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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.
Below is a list of notable defunct retailers of the United States. Across the United States, a large number of local stores and store chains that started between the 1920s and 1950s have become defunct since the late 1960s, when many chains were either consolidated or liquidated. Some may have been lost due to mergers, while others were affected by a phenomenon of large store closings in the ...
The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries [9]) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States. [1][10] Founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger operates 2,719 grocery retail stores under its various banners and divisions in 35 states (mostly in the South, Midwest and ...
The first store opened in Pasadena on Colorado Boulevard at Meredith in 1930. [1] The chain had 14 stores in the Pasadena area by 1934. [2] The chain had 42 locations in 1959 including as far as Santa Ana and San Bernardino. [3] Kroger bought the chain in 1963 when Market Basket annual sales were $121 million (~$923 million in 2023).
Acme would also acquire a number of stores from Kmart Foods (as did A&P, Safeway, and Kroger); however, in the late 1970s, many recently closed 1950s-era supermarkets in Philadelphia and close suburbs were reopened as independents IGA or Thriftway/Shop 'n Bag.
The DiMatteos continued to operate the chain under the financial backing of Fisher Foods. Under Fisher, Dominick's acquired 24 stores plus a 462,000-square-foot distribution center in Northlake from Kroger in two separate transactions in 1970. [6][7] The new acquisitions from Kroger increased the number of stores to 45.
Tanglewood Mall is a shopping mall in southwest Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. It originally opened for business March 28, 1973. The mall is currently managed by Hackney Real Estate Partners. Tanglewood Mall is located at the intersection of US 220 and Route 419.
Vons is a supermarket chain owned by Albertsons, with most of its locations in Southern California and the Las Vegas Valley. It is headquartered in Fullerton, California, [2] and operates stores under the Vons and Pavilions banners. It was owned by Safeway Inc. and headquartered in Arcadia, California, before that company was acquired by and ...