from W.R. Carithers & Sons, Inc., and in February, the unit acquired all the capital stock of Idaho Department Store Co., Caldwell, Idaho, a chain of 25 stores. In September, Interco acquired Central Hardware Co. and its subsidiary, Witte Hardware Co. Central operates a six-store chain of supermarket-type hardware stores located in Greater St. Louis Link via ProQuest.
97. "Owners close Twin Falls store". Times-News (Idaho). April 18, 1984. p. B6. Idaho Department Store Co. is taking over the operations of an allied chain, P.N. Hirsch Co., after the sale of 275 Hirsch's 351 stores.
98. Papajohn, George (October 12, 1987). "McDade & Co. Going Out Of Business". Chicago Tribune.
99. "Hartmarx sells deJong's". Daily News Record. December 4, 1990 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
100. Erler, Susan (November 16, 2007). "Fetla's Valpo store to close; Inventory not sold will go to store in Knox". The Times of Northwest Indiana.
101. Kasarda, Bob (November 17, 2007). "Fetla's falls to larger competitors; Store closing doors after more than 90 years". The Times of Northwest Indiana.
102. Bailey, Jim (September 5, 2009). "Jim Bailey: Giant Store, Kmart were earliest discount stores". Anderson Herald Bulletin.
103. Lane, James B. (1978). City of the Century: A History of Gary, Indiana. Indiana University Press. p. 202. ISBN 9780253111876. OCLC 3516434.
104. Hamilton, Tom (September 30, 2009). "K & S Department Store". Kokomo Herald.
105. King, Susan E. (2005). Richmond. Arcadia Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 9780738539942. OCLC 62470806.
106. Hagan, Marylee (December 18, 2011). "Historical Treasure: Many memories of the downtown Meis Store". Terre Haute Tribune-Star.
107. "Meis plans opening in October". Kokomo Tribune. August 9, 1987. p. 4. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
108. Podmolik, Mary ellen (November 21, 1986). "Meis chain to be mall tenant". Kokomo Tribune. p. 1. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
109. "Signs mark switch to Elder-Beerman". Kokomo Tribune. November 24, 1989. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
110. "No big changes planned at Meis". Kokomo Tribune. May 2, 1989. p. 2. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
111. Holecek, Andrea (January 22, 2010). "Former Minas employees, customers invited to be a part of history; Grandson of founder of defunct region landmark invites region residents to reminisce for his book". Times of Northwest Indiana.
112. "The Root Store". Wabash Valley Profile. August 16, 2001. PDF
113. "Dillard's agrees to sell 26 stores acquired in Mercantile purchase". Deseret News. August 3, 1998.
114. Fasig, Lisa Biank (August 4, 1998). "Dillard's sells Mercantile stores to May, Proffitt's". Cincinnati Enquirer.
115. Oljace, Beth (November 27, 2011). "History: Downtown Anderson was the place to shop". Anderson Herald Bulletin.
116. Hall, Forest M. (1922). "W.W. Wicks Enlisted When Sent On An Errand - Never Returned to Job - Came To Bloomington After War". Historic treasures: true tales of deeds with interesting data in the life of Bloomington, Indiana University and Monroe County--written in simple language and about real people, with other important things and illustrations. Indiana University Press. p. 141. OCLC 4699467.
117. "Courthouse Square". The City of Bloomington.
118. Barron, Jim & Barron, Kathie (2011). Wolf and Dessauer: Where Fort Wayne Shopped. The History Press. ISBN 9781609493349. OCLC 767725218.
119. "Ziesels reunion". Elkhart Truth. September 16, 2009.
120. Lowe, Joe (May 16, 2012). "Calling All Former S.W. Andersons Employees". WOMI.
121. Connelley, William Elsey & Coulter, Ellis Merton (1922). "Samuel Walter Anderson". In Kerr, Charles. History of Kentucky. 3. American Historical Society. p. 298. OCLC 680482713.
122. S. W. Anderson Co. v. Glenn, 43 F.Supp. 334 (W.D. Ky. February 24, 1942).
123. Boyd, Terry (June 8, 1998). "Dillard's says Bacons name will go". Louisville Business First.
124. Kleber, John E., ed. (2001). "Ben Snyder's Department Store". The Encyclopedia of Louisville. p. 86. ISBN 9780813121000. OCLC 42726130.
