List of defunct retailers of the United States
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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 have been lost due to mergers. Below is a list of defunct retailers of the United States.
[edit] Automotive
- 10,000 Auto Parts — ( - 1990[1]). Midwest; bought out by Champion Auto stores[2][3]
- Al's Auto Parts — in Washington, California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and Alaska; purchased by CSK Auto
- Auto Palace (- 1998). Acquired by AutoZone[4][5]
- Auto Works
- Big A Auto Parts — 142 stores and 10 distribution centers sold in 1998 bankruptcy proceedings to General Parts Inc. and BWP Distributors Inc. ("Carquest"), and Parts Source Inc., ("Ace Auto Parts").[6]
- Big Wheel/Rossi Auto Parts
- Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts[7] — Midwest; very large chain that was sold to O'Reilly Auto Parts in 2005.[citation needed] Some stores with this branded name still operate in southern Louisiana.[citation needed]
- Checker Auto Parts — purchased by CSK Auto, Inc.; acquired by O'Reilly Auto Parts in 2008 and brand phased out
- Chief Auto Parts — Southwest and Midwest; merged with AutoZone in 1998
- CSK Auto — nationwide; bought out by O'Reilly Auto Parts in 2008
- Grand Auto Supply — in Washington, California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and Alaska; purchased by CSK Auto
- Kragen Auto Parts — purchased by CSK Auto, Inc.; acquired by O'Reilly Auto Parts in 2008 and brand phased out
- Murray's Discount Auto Stores — purchased by CSK Auto, Inc.; acquired by O'Reilly Auto Parts in 2008
- Oklahoma Tire & Supply Company — OTASCO
- Parts America[citation needed]
- Schucks Auto Supply — purchased by CSK Auto, Inc.; acquired by O'Reilly Auto Parts in 2008
- Super Shops
- Trak Auto — Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and West Coast; purchased by Advance Auto Parts in 2002
- Western Auto — nationwide, once had 1,800 locations, purchased by Sears in 1987 and sold to Advance Auto Parts in 1998. Still operates as of January 2012[update] in Puerto Rico.
- Wheels Discount Auto - (owned by Fays Inc Fay's Drug and Paper Cutter) - acquired by Parts America,[8][9] subsequently purchased by Advance Auto Parts (Sears)[10]
[edit] Catalog showrooms
Many long-established catalog merchants have gone out of business in recent years.
- Ardan 1950—1986 An outgrowth of a family-owned jewelry business dating back to 1885,[11] Ardan showroom locations increased to 68 across the Midwest and California by 1983, when the company began closing and selling showrooms due to shrinking market share, and stopped retailing non-jewelry merchandise.[12][13] Some showrooms were acquired by Service Merchandise.[14]
- BASCO — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area; acquired by Best Products[citation needed]
- Best Products — ceased business in 1998 after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1996
- Brendle's — operated 58 showrooms in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee; closed in 1996, a few months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time
- Consumers and Consumers Express
- Ellman's Catalog Showrooms — Atlanta, Georgia; merged in 1986 with Service Merchandise[citation needed]
- Great Western — part of Modern Merchandising; acquired by Best Products in 1982[citation needed]
- K's Merchandise
- Service Merchandise — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1999; ceased operations by early 2002. The name was resurrected in 2004 for an online retail operation.
