MainStreet (department store)
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For other uses, see Main Street (disambiguation).
MainStreet was a department store chain based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The chain was launched in November 1983 by Federated Department Stores (now known as Macy's, Inc.).[1] Throughout the 1980s, the chain expanded to twenty-nine stores in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Minnesota. By 1988, MainStreet was sold to the Wisconsin-based chain Kohl's, which converted most MainStreet locations to Kohl's that year.
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Company type | Department store |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1983, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Defunct | 1988 |
Fate | Converted or Sold to Kohl's |
Headquarters | Bannockburn, Illinois, USA |
Area served | Chicago metropolitan area, Detroit, Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Twin Cities, Minnesota |
Products | Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, home electronics, small appliances, housewares |
Parent | Federated Department Stores |
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