125. "Ben Synder Buys Mall Space". Bowling Green Daily News. November 30, 1978. p. 1A.
126. Ribar, Richard (12 September 1979). "New mall opens its doors for business". Bowling Green Daily News. pp. 1A, 16A.
127. Poole, Shelia M. (June 11, 1987). "Snyder's To Buy 5 Ayres Stores In Kentucky". Lexington Herald-Leader. p. B4. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewsBank.
128. Poole, Shelia M. (July 13, 1987). "Snyder's Takes A Leap Forward Acquisition Of Ayres Stores A Key To Company's Plans". Lexington Herald-Leader. p. D1. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewsBank.
129. "Pennsylvania-based Hess's buys Snyder's store chain". Bowling Green Daily News. 25 September 1987. p. 5-A.
130. Cooper, Ron (October 5, 1987). "Sale Was Just One Tough Option Snyder's Faced". Business First. 4 (9). p. 1. Link via ProQuest.
131. Jordan, Jim (December 25, 1987). "Snyder's To Be Renamed Hess's Department Stores". Lexington Herald-Leader. p. E8. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewsBank.
132. Simmons, Amy (February 15, 1988). "Hess's Will Steer Middle-of-the-Road Course". Business First. 4 (28). p. 1. Link via ProQuest.
133. Koier, Eve (December 26, 1988). "Hess's to Close Dixie Manor Store". Business First. 5 (21). p. 1. Link via ProQuest.
134. Miller, Kenneth L. (2001). "H.P. Selman and Company". In Kleber, John E. The Encyclopedia of Louisville. p. 408. ISBN 9780813128900.
135. "Stewart's, Ayres' announce Merger". Bowling Green Daily News. November 3, 1985. p. 4C.
136. Miller, Kenneth L. (2001). "Stewart's Dry Goods Company". In Kleber, John E. The Encyclopedia of Louisville. pp. 851–852. ISBN 9780813121000. OCLC 42726130.
137. "Landmark Lexington department store closes". Kentucky New Era. April 6, 1992. p. 1B.
138. "Aaron Selber". Shreveport Times. August 14, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
139. Dresser, Michael (June 19, 1992). "Moves put Hamburgers' future in doubt Chain discusses selling its leases". Baltimore Sun.
140. Thornton, Kurt (2014). Battle Creek. Arcadia Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 9781439642849.
141. Flinn, Gary (November 29, 2008). "Remember when crowds flocked to downtown Flint for holiday shopping". Flint Journal.
142. "Interstate's Chapter XI is tops in shops: Interstate Chapter XI is retailing's biggest". Women's Wear Daily. 128 (102). May 23, 1974. pp. 1, 14. So far 41 Topps discount stores have been closed, 11 are expected to be closed by July 1974 and the remaining nine will also be closed. Of its operating units, 25 are department stores, 43 are discount stores and 48 are toy supermarkets. Link via ProQuest.
143. "Stanley J. Winkelman, Department Store Executive, 76". The New York Times. 25 August 1999. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
144. "Equitable of Iowa Unit To Buy J.L. Brandeis For Up to $35 Million". Wall Street Journal (Eastern ed.). December 26, 1986. p. 1. (subscription required (help)). Younkers Inc., a unit of Equitable of Iowa Cos., said it agreed to buy J.L. Brandeis & Sons Inc. Brandeis, owned by Alan Baer of Omaha, Neb., operates 11 department stores in Nebraska and Iowa. Alternate Link via ProQuest.
145. "Younkers To Buy 11 Brandeis Units". WWD. 152 (125). December 30, 1986. p. 2. Link via ProQuest.
146. "Brandeis Buys Gold; Gird to Battle Chains: Brandeis Buys Gold; Gird to Battle Chains". Women's Wear Daily. 108 (21). January 30, 1964. pp. 1, 44. J.L. Brandeis & Sons, Inc. has purchase Gold & Co. of Lincoln for an undisclosed amount of cash. The two largest family-owned independent department stores in Nebraska have joined, ostensibly to combat the inroads being made by chain competition. Brndeis, Nebraska's largest department store has six locations, all in Omaha. Gold's has a downtown store covering nearly a square block, plus a warehouse operation, It includes a supermarket and automotive service center. Brandeis owns the local Metropolitan Drug Co. Gold's was founded in 1902 by William Gold, grandfather of its president. Brandeis started business in 1880 by Jonas Brandeis, grandfather of it president. Link via ProQuest.