- Wilson's Jewelers — Southern states, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; acquired by Service Merchandise in 1986
- Witmark — operated in southwestern Michigan; founded 1969, liquidated 1997
[edit] Clothing, shoes, & specialty stores
- A&N Stores — Army-Navy surplus store that later sold sportswear and footwear, with 48 stores in Virginia, ceased operations in 2008.[15]
- Afterthoughts — owned by Venator Group, Inc., acquired by Claire's in 1999 and coverted to Icing stores
- Anderson-Little — men's specialty retailer originally associated with a large Massachusetts-based men's clothing manufacturer; also known as Anderson Little-Richman Brothers; owned for many years by F. W. Woolworth Company; sold to Cliftex Corporation and incorporated into its Gentlemen's Wearhouse subsidiary in 1993; ceased operations in 1997, but was restarted in 2008 by the grandson and great-grandson of the original founder[16][17][18][19][20]
- Bugle Boy[citation needed]
- Casual Corner
- Charles A. Stevens and Chas stores — Chicago, Illinois area
- Chess King
- Copper Rivet — sold Levi's jeans
- County Seat
- Dawahares - Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee
- De Pinna
- Endicott Johnson
- Erlebacher's
- Foreman & Clark
- Forth & Towne
- Franklin Simon
- Gantos
- Harold's/Harold Powell — Norman, Oklahoma
- J. Brannam — was Woolworth; liquidated
- Jay Jacobs
- Judy's Inc. - Founded in 1946, this women's clothing retail chain[21] sold in 1989 to Laws International Holdings Ltd, entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from 1992 to early 1993, sold to Larry Hansel/ Westridge Partners.[22] There were 50 Judy's stores in 1993,[22] but the chain, including Hansel's Rampage Clothing went bankrupt by 1997.[23]
- Just For Feet
- Kids "R" Us An offshoot of Toys "R" Us, selling child and preteen clothing
- Kinney Shoes
- Kleinhans — Buffalo, New York
- Klopfenstein's
- Laura Ashley - U.S. stores closed, many remain in the UK and elsewhere
- Martin + Osa
- Merry-Go-Round (retailer)
- Raleigh's — a.k.a. Raleigh Haberrdasher
- Richman Brothers — men's specialty store based in Cleveland, Ohio; sold to F.W. Woolworth in 1969; operated for a time as Anderson Little-Richman Brothers, finally folded in 1992.[24][25]
- Robert Hall
- Rogers Peet — New York City and branches
- Roos/Atkins
- Ruehl No.925— concept brand launched by Abercrombie and Fitch in 2004; poor sales and operating losses led to A&F ceasing operations of Ruehl in early 2010.
- Sagebrush — sold casual wear
- The Sample — Buffalo, New York
- Shoe Pavilion
- Steve & Barry's
- Tansy — sold women's clothing
- Thom McAn Store
- Today's Man
- Warner Brothers Studio Store
- Woolf Brothers[citation needed]
[edit] Department and discount stores
Further information: List of defunct department stores of the United States
[edit] Drug stores
- A. L. Price — Metro Detroit; part of Perry Drug Stores
- Arbor Drugs — Michigan-based chain; acquired by CVS Pharmacy
- Austin Drug — part of Melville Corporation
- Big "B" Drugs — bought by Revco, then acquired by CVS Pharmacy
- Bill's Drugs — purchased by Longs Drugs
- Brooks Pharmacy — purchased by Rite Aid
- Brooks-Maxi — part of Brooks Pharmacy
- Carls Drug — acquired by Revco
- City Drug — acquired by Brooks Pharmacy
- Cole Drug — acquired by Revco
- Cranks Pharmacy & Drugstore — changed name to Katz's Drugs & Pharmacy around 1978; acquired by Skaggs Drug Centers during the early 1980s
- Crown Drug Stores — operated in North Carolina, bought by Eckerd
- Cunningham Drug — Metro Detroit, Michigan area, dissolved in 1982
- Daw's Drugs — Rochester, New York chain Acquired by Rite Aid
- Days Drug — part of Peoples Drug
- Dart Drug — converted to Fantle's
- Douglas Drug — part of Brooks Pharmacy
- Drug Emporium
- Drug Fair
- Dynamic Drug — part of Lane Drug
- Eckerd Corporation — acquired by Rite Aid in the northern region and CVS Pharmacy in the southeast.
