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  2. Service Merchandise - Wikipedia

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    Raymond Zimmerman. Products. Jewelry, gifts, home decor products, sporting goods, electronics, toys. Service Merchandise was a retail chain of catalog showrooms carrying jewelry, toys, sporting goods and electronics. The company, which first began in 1934 as a five-and-dime store, was in existence for 68 years before ceasing operations in 2002.

  3. Pamida - Wikipedia

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    Pamida. Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, market, housewares, pharmacy. Pamida / pəˈmaɪdə / was a chain of department stores with more than 175 locations in 16 Midwestern and West Central U.S. states. Founded by D.J. Witherspoon and Lee Wegener in 1963, Pamida stores were generally located in ...

  4. F. W. Woolworth Company - Wikipedia

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    Richman Brothers. The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store. It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, setting trends and creating the modern retail model that stores follow worldwide today.

  5. Big Lots is closing hundreds of stores after bankruptcy ... - AOL

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    Iowa currently has three Big Lots locations. As of 1 p.m. Monday, all three were still listed as open on the stores website. None of the three locations were listed in planned closures in ...

  6. Morris & Company - Wikipedia

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    Morris & Company was founded by Nelson Morris in Chicago. [1] In 1902, with Nelson's son Edward Morris as president, it agreed to merge with the other two (Armour & Company and Swift & Company) to form a giant corporation called the National Packing Company. Conceived primarily as a holding company, National Packing soon began buying up smaller ...

  7. CompUSA - Wikipedia

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    The closing locations were chosen based upon their overall performance, profitability, and proximity to competitors such as Best Buy, Fry's Electronics, Micro Center, and Circuit City. This first round of closings reduced the number of stores to less than half of its previous number.

  8. Omaha, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Omaha is located in northwestern Gallatin County at 37°53′24″N 88°18′12″W (37.889963, -88.303341). [5] Illinois Route 1 passes through the village, leading north 7 miles (11 km) to Norris City and south 32 miles (51 km) to Cave-in-Rock on the Ohio River. Shawneetown, the Gallatin County seat, is 16 miles (26 km) to the southeast via ...

  9. List of defunct department stores of the United States

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    Edward C. Minas Co. , also had a branch store in Calumet City, Illinois at River Oaks Center [159] 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. [160] [161] [162] L. Strauss & Co ...