147. McKee, Jim (November 17, 2013). "The rise and demise of Lincoln-owned department stores". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
148. "Gold & Co. Buys Rudge & Guenzel: Deal For Lincoln, Neb., Unit Of Allied Stores Said To Have Involved About $500,000—Closed For Inventory.". Women's Wear Daily. 63 (110). December 4, 1941. p. 1. The Rudge & Guenzel has operated in Lincoln for 54 years. While official confirmation was not forthcoming at press time, it was reported that Gold & Co., Inc. have purchased only the stock and will not continue the operation of the store. Link via ProQuest.
149. "Store Closings Set By Federal's Chain". New York Times. December 27, 1972. p. 68. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
150. Rolfes, Steven J. (2012). Cincinnati Landmarks. Arcadia Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 9780738593951. OCLC 794708039.
151. Collins, Glenn (October 8, 1996). "Best Products to Shut 81 Stores and Let 4,500 Workers Go". New York Times.
152. "Retailer opened Bargain City". Toledo Blade. July 8, 2004.
153. Grabowski, John J., ed. (July 16, 1997). "Gray Drug Stores, Inc.". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University.
154. Grabowski, John J., ed. (June 25, 1997). "Cook United, Inc.". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University.
155. Cuff, Daniel F. (October 2, 1984). "Cook United Files Under Chapter 11". New York Times.
156. Brickey, Homer (October 2, 1984). "Cook United Stores Declare Bankruptcy". Toledo Blade. p. 23.
157. Grabowski, John J., ed. (July 21, 1997). "Bailey Co.". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University.
158. Albury, Chuck (October 30, 1979). "Cook's Discount Store Is Open". St. Petersburg Times. p. 3.
159. "Retailing Passes Donenfeld's By - Family Couldn't Find Buyer". Dayton Daily News. December 1, 1991. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewsBank.
160. Gleaves, Rebekah (August 29, 2002). "Wild, Wild West: Once convicted of fraud and in debt to the IRS for a cool million, Steven West is some kind of businessman". New Times Broward-Palm Beach.
161. "Operation of New Stores To Aid Davidson Brothers". Barron's. 35 (2). January 10, 1955. p. 31. Link via ProQuest.
162. Grabowski, John J., ed. (July 23, 1997). "BUSINESS, RETAIL". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University.
163. Barmash, Isadore (September 8, 1988). "Kimco Buys Campeau's Gold Circle". New York Times.
164. "Goldman's store founder eulogized". Dayton Daily News. August 25, 2010.
165. Larson, Emily A. (November 25, 2012). "Carroll's was the place to shop". Newark Advocate.
166. "Davidson Bros., Detroit, Buy Kobacker Stores". Toledo Blade. January 28, 1961. p. 15.
167. "4 Stores Bought By Davidson Bros.: Michigan Suburban Units of Sams, Inc., Acquired". New York Times. September 20, 1961. p. 41. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
168. "Davidson Bros. Buys Two Companies, Adding 14 Retail Units to Chain". Wall Street Journal. January 30, 1961. p. 13. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
169. Speck, William D. (2003). Toledo: A History in Architecture : 1914 to Century's End. Arcadia Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 9780738532042. OCLC 53886976.
170. "Lima Store Is Sold To Dayton Chain: Leader Was Last Of Home-Owned Outlet In City". Toledo Blade. February 14, 1974. p. 1.
171. "The May Department Stores Company Announces Robinsons And May Company To Become Robinsons-May; Kaufmann's And May Company To Become Kaufmann's". PRNewswire (Press release). October 16, 1992 – via The Free Library.
172. "Earnings Decline At Allied Stores: Sales Off With Closing Of 4 Units In April 30 Quarter". New York Times. May 26, 1969. p. 67. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
173. "Born In A Barn". Sandusky Register. June 28, 1967. p. 12. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
174. "Mr Wiggs' Payroll Has Grown To 470 At All Locations". Sandusky Register. June 29, 1967. p. 14. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
175. "Mr. Wiggs Plans Department Store Here". Park City Daily News. August 30, 1970. p. 1.