- Fantle's
- Fay's Drug — acquired by Eckerd, now Rite Aid
- Freddy's Drug — part of Melville Corporation
- G. O. Guy — acquired by Thrifty PayLess
- Genovese — merged with Eckerd/JCPenney
- Giant T — owned by Thrifty PayLess
- Gray Drug Fair — purchased by Rite Aid
- Haag Drugs — acquired by Peoples Drug
- Happy Harry's — acquired by Walgreens
- Health Mart — part of Lane Drug
- Health Mart (PA) — acquired by Peoples Drug, subsequently acquired by Thrift Drug
- Hook's Drug Stores — acquired by Revco
- House Of Values — part of Thrifty PayLess
- Jacobs Drug — acquired by Revco
- K&B also known as Katz & Bestoff — a New Orleans, Louisiana-based pharmacy and general merchandise store chain
- Katz's Drugstore & Pharmacy — acquired by Skaggs Drug Centers in the early 1980s
- Keltsch Pharmacy — acquired by Rite Aid
- Kerr Drugs — part of Thrift Drug — Kerr Drugs in North Carolina still exists
- Lane Drug — acquired by Rite Aid
- Lee Drug — was part of Peoples Drug; sold to Big B, then Revco, now CVS Pharmacy
- Longs Drugs — acquired by CVS Caremark
- M&R — acquired by Arbor Drugs
- Maxi Drugs — part of Brooks Pharmacy
- Medi Mart — acquired by Walgreens
- Medic Drug — Ohio drug store chain acquired by Walgreens
- Med-X — acquired by USA Drug and still operated as Med-X
- Drug Mart — part of Med-X acquired by USA Drug and combined into Drug Warehouse locations
- Osco Drug & Sav-on Drugs — freestanding locations acquired by CVS Pharmacy
- Pay 'n Save
- Peoples Drug — acquired by CVS Pharmacy
- Perry Drug Stores — acquired by Rite Aid in 1995
- Phar-Mor — bankrupt due to $500 million embezzlement; some assets acquired by Giant Eagle
- Reed Drug — was part of Peoples Drug sold to Big B, then Revco, now CVS Pharmacy
- Rea & Derick Drug — acquired by Peoples Drug, now CVS Pharmacy
- Reliable Drugs — formerly Peoples Drug, later sold to Rite Aid
- Revco — acquired by CVS Pharmacy
- Rexall
- Ribordy Drug — acquired by Walgreens in 1985
- Rx Place — Woolworth
- Sav-Rite Drug — acquired by Revco
- Sentry Drugs — acquired by Arbor Drugs
- Shapero's — part of Cunningham Drug in Metro Detroit
- Shettler's — division of Cunningham Drug Stores in Metro Detroit
- Shearer Drug — part of Peoples Drug
- Schuman Drug — part of Lane Drug
- Skaggs Drug Centers — became part of Albertsons, Inc.
- Skillern Drug — part of Revco
- Snyder Drug Stores — acquired by Walgreens in 2010
- Standard Drug — was part of Melville Corporation
- SupeRx
- Tam's Gold Seal Drugs — Central Indiana-based chain
- Thrift Drug — merged into Eckerd after JCPenney bought Eckerd
- Thrifty PayLess — acquired by Rite Aid in 1998
- Payless Drugs (Arizona); sold to the Skaggs Companies
- Treasury Drug — division of JCPenney, along with The Treasury
- Value Giant
- White Cross Drug Stores — acquired by Revco
[edit] Electronics stores
- A&B Sound
- Allied Radio — Chicago, Illinois, acquired by Radio Shack
- Circuit City — now reopened online through CompUSA/Tiger Direct
- Computer City
- CompuAdd
- Crazy Eddie
- Douglas TV — bought out by Tweeter
- Egghead Software
- Electric Avenue - Operated by Montgomery Ward
- Erol's
- Federated Group — bought by Atari
- Fretter
- Fred Schmid — Operated in Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. Purchased by Fretter.
- Good Guys — purchased by CompUSA
- Incredible Universe
- Lafayette Radio
- Lechmere
- McDuff
- Mars Music
- On Cue — operated by Musicland in small towns and micropolitan areas, but closed before the Musicland/FYE merger
- Polk Brothers
- Schaak Electronics
- Silo
- SoftWarehouse — predecessor to CompUSA
- Sound Advice — Florida[26]
- SoundTrack
- Steinberg's (electronics store)
- Sun Television and Appliances — bankrupt and liquidated in 1998
- Tech Hifi — co-founded by Sandy Ruby at M.I.T. in 1964[27]
- (Nobody Beats) The Wiz
- Tweeter
- The Warehouse
- Video Concepts
- Ultimate Electronics
[edit] Five-and-dime/Variety stores
- 1/2 Price Stores — former deep discount arm of Richman Gordman, later known simply as Gordmans
- 88 Cents Store — Seattle, Washington
- Ames Department Stores Inc.
