List of defunct department stores of the United States
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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.
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 1986 and 2006 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.
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.
Ames. Bradlees was part of the Stop 'n Shop Companies which was a grocery chain also based in Mass. While there were Bradlees discount stores in the mid Atlantic region, with a buying office on Broadway in the garment center district in NYC; the grocery stores were only in the New England area. Caldor, Service Merchandise, Venture, Woolco, and Zayre were national discount stores that closed due to changes in shopping places and patterns, and/or large debt from mergers and acquisitions.[2]
Leggett (Mid-Atlantic), acquired by Belk in 1997[4]
Lord & Taylor, the oldest department store chain in the United States, founded in 1826 in New York City, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 2, 2020. On August 27, 2020, the company stated it would be liquidating all 38 locations by December 1, 2020.
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 its stores in 1985[18][19][20]
Daly's (Eureka), closed in 1995, with four Northern California stores, after operating for exactly 100 years[34]
Desmond's, founded 1862, became a large Southland-wide chain, closed 1970s
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,[35] stores were later renamed MAC Disco Mart and then MAC Disco Discount Department Stores,[36] chain sold to Daylin in 1966 and renamed Disco Discount Department Stores, first store outside of Northern California opened in Reno in 1968,[37] stores were closed by 1975 due to financial problems with parent company[38]
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[39][40][41][42][43]
Fifth Street Store: 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[44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58]
Frink's (Pasadena), founded by Jose and Lola Frink in the early twentieth century, but closed by mid-century[59]
Gottschalks, bankrupt March 31, 2009, which closed all of the stores.[61] 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,[62][63] but the deal ultimately fell through.[64]
GET (Government Employees Together)[65] at Lakeshore Plaza, on Sloat Boulevard,[66] in San Francisco, a discount chain, a membership retailer, not subject to "Fair Trade pricing", and open only to employees of local, state, and federal government agencies.[67] Lakeshore Plaza had a Lucky store and in the late 1960s, Government Employees Together became part of Lucky store's Gemco.[68][69]
Grodin's (San Francisco Bay Area), a 36-unit chain of men's and women's specialty stores, closed in January 1987.[70]
Kahn's (Oakland), founded by Israel Kahn in 1879, acquired by newly formed B. F. Schlesinger & Sons in 1925,[87][88][89][90] B.F. Schlesinger & Sons was renamed Western Department Stores in 1941, Kahn was rebranded Rhodes in 1960[91][92]
Nahas, 1953–early 1980s junior department stores with clothing and home goods, mostly in Los Angeles County. Purchased and absorbed independent department stores Rathbun's North Hollywood, Trenwiths Santa Barbara and Butler Bros. Van Nuys.
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[97][98][99][100][101]
Sage's Complete Shopping, one of the first full department stores that coined the name "super market," at Baseline and E Street in San Bernardino, later with stores in Riverside, Rialto, Colton and Redlands, confounded by Milton Ross Sage and C. C. Jenkins, 1937-1973[126]
Walker Scott (San Diego), Solana Beach branch is now a HomeGoods store; founded as a branch of the Walker's Department Store of Los Angeles in 1935;[129] 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[130][131][132]
Weinstein's (1041 Market Street San Francisco), founded by Isidor Weinstein, went bankrupt in 1968[104][133][134][135]
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[136][137]
The Edw. Malley Co., formerly the largest hometown department store in Downtown New Haven Store relocated during urban renewal in 1962 from Chapel Street to Church Street. Bankruptcy and closure, 1981.
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.[142] Not to be confused with the Indianapolis-based William H. Block Co. which was also known as "Block's".
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.[143] The chain was still a part of Interco when P.N. Hirsch was sold in 1983,[144] but there is no mention of the chain in print after that point.
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 orderretailer.
George H. Knollenberg Co. (Richmond), founded in 1866 by George Knollenberg, closed in 1995[153]
Meis (Terre Haute), founded in 1923 and was acquired by Elder-Beerman in 1987.[154] 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.[155][156][157][158]
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[166]
Maison Blanche (New Orleans), last operated under that name by Mercantile Stores Co. Remaining Maison Blanche stores converted to Dillard's in 1998.
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.