176. "Mr. Wiggs has new Manager". Piqua Daily Call. April 17, 1975. p. 9. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
177. "Revco Sets Purchase of Stores". Athens Messenger. February 2, 1971. p. 2. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
178. "Mr. Wiggs Expands Present Site To 100,000 Sq. Feet". Sandusky Register. September 14, 1977. p. 11. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
179. "Bargain Fair Takes Over Building". Sandusky Register. March 1, 1963. p. 16. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
180. "2 Stores In Ohio Bought By Allied: Halle Sells Units In Canton For $1,250,000; Size Of One Will Be Doubled Companies Plan Sales, Mergers". New York Times. September 14, 1955. p. 49. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
181. "Allied Stores to Shed Polsky's Unit in Ohio, Sell Akron Properties". Wall Street Journal. November 2, 1978. p. 16. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
182. "Mr. Rattenberg is Progressive". Newark Advocate. January 22, 1910. p. 3. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
183. "Rink Store Chain Bought By Gray Drug". St. Petersburg Evening Independent. June 22, 1964. p. 2. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
184. Goodman, Rebecca (January 5, 2007). "Fun-loving Hyman Ullner founded Rink's, did TV ads". Cincinnati Enquirer.
185. "Lining up for a bargain at Rink's". Lima News. August 23, 2013. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015.
186. Perry, D. (1969). Vas you ever in Zinzinnati?. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday. p. 118. OCLC 412693.
187. Albaugh, Patti R. "Main Street Merchant: Dedicated to the Customers and Employees of Dowd's-Rudin's and Rudin's".
188. Grabowski, John J., ed. (March 27, 1998). "Sterling-Lindner Co.". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University.
189. Orth, Samuel Peter (1910). A History of Cleveland, Ohio: Biographical. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 939–940. OCLC 732890.
190. Faircloth, Christopher (2009). Cleveland's Department Stores. Arcadia Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 9780738560762. OCLC 299713633.
191. "Allied Stores Unit in Ohio Sold to Real Estate Firm". Wall Street Journal. July 9, 1968. p. 17. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
192. "Another Store in Cleveland Purchased by Allied Stores". Wall Street Journal. March 12, 1949. p. 2. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
193. Kenney, Kimberly A. (2003). Canton: A Journey Through Time. Arcadia Pub. pp. 49–50, 140–141, 154. ISBN 9780738524511. OCLC 53947073.
194. Mooney, Barbara (January 13, 1992). "Stern & Mann Not Too Old to Grow". Crain's Cleveland Business. 13 (2). p. 13. Link via ProQuest.
195. Brandt, Steve (December 23, 1996). "Cincinnati retail: A whole lotta shakin' going on". Cincinnati Business Courier. 13 (33). p. 9B. Link via ProQuest.
196. "Swallen's Files For Chapter 11". Columbus Dispatch. November 27, 1995. p. 4. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via NewsBank.
197. Peale, Cliff (December 7, 1995). "Swallen's shuts doors". Cincinnati Post. p. 1A. Link via NewsBank.
198. "Columbus, Ohio, Store Plans To Merge Into Allied Stores". Wall Street Journal. August 14, 1948. p. 3. (subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
199. Grabowski, John J., ed. (July 23, 1997). "William Taylor Son & Co.". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University.
200. Ryan, Carl (June 24, 2010). "Store-chain owner had over 1,000 employees". Toledo Blade.
201. "Uhlmans Opens New Bowling Green Store". Bryan Times. January 22, 1965. p. 8.
202. Michaels, Dave (July 21, 2012). "Romney firm scored big in Texas with Stage Stores but exited years before its bankruptcy". Dallas News.
203. Winski, Joseph (March 8, 1980). "Fields agrees to buy six 'The Union' stores in Ohio". Chicago Tribune. p. N_B7. Alternate Link via ProQuest.
204. Dunham, Tom (2012). Springfield, Ohio: A Summary of Two Centuries. Author House. ISBN 9781477261934. OCLC 857903032.
205. Humphrys, Mark. "Wren's Department Store, Springfield, Ohio". The genealogy site of Mark Humphrys.
206. Rockel, William Mahlon (1908). 20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co. OCLC 798059681.
207. "Charles E. Ziegler: Owned Ziegler's Department Store in Medina". Cleveland Plain Dealer. November 25, 2008.
208. Rutberg, Sidney (August 4, 1986). "Can John Wanamaker be turned into big money maker? (column)". Daily News Record. Retrieved 2009-02-12 – via HighBeam Research.
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