- Arlan's Department Store
- Atlantic Mills
- Bradlees
- Caldor
- Calhoun's
- Chubby & Tubby
- Cornet
- Danners 5 & 10
- Davids/Oertles (Kansas and Oklahoma)
- Duke and Ayers (Texas)
- F. W. Woolworth Company
- GEM
- Gaylord's
- Gemco
- Giant Discount Stores
- G. C. Murphy
- G. L. Perry Variety Stores — Indiana, Michigan
- Gibson's — Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana and Southwest
- H.L. Green
- Hudson Brothers'
- Kee's — Chicago, Illinois, Six Corners
- E. J. Korvette
- J.G. McCrory
- Memco Locations became Bradlees
- J.J. Newberry
- J.M. McDonald
- Jamesway
- Jupiter Discount
- Kuhn's-Big_K -- (not exactly "defunct" -- the co. merged with Wal-Mart)
- M.H. Lamston
- Marketime
- MacFrugals — merged into Big Lots!
- McLeod's
- McLellan's
- M.E. Moses
- Memco
- Morgan and Lindsey — absorbed by G. C. Murphy
- Mott's 5-10-25 Stores
- Neisner's
- Otasco — Texas
- Perry Brother's (Texas)
- Murphy's Mart
- Raymond's (Boston)
- Richman Gordman — business model overhauled and name shortened to Gordmans in the late 1990s
- Rockdale
- Rodgers Stores — Oregon
- S. Klein
- S. S. Kresge — renamed Kmart in 1977
- S. H. Kress
- Shelby's
- Shopper's Fair — Detroit, Michigan area
- Scott Stores
- Shopper's City
- Sky City
- Sprouse-Reitz
- TG&Y
- The Store — Wichita, Kansas
- Two Guys
- Topps
- Valu-Mart
- Venture Stores
- Winn's — Texas
- Woolco
- Woolworth Express
- W. T. Grant
- Yellow Front
- Yankee — Detroit, Michigan area
- Zayre
- Zody's
[edit] Furniture stores
- Aaronson Furniture
- Bay Furniture
- Bloom Brothers Furniture
- Bombay Company — U.S. stores
- Buckeye Furniture
- Castro Convertibles — primarily Northeast and Southeast U.S.
- Crandall's Fine Furniture
- Discount Furniture Showcase
- Fradkin Brothers Furniture — Baltimore County, Maryland
- Glicks Furniture — Columbus, Ohio; bought out by Rhodes Furniture in the late 1990s
- Heilig-Meyers
- House Of Denmark — bankrupt as of 2007
- Huffman and Boyle — later Huffman-Koos
- J. B. Van Sciver
- John F. Lawhon
- John M. Smyth's Homemakers — bankrupt as of 2005
- Joshua Doore — Detroit, Michigan
- Krauses Sofa Factory — primarily California and West Coast
- L' Fish
- Leath Furniture — bankrupt July 2007
- Levitz Furniture
- Linens 'n Things
- McMahan's Furniture — primarily California; purchased by Heilig-Meyers
- Nelson Brothers — Chicago, Illinois; purchased by Heilig-Meyers
- Plunkett Home Furnishings
- Rhodes Furniture
- Roberd's
- Robinson Furniture — Detroit, Michigan
- Sears Homelife
- Seamans Furniture — merged into Levitz Furniture in 2005
- Sofa Express
- Wickes Furniture — bankrupt February 3, 2008
[edit] Grocery stores and supermarkets
- ABC Markets
- ABCO Foods
- AJ Bayless
- Alexander's
- Almacs
- Alpha Beta
- Big Apple
- Big Buy - part of Finast
- Big Bear Stores
- Big D Supermarkets
- H.C. Bohack — Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, New York
- Boys Markets
- Buttrey Food & Drug
- Buehler Foods — Operated as Buehler's Buy-Low
- Cala Foods and Bell Markets — Rebranded as DeLano's IGA, others sold to other retailers
- Canal Villere — New Orleans, Louisiana; acquired by Loblaw corporation, later sold to Schweggmann
- Cardinal Stores — locations rebranded Lucky
- Carter's Foods
- Chatham — Detroit, Michigan area
