Retail Magnets

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M.A.B. The Retail Stalker

Price Club was a warehouse store chain, founded by Sol Price in San Diego, California. Price devised the Price Club concept in 1975 after being forced out of FedMart, another retail chain he founded. Price and a few of his friends put up $2.5 million in capital to open the first Price Club on July 12, 1976, in San Diego. Price Club would eventually merge with one of its competitors and the combined company would go on to become the global leader in the wholesale shopping club space with more than 800 warehouses worldwide as of 2021.

Bradlees Department Store - There's always a reason to shop Bradlees

No, I don't know why that thing costs so much. No, I don't know why we're so understaffed. No, I don't know why we carry this brand but not that brand. No, I don't know our layout changed. Dude. Seriously? I just work here.

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Bradlees Department Store, more commonly known as Bradlees, was a discount department store chain based in Braintree, Massachusetts, which operated primarily in the Northeastern United States. Bradlees sold various retail items in its stores, including clothing, jewelry, health care, beauty products, footwear, furniture, electronics, housewares, and bedding. At its peak in 2000, Bradlees operated over 105 stores in seven states across the Northeast, with close to 10,000 employees. The chain went through Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2000, with all of its stores eventually closed by March 15, 2001.

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Calling all the shopaholic queen. Guilty but pleasuring, eh?

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Another defunct store from our childhood

Caldor, Inc. was a discount department store chain founded in 1951 by husband and wife Carl and Dorothy Bennett. Referred to by many as "the Bloomingdale's of discounting,"Caldor grew from a second story "Walk-Up-&-Save" operation in Port Chester, New York, into a regional retailing giant. Its stores were earning over $1 billion (~$2.17 billion in 2021) in sales by the time Carl Bennett retired in 1985, by which time Caldor was a subsidiary of Associated Dry Goods. Despite its successes, Caldor suffered from financial issues by the 1990s. The company was liquidated and all 145 stores were closed by May 1999.

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Remember, if it ends in .97, that means it's discounted. $1.50 hot dogs for LIFE!

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An ode to your favorite bygone department store. Bradlees, we'll miss you. Or maybe we won't.

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There is no regulation in the rescue world, and unfortunately those that rescue for profit and numbers exist. Be a part of the conversation, educate, and say NO to retail rescue! Follow our work: Facebook.com/InugoyaRehomingAndRehabilitation

Wally Green's Drug Stores are home to the buy one, get one half off (but never free) sale.

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It's back.

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