Selber Bros. (Shreveport), begun in 1907, purchased by and converted to Dillard's in 1988[187]
Barthwell Drugs, Detroit. Sidney Barthwell founded the company in 1933. "Barthwell Drugs grew to become the largest chain of black-owned drugstores in the United States, with nine stores and three ice-cream parlors. The Sidney Barthwell Endowed Scholarship at Wayne State University College of Pharmacy.[202]
Boston Store Company. Originating with Isaac and Rachel Kratzenstein, it became the Kratze Bros. Department Store in 1912. Bought by the Boston Store Company, which was established by Charles Netcher and local businessmen in 1921. In the deal, the building and stock came to $125,000-$150,000, which was “one of the biggest mercantile deals in the history of Escanaba. Large company which “owned one of the most modern and complete mercantile buildings in the Upper Peninsula.”[210]
Crowley's, a/k/a Crowley Milner (Detroit), sold to Value City in 1999. Upscale clients. Originally Partridge and Blackwell[202][219] Had expanded as far as Ann Arbor and Flint.
Department Store & Warehouse, E.A. Alray, Prop. Middleville[203]
Ed Erickson Company (1878 - 1928) Escanaba one of the oldest in the Upper Peninsula Sole to Lauerman in 1928.[210]
Eggleson's Department Store, see Mitzelfeld's Department Store, Rochester.[224][225]
Elder-Beerman, locations in Adrian, Benton Harbor, Howell, Midland, Monroe, and Norton Shores. Ohio based company. Michigan stores opened in 1987.[226]
The Fair The Fair Savings Bank Department Store, later abbreviated to the Fair Store (1888 - 1965) Escanaba, Lansing, Flint opened its doors in 1888 and operated on Ludington Avenue. Allowed their clerks to unionize, even as their competitors resisted. [210]
Federal'sDetroit, discount department store, closed in 1980. Numerous locations elsewhere across the state as well. Steven West acquired the company, and stores had an unfortunate tendency to burn down.[202]
Himelhoch's (Detroit), filed for Chap. 11 in 1979. Founded in Caro, MI in 1876, Himelhoch's moved to Detroit in 1907. Himelhoch's Department Store returned online in 2018 under the ownership of fourth-generation family members. Closed in 1977.[237] "Fifty years later, the chain had stretched across the country, and even to Paris." Its original location on Washington Boulevard is a historic landmark.[202][238]
Hudson's (Detroit), founded 1881 by Joseph L. Hudson rebranded to Marshall Field & Company in 2001, then Macy's in 2006. Locations throughout the Lower Peninsula as well as Toledo, Ohio, and Fort Wayne and Mishawaka, Indiana. "The 29-story flagship store, located at 1206 Woodward in downtown Detroit, was the worlds tallest department store throughout most of the 20th century, with 706 fitting rooms, 68 elevators, 51 display windows, five restaurants, a fine-art gallery, and a wine department."*[203][202]
Hughes & Hatcher, later Hughes, Hatcher & Sufferin. Clothing store located in downtown Detroit, men's fashion, and "known for having the largest display windows."[202]
Knapp's (J.W. Knapp Company) closed in 1980. Locations in downtown Lansing, Meridian Mall in Okemos and Westwood Mall in Jackson. Also included Smith Bridgman's of Flint. All three buildings were sold to J. C. Penney in the 1980s.
Kresge's and S. S. Kresge (Michigan) (incorporated in 1899),[257] later K-Mart Corporation (headquartered in Troy), 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. The chain operated over 2,000 stores worldwide. 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.
The Leader (1888 - 1918 at least), D.K. Moses opened in 1888 and in 1904 when it reopened after a fire it was two stories in height with a basement store and covered 22,000 square feet. Whereupon, it was described as “one of the most complete department stores to be found in the north country.” In 1918 the store employed 23 female clerks.[210]
Lloyd's Department Store, a/k/a “The Wonder Store” (1926 - 1946) Menominee[266]
Mack & Co. (originally Mack & Schmid) located at Liberty and Main Street, Ann Arbor, in the building that eventually housed the later Pretzel Bell. It was in business from the end of the 19th Century to 1940.[267][268][269]
Penzlauer & Bros. Saulte Ste. Marie (1868 – 1906). In 1887 they established what became “a mammoth” department with some 17,790 square feet, four stories tall. “It was considered at opening “the largest general store in Michigan outside Detroit.” Penzlauer Bros. had large lumber-related business. In 1906 when they sold out and opened a store in Los Angeles. The successor was Cowan & Hunt, who renamed the store Penzlauer Bros. & Company. On January 1, 1918 the name was changed to Cowan & Hunt. Both companies hired women clerks and in 1918 there were 29 women working there. [210]
People's Outfitting Company Detroit with roots going back to 1877 (preceded by Adolph and Ignatz Freund, German immigrants who came to Detroit in 1877 selling “Toys and Fancy Goods”), merged with State Sample Company in 1959. (1916 - 1969)[301] According to Twentieth Century Retailing in Downtown Detroit by Michael Hauser and Marianne Weldon it was "the first large retail concern to extend credit at retail."[302][303][304][305]
Pizer's Variety Store, Harrisville, originally The White Store, at the corner of Lake Street and Main Street.[246][306]
Shoppers Fair By December 1974, all of the Detroit stores were closed,[319] and by 1975, the ten remaining stores in the chain had gone out of business as well.[320]
B. Siegel & Company, originally Heyns Bazaar. Fine-clothing store "reputed to be the finest and most complete suit and cloak store in America," bankrupt in 1981.[202]
Steketee's (Grand Rapids), with branches at Eastbrook Mall and in Kalamazoo (Maple Hill Mall), Holland (Westshore Mall), Grand Haven, and downtown Muskegon (Muskegon Mall), Muskegon[329][330]
Toeller's (Battle Creek), sold to L. W. Robinson Co. in 1971. The Calhoun County Toeller Building was designed by Cain Associates and dedicated in September, 1977.[338][339][340][341]
Rudge & Guenzel (Lincoln), acquired by Allied Stores in 1929, closed in 1941 when Allied sold the contents of the store to Gold & Co.[359][360] ·The Avenues: opened in 1949 and filed for chap 11 in 2010, closed all stores, except 3. 1 in NJ, 1 in OH, and 1 in FL.