- Clemens Markets — suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; acquired by Giant in 2006
- Coffey's Market
- Colonial Stores
- Albers Super Markets
- Big Star Markets
- Pender Food Stores
- Rogers Food Stores
- Stop and Shop
- H.C. Chaffee — Acquired by Safeway
- Consumers Food & Drug
- Daniel Reeves — Acquired by Safeway
- Del Farm — Owned by National Tea
- Delchamps
- Eagle Food Centers
- Eastern Stores — Acquired by Safeway
- Eisner Food Stores — Acquired by Jewel Food Stores
- Edwards — joined Ahold to become Stop & Shop
- Elm Farm — Owned by National Tea
- Expo Superstore — Vons big box format; Southern California
- FamilyMart — A&P
- Farmer Jack — A&P
- Finast - aka First National Stores, purchased by Ahold, rebranded Edwards
- Fisher Foods
- Food Barn
- Food Basket — Acquired by Lucky
- Food Fair — later Pantry Pride
- Food Mart
- Giant — Ralphs big box format; Southern California
- Giant Open Air — Merged with Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy
- Grand Union — NJ/NY Chain Bankrupt, bought and became Grand Union Family Markets in Upstate NY /VT
- Great Scott - Detroit, Michigan area, purchased by Kroger in 1997
- Golden Dawn — some stores still operate in Pennsylvania and Ohio
- Greater All American Markets — Acquired by Albertsons
- Greenwich IGA — Greenwich, New York
- Harvest Foods
- Hills Supermarkets
- Hughes Markets
- Jim Dandy — Acquired by Lucky
- Jitney Jungle
- Kash n' Karry, now Sweetbay Supermarket
- Kessel Food Market
- Kohl's Food Stores — Acquired by A&P
- Laneco — Eastern Pennsylvania/Western New Jersey
- Liberal — Dayton, Ohio
- LoRay — San Francisco Bay area
- Loblaws — Northeastern Ohio; also Buffalo, NY
- Mr. AG's — Kansas; part of the IGA chain; last store closed in 1970
- Mr. D's IGA — Wichita, Kansas
- MacMarr Stores — Acquired by Safeway
- Maloley's Finer Foods — Northeastern Indiana
- Market Basket — Southern California; was owned by Kroger[28]
- Max Foods — Rebranded Lucky
- Metro Food & Pharmacy — Rebranded Shoppers in 2004
- National Tea
- Newway — Acquired by Safeway
- O.K. Fairbanks
- Omni Superstore — Dominick's big box format
- Packer
- Pak and Save
- Pantry Food Stores — Los Angeles, California area
- Pantry Pride
- Pay’n Takit — Acquired by Safeway
- Penn Fruit — later Top Value
- Peter Reeves
- Purity — San Francisco Bay area
- Purity Supreme — Boston area
- QFI
- Rack N Sack
- Ralph's — Seattle area, acquired by Top Foods
- Red Food — Chattanooga, Tennessee area; acquired by Bi-Lo Stores
- Red Robin Stores
- Red Owl — Chicago, Illinois stores only were sold to National Tea; remainder acquired by Supervalu
- Sampson Food Stores
- Sanitary Grocery Stores — Washington, D.C.-area stores were acquired by Safeway Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland-area stores were acquired by Twin Food Stores[29]
- Sav-A-Center — A&P in the New Orleans, Louisiana region
- Seaway Food Town
- Seessel's Supermarkets — Acquired by Schnucks
- Skaggs-Alpha Beta
- Smitty's Marketplace — Acquired by Albertsons in Missouri, rebranded Fred Meyer in Arizona
- Standard Food — later Standard Dell Farms — Central Indiana
- Sunflower Market — SuperValu-owned natural foods market, closed in 2008. This chain was never affiliated with the southwestern U.S. chain of the same name.
