Magic Mart
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Department Store |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 22 |
| Products | Clothing, Jewelry, Hardware, Lawn & Garden, Automotive, Sporting Goods, Toys, Furniture, Small Appliances, Electronics, Home Furnishings, Pet Supplies and Limited Grocery |
| Website | magicmartstores.com |
Magic Mart is a U.S. chain of department/discount stores headquartered in Bluefield, Virginia.[1]
Magic Mart has stores in Eastern Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Western and Central North Carolina and southern and western West Virginia.
Company History
Magic Mart was founded by the Ammar Family. In 1920, the Ammar brothers opened Ammar Brothers' Department Store in Williamson, West Virginia. In 1967, the Ammars opened the first Magic Mart in Grundy, Virginia. Magic Mart became more successful and more numerous. The Ammar Brothers' Department Stores all closed by 1974. In 1991 Magic Mart began to experiment with larger store size, by expanding the Oceana, West Virginia store from 35,000 to 80,000 square feet. The largest store was in Lenoir, North Carolina at 110,000 square feet before it closed in August 2013.[2]
Located adjacent to a supercenter, in the previous Walmart, hanging on to '90s clerk waiting "floor redlines", was a Magic Mart in Northeast Tennessee in Elizabethton, Tennessee which closed. [3]
Locations
Magic Mart has stores in, Abingdon, Norton, Grundy, Richlands, North Tazewell, Pulaski and Galax in Virginia, Coal Run, Hazard, in Kentucky, Beckley, Danville, Fairlea, Hinton, Oceana, Teays Valley and Welch in West Virginia, Lexington and Salisbury in North Carolina.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.magicmartstores.com/whoweare.shtml
- ^ http://www.newstopic.net/news/local/x2119573532/The-Magic-is-gone Magic Mart pulls up stakes, relocating to Lexington
- ^ http://www.photos.starhq/News/Magic-Mart-Closes-Its/12064815_DKPF2r#!i=856772106&k=mKV8BFQ
- ^ http://www.magicmartstores.com/locator3.shtml