Kobacker, two locations in Buffalo, New York; closure announced on December 27, 1972.[361] No relation to Kobacker's Market, a grocery store in Brewster, New York
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[362]
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[364][365][366][367][368]
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[366][367][368]
J.J. Newberry. This chain had many stores in Ohio including: Coshocton, Wooster, East Palestine, Cincinnati. The company came under control of McCrory Stores in 1974. John Josiah Newberry, founder of the company, died in 1954.
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.
Morehouse Martens (Columbus, Ohio), merged with "The Fashion" to become "Morehouse-Fashion," later shortened to "The Fashion"; closed by Allied Stores in 1969[388]
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[389][390][391][392][393][394][395]
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.[365][366][367][368][399][400][401]
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[402]
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.
The Fashion (store) (Columbus, Ohio), purchased by Allied Stores in 1949;[414] 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[415]
Benny's, a discount store based in Smithfield that had locations in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. All locations closed in December 2017.[426][427]
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 Wichita Falls in 1952; after expanding throughout Texas, chain expanded into New Mexico, Oklahoma, and California[42][429][430]
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, others became Macy's in 2005
"Korvettes Closes Its Last 17 Stores". New York Times. December 30, 1980. p.D3. Korvettes Inc. has closed its 17 remaining department stores, a company spokesman said. The chain, which operated 50 stores a year ago and which pared its staff to less than 3,000 from 11,000, shut down its remaining outlet on Christmas Eve.Alternate Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
"Interstate's Chapter XI is tops in shops: Interstate Chapter XI is retailing's biggest". Women's Wear Daily. Vol.128, no.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(subscription required) via ProQuest.
Polk's San Francisco County city directory. Los Angeles, CA: R.L. Polk & Co. 1963. Retrieved March 25, 2023– via archive.org. GET (Government Employees Together) 11 Lakeshore Plaza ... RANSOHOFFS san francisco SINCE 1902 sacromento San Francisco's Independently Owned Specialty Shop Traditionally Known For Quality And Fashion 259 Post ...
"James Ransohoff, Local Merchant. Succumbs". J. The Jewish News of Northern California. cdnc.ucr.edu — California Digital Newspaper Collection. June 1, 1951. Retrieved July 18, 2023. Volume 102, Number 72
Ransohoff, Leopold (December 29, 1916). "Legal Notice". The Recorder. San Francisco, California: American Lawyer Media. newspapers.com. p.6. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
O'Reiley, Tim (September 2, 1985). "Walker-Scott Purchase Part of Ratner Expansion". San Diego Business Journal. Vol.6, no.6. p.5. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
"Liquidation sale held by Block's". WWD. Vol.151, no.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(subscription required) via ProQuest.
"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. LouisLink(subscription required) via ProQuest.
"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.
Cooper, Ron (October 5, 1987). "Sale Was Just One Tough Option Snyder's Faced". Business First. Vol.4, no.9. p.1. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
"Kennedy's Clothing Store...A Classic Retro Boston Fixture Remembered". Shopping Days In Retro Boston (blog). Charles of Boston. April 4, 2012. Kennedy's: Boston's Largest, Livest, Leading Men's Store…an early slogan… The store had its humble beginnings in 1892 in a small shop in Hyde Park… blossoming in 1912 with the leasing of the large, handsome building on the corner of Summer and Hawley Streets built in 1873… By the late 1970's, Kennedy's was owned by the Van Heusen Corporation… The company was not making the profits [Van Heusen] deemed necessary and in early 1980 decided to close many of the Kennedy's locations including the Boston flagship.