- Super Duper
- Super One Foods — Acquired by Albertsons
- Super Place
- Super Saver Foods
- Sure Save — Chicago, Illinois; owned by National Tea, stores changed to National Tea
- Thriftway — Acquired by Safeway
- Tianguis — Vons' Hispanic format; Southern California
- Town and Country — acquired by 7-Eleven around 1998
- Twin Food Stores — Baltimore, Maryland-area; spunoff of Sanitary Grocery Stores
- Walt's IGA — Wichita, Kansas
- White Hen Pantry — merged with 7-Eleven in mid-2007.
- Wild Oats Markets
[edit] Home improvement
- Builderama — Georgia-based chain
- Builders Emporium
- Builders Square — Subsidiary of Kmart, sold off to Hechinger
- Buck Alley Lumber — Wichita, Kansas; owned by the father of actress Kristie Alley
- Central Hardware
- Channel Home Centers
- Chase Pitkin — was owned by the Wegman's [of grocery store fame] family of Rochester, New York
- Coast to Coast Hardware
- Courtesy Hardware Store
- Eagle Hardware & Garden — founded 1989
- Erb Lumber — Detroit, Michigan
- Ernst Home Centers — Seattle, Washington
- EXPO Design Center
- Forest City — became Handy Andy
- Furrow's
- Gamble-Skogmo — bought by Our Own Hardware in 1986
- Grossman's
- Handy Andy Home Improvement Center
- Handy City
- Handy Dan
- Handyman — formerly owned by Edison Bros. Stores; closed in 1986
- Hechinger
- Heslop's
- Hill-Behan
- HomeBase
- Home Quarters Warehouse
- House 2 Home
- House Works
- Hugh M. Woods
- Jacobs — Old Bridge, New Jersey; became a New York Sports Club, now empty store
- Knox Lumber
- Lechters Housewares
- Le Gourmet Chef
- Mr. Good Buys
- Lindsley's Lumber
- National Lumber
- NHD (National Hardgoods Distributors
- Ole's — merged with Builders Emporium during the mid-1980s
- Our Own Hardware — bought by Hardware Wholesalers in 1997
- Pay 'N Pak
- Payless Cashways — included Furrows & Payless; all assets liquidated as of November 2001
- Pergament Home Centers
- Rickel
- Roper Lumber Company (Virginia based)
- Scotty's Builders Supply
- Singer Lumber
- Weatherill's
- Yardbirds Home Center
[edit] Home decor and craft stores
- Angel's
- Bombay Company
- Budget Power
- Cloth World — merged into Jo-Ann Fabrics
- Crafts & More
- Crafts Canada
- DGS HomeSource
- FlowerTime — purchased by Frank's Nursery & Crafts
- Frame Scene — Woolworth
- Frank's Nursery & Crafts
- HouseWorks!
- Lee Wards
- Museum Company
- Old America Stores — bankrupt 1999; liquidated remaining stores
- Piece Goods Fabric and craft supplies, purchased by Mae's Fabrics; Mae's subsequently sold to Hancock Fabrics
- Pleasures and Pasttimes [sic?] — Buffalo, New York
- Rainbow Bay Crafts
- Shabby Chic
- Sew-Fro Fabrics Liquidated in 1998; remaining or empty stores purchased by Jo-Ann Fabrics
- Standard Brands Paint Company
- Waccamaw's Homeplace/Waccamaw Pottery
- Wells & Wade — Wenatchee, Washington; opened 1915, closed 1993
[edit] Music and video stores (records, tapes, books, CDs, DVDs, etc.)
