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Allied Stores
IndustryDepartment store
Founded1930s
FounderB. E. Puckett
Defunct1988; 36 years ago (1988)
FateMerged with Federated Department Stores
Area served
United States

Allied Stores was a department store chain in the United States. It was founded in the 1930s as part of a general consolidation in the retail sector by B. E. Puckett. See also Associated Dry Goods. It was the successor to Hahn's Department Stores, a holding company founded in 1928. In 1935 Hahn's was reorganized into Allied Stores.[citation needed]

In 1981, Allied Stores acquired the 24-year-old retail conglomerate Garfinckel, Brooks Brothers, Miller & Rhoads, Inc. for $228 million (~$647 million in 2023). With that transaction they acquired 178 department stores and 48 specialty shops in 28 states.[1] In 1986 the chain was acquired by Campeau Corporation under Canadian entrepreneur Robert Campeau. In 1988 it merged with Federated Department Stores (now known as Macy's, Inc.), and the chains were consolidated in 1990 under the Federated name after Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Stores

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Department stores divisions at time of Campeau buyout

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Specialty stores divisions at time of Campeau buyout

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Other stores

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  • Almart, Discount department store operating in Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York[6]
  • Barnes – Woodin, Yakima, Washington, Merged with Draper's in 1953, eventually became the Bon Marché
  • James Black Company (also known as Black's), Waterloo, Iowa, Three locations, downtown Waterloo, Crossroads Mall and College Hills Mall in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Transferred to Donaldson's in 1978 and name change. Downtown store closed July 3, 1981, as Donaldson's. Two mall locations operated as Donaldson's then Carson Pirie Scott until 1989.
  • Gertz, Jamaica, New York, merged into Stern's
  • Golden Rule, St. Paul, Minnesota, acquired by Hahn's in 1928, became Donaldson's Golden Rule, eventually fully merged into Donaldson's
  • C. C. Anderson's, Boise, Idaho, acquired by Allied in 1937, eventually part of Bon Marché
  • A. M. Jensen's, Walla Walla, Washington, acquired by Allied in 1946, became the Bon Marché in 1951
  • Laubach's, Easton, Pennsylvania, acquired 1947 and merged into Pomeroy's and closed in the 1970s
  • Levy's, Savannah, Georgia, merged into Maas Brothers, February 1986.
  • Rollman & Sons, Cincinnati three stores merged into Mabley & Carew, 1962.
  • Rumbaugh-MacLain of Everett, Washington, in 1944, acquired and merged into The Bon Marché. Southwest corner of Wetmore and California Streets. Designed by Portland, Oregon architects Doyle & Merriam, specialists in larger store buildings. Opened just six months before the Wall Street Crash (1929) that began the Great Depression.
  • Titche-Goettinger of Dallas, Texas, later name changed to Joske's, Dallas
  • Wren's, Springfield, Ohio, merged into Block's
  • Quackenbush, Paterson, New Jersey merged with Stern's in late 1960s.
  • Troutman's, eight locations in Western Pennsylvania: Butler, Connellsville, Greensburg – Downtown (Flagship Store), Greensburg – Westmoreland Mall (now The Bon-Ton), Indiana, Latrobe, New Castle, Washington Crown Center (now The Bon-Ton). Merged with Pomeroy's in 1984.
  • Mabley & Carew, Cincinnati, Ohio. Acquired in 1960, absorbed Rollman & Sons in 1962. Stores sold to Elder-Beerman in 1978.
  • Polsky's, Akron, Ohio; acquired by Allied in 1929, eventually expanded to four stores in Northern Ohio. This chain was shut down in December 1978, since Allied wanted to concentrate investment in their Southwest region stores.
  • Harzfeld's, Kansas City, Missouri, acquired 1981, closed 1984
  • Sterling-Lindner Co., Cleveland, Ohio; acquired Lindner & Davis Co. in 1947; merged with Sterling & Welch in 1950; closed in 1968.
  • The Fashion (Columbus, Ohio), purchased by Allied Stores in 1949; later merged with Morehouse Martens to form Morehouse Fashion; Name later shortened to The Fashion. Closed in 1969; Space taken over by The Union department store and later Halle's.
  • The Palace, Spokane, Washington, purchased from Kemp & Hebert stores in 1951, divested soon after.
  • The Paris of Montana, Great Falls, Montana, acquired 1937, when owned by C. C. Anderson's, merged into The Bon Marché; The Bon closed the former location in 1999.

References

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  1. ^ Knight, Jerry (September 2, 1981). "Garfinckel Sale To N.Y. Firm Set At $228 Million". The Washington Post. p. A1. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  2. ^ "Jordan Marsh". Vintage Fashion Guild. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  3. ^ "The Bon Marche". PDX History. December 12, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  4. ^ "Complete Transaction List". Financo.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  5. ^ Arhos, Damon. "Joske's". The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  6. ^ "Unprofitable Units to Shut". The New York Times. June 19, 1974. Retrieved June 25, 2019.