Schwartz, David. History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, 1880 With Illustrations. pp.324 to 334. reprinted Schwartz, David; Johnson, Crisfield (November 30, 2014) [1880]. 1880 History of Saugatuck and Douglas With Illustrations (Unabridgeded.). Repressed Publishing LLC. ISBN9781504297554.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
Toft, Larry; Nagel, Elizabeth J.; Hammond, Tom (December 25, 2018). Downtown Saginaw: Heart of a Historic City (illustrateded.). Donning Company Publishers Historical Society of Saginaw County. ISBN9781681841960.
Smith, Mike (June 18, 2023) [January 7, 2021]. "Where Fashion Reigned". The Jewish News. Retrieved March 10, 2024. eight locations. Its store at Livernois and Seven Mile helped give that area its nickname: "the Avenue of Fashion."
Magnaghi, Russell (June 12, 2021). "Culture, Rural Voices: Gender and Factory Work in the Upper Peninsula – Part One". Rural Voices. Retrieved March 17, 2024. Lauermans, which opened in 1904, - 1985 was the leading department store in the southern Upper Peninsula and a majority of its employees were women and . Upper Peninsula and to the south of Menominee across the river in Marinette, Wisconsin. The difference between the clothing or women's shop was that department stores were usually several stories in size and carried a variety of goods–groceries, clothing for women, men and children, undergarments, notions, yarn, cloth, linen, ready-made clothing, furniture, carpets, draperies, office supplies–to name a few housed in separate departments.
Robinson, John (February 15, 202) A Look Inside Old General Stores, 1900 -1940s WFMK which contains photographs of general stores from all over the state, identified by location but only rarely by name.
Kopytek, Bruce Allen (November 30, 2015). Crowley's: Detroit's Friendly Store (Landmarks) (Paperback). Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. ISBN978-1-4671-1974-0.
Nelson, P.J. (2014). "The Church and the Land: The National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American Society, 1923–2007". The Annals of Iowa. 73 (3). pubs.lib.uiowa.edu: 288–290. doi:10.17077/0003-4827.12130.
"Historic Lloyd's Department Store Apartment Conversion Earns Green Certification". October 6, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2024. Lloyd's Department Store was built by Menominee millionaire inventor, industrialist, business and civic leader Marshall Burns Lloyd in 1926, after the city's only department store was destroyed by fire and not rebuilt.
Shackman, Grace (May 1982). "Mack & Company". Ann Arbor Observer. Retrieved May 19, 2022. The Nieman-Marcus of Ann Arbor .. Mack & Company was Ann Arbor's counterpart to downtown Detroit's big J.L. Hudson store. It sold everything from furniture and carpets to cosmetics and lingerie, from dry goods to insurance, from health food to postage stamps. It had its own pharmacy. And it even had its own bank.
Havey, Robert. "Milliken in the Middle". Bentley Historical Collection, University of Michigan. Michigan's longest-serving governor was a Republican renowned for reaching across the aisle to Democratic colleagues, and for making Michigan's environmental health a priority. His collection at the Bentley reveals a breed of politician that's nearly extinct.
Heaton, Dan (January 7, 2004). "Family-Owned Store Follows Trend, Shuts Doors". Rochester, Michigan. Retrieved March 10, 2024. The owner of Mitzelfeld's department store says he will attempt to lease the space in Downtown once his store closes at the end of the month.
Peppin, John (March 6, 2024). "From trash dump to treasured attraction". The Alcona County Review. Vol.154, no.10. Harrisville, Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. p.6.
Rahal, Sarah (May 30, 2022). "Four Sears Hometown stores in Michigan to close". The Detroit News. Retrieved June 5, 2022. Four Sears Hometown stores have announced permanent shutdowns in Michigan this month with closeout sales, leaving the storied retail name all but absent from the state. Stores in Escanaba, Houghton, Ionia and Sault Ste. Marie posted on their Facebook sites about the closings, which come less than a year after Michigan's last Sears department store, in Westland, closed in June 2021.
"Brandeis Buys Gold; Gird to Battle Chains: Brandeis Buys Gold; Gird to Battle Chains". Women's Wear Daily. Vol.108, no.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(subscription required) via ProQuest.
"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. Vol.63, no.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(subscription required) via ProQuest.
Mooney, Barbara (January 13, 1992). "Stern & Mann Not Too Old to Grow". Crain's Cleveland Business. Vol.13, no.2. p.13. Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.