- Argus Tapes & Records
- Borders Books - some locations purchased by Books-A-Million; borders.com website acquired by Barnes & Noble
- Blockbuster Music — some locations converted to Wherehouse Music; majority were abandoned
- Budget Tapes & Records — Kansas
- Camelot Music — converted to FYE stores
- Cavages — Buffalo, New York
- Cellophane Square
- Circuit City
- Coconut's — like Record Town, all locations were converted into FYE stores
- Compact Disc Center
- Crown Books
- Disc Jockey
- Discount Records
- Flipside Records — Chicago, Illinois area
- Franklin Music
- Great American Music
- Harmony House — Michigan
- Hollywood Video
- Incredible Universe
- King Carol
- Licorice Pizza — California
- Listenin' Booth
- Madcats Music & Books
- Media Play — closed and dissolved in 2006
- Movie Gallery — some Midwestern Stores were converted to Family Video, but some former buildings in the region are abandoned
- Music Boutique — Seattle
- Music Den
- Music Plus — California
- Musicland — Minnesota
- National Record Mart — Pennsylvania
- Odyssey Records & Tapes
- On Cue
- Oranges Records & Tapes
- Paul's Record Hut — New Rochelle, New York; Paul, Paula, Paddy, Andy
- Peaches Records and Tapes
- Quonset Hut Records & More
- Rainbow Records — Oklahoma City
- Record & Tape Outlet (later CD & Tape Outlet ) — Ohio
- Record Bar — malls
- Record Town — store name changed to FYE by parent company Trans World Entertainment
- Record World
- Rose Records — Chicago, Illinois area
- Sam Goody — most locations converted to FYE, but a small number of locations continue to operate as Sam Goody
- Sammy's Record Shack — St. Louis?
- Saturday Matinee - acquired by Record Town before becoming FYE.
- Second Time Around
- Soul Sounds Unlimited
- Sound Warehouse — acquired by Blockbuster Inc.; subsequently converted some stores to Blockbuster Music, the remainder to Blockbuster Video
- Sounds of Soul Records & Tapes
- Square Circle
- Starship Tapes & Records — Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Strawberries — Massachusetts, acquired by f.y.e
- Tape World
- Tower Records — converted to an online-only retailer
- Turtle's Records & Tapes
- The Record Shops at TSS
- The Wall — formerly Wall To Wall Sound & Video
- Waldenbooks
- Waves Music
- Waxie Maxie - Virginia
- Wherehouse Music
- Vinyl Fever — small Florida record store chain; went out of business January 2011
- Virgin Megastores
- Yesterday's Records/Discs — Wichita, Kansas
[edit] Office supply stores
- Chandler's — Evanston, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois suburbs
- J. K. Gill Company — Pacific Northwest; stationery, office supplies
- McWhorter's — San Francisco Bay Area
- Office Warehouse — division of Home Quarters
- Office Place — San Francisco Bay Area
- Paper Cutter — New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania; division of Fay's Drug
- Tam's Stationers — Los Angeles, California
- Ulbrich's — Buffalo, New York
- Unity Stationers — Chicago; The retail division of United Stationer's Supply, which is still in business
[edit] Camping, sports or athletic stores
- AdventureSports!
- AM/PM Camp
- Brendamour's Cincinnati, Ohio area. Liquidated in 1999.
- Chick's Sporting Goods — bought by Dick's; locations converted to Dick's
- Copeland Sports
- Galyan's — bought by Dick's; locations converted to Dick's
- Gart Sports - bought by Sports Authority
- Dave Cooks — Denver
- Dick Fischers Buffalo, New York
- G.I. Joe's — Oregon and Washington
- Gold Medal (Philadelphia area)
- Golf Augusta Pro Shops
- Herman's World of Sporting Goods
- Irving's Sporting Goods
- JumboSports
- Mages — Chicago
- Morrie Mages — Chicago, started by one of the Mages Bros after the closing of Mages) stores sold to Sportmart
- MVP Sports — New England, bought by Decathlon, who exited the U.S. market altogether soon after.
- Oshman's
- Olympic Sports — Seattle, Washington
- Security Sporting Goods — New Orleans, Louisiana
- Sportmart
- Sports Town USA
- Sports Unlimited
- Sportswest
- Sunny's Surplus
- Warshal's
[edit] Toy stores
- All Wound Up
- Beatties
- Child World — a.k.a. Children's Palace) (Liquidated 1992)
- Children's Palace
- Childrens Bargain Town — Chicago, Illinois; sold to Toys R Us
- Circus World
- Family Toy — Family Toy Warehouse
- Funtown toys — Freehold Township, New Jersey
- The Great Train Stores
- KB Toys — Liquidated February 9, 2009, which closed all of the remaining stores; sold to Toys "R" Us
- Kiddie City
- Lionel Kiddie City
- Lionel Playworld
- Muirhead's - Detroit, Michigan
- Noodle Kidoodle
- Playworld
- Play Town
- Tons O' Toys
- Warner Brothers Studio Store
- Zany Brainy
[edit] Warehouse clubs and membership department stores
- American Wholesale Club
- Bodega Club
- Club Wholesale
- CBSS (Consumers Buying Service Store)
- DGS VolMAX
- Edwards
- Fedco
- Gemco — Known as Memco in the Washington, D.C. region
- GEX — short for Government Exchange, but a private retailer; also known as G.E.M and G.E.S
- Gov Mart
- E.J. Korvette
- Metro (Chicago, Illinois area) — later acquired by BJ's Wholesale Club
- Pace Membership Warehouse
- Price Club — merged with Costco
- PriceRite Warehouse Club
- Price Savers
- Source Club — Owned by Meijer (Grand Rapids, Mi) all stores closed in 1994
- Warehouse Club, Inc.
- Wholesale Club, Inc. — purchased by Sam's Club 1991
[edit] Restaurants
- Beefsteak Charlie's
- Big Daddy's Restaurants
- Bill Knapp's
- Blue Boar Cafeterias
- Boll Weevil (restaurant)
- Boston Sea Party
- Bresler's Ice Cream
- Briazz
- Britling Cafeterias
- Brown Derby
- Burger Chef
- Carrols Restaurant Group
- Casa Bonita
- Chi-Chi's
- Childs Restaurants
- China Coast
- Clock (restaurant)
- Coon Chicken Inn
- Cuppy's Coffee
- Deco Refreshments, Inc.
- Dee's Drive-In
- Druther's
- Dubrow's Cafeteria
- Earl Abel's
- Forum Cafeterias
- Geri's Hamburgers
- Gino's Hamburgers
- Griff's Hamburgers
- Henry's Hamburgers
- Holly Tree Inn
- Horn & Hardart
- Hot Shoppes, Inc.
- Howard Johnson's (three restaurants are still open with this name, but no longer constitute a true chain)
- Huyler's
- Isaly's
- Kelsey's Neighbourhood Bar & Grill
- Kenny Rogers Roasters
- La Petite Boulangerie
- Laughner's Cafeteria
- Little Tavern
- Lum's
- Major Magic's
- Manning's Cafeterias
- Mighty Casey's
- Minnie Pearl#Chicken restaurants
- Montana's Cookhouse
- Morrison's Cafeteria
- Mr Fables
- Mr. Steak
- Naugles
- Nedick's
- Nickerson Farms
- Official All Star Café
- Pioneer Chicken
- Planet Pizza
- Pleasers
- Pup 'N' Taco
- Red Barn (restaurant)
- Roadhouse Grill
- Rustler Steak House
- S&W Cafeteria
- Sambo's
- Sandy's
- Schrafft's
- Sholl's Colonial Cafeteria
- Showbiz Pizza Place
- Specialty Restaurant Group
- Steak and Ale
- Steve's Ice Cream
- The Original House of Pies
- The Royal Canadian Pancake Houses
- Two Pesos
- Victoria Station (restaurant) (one restaurant remains open in Salem, Massachusetts)
- Wag's
- Weenie Beenie
- Wetson's
- White Coffee Pot
- White Tower Hamburgers
- York Steak House (one restaurant remains open in Columbus, Ohio)
- Zantigo
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