Dollar Store Pins and Buttons
Description: Pic 'N' Save Corporation (later MacFrugals) was at one time the second-largest closeout retail chain in the United States. William Zimmerman founded Pic 'N' Save Corporation in 1950 in Culver City, California. By 1985, it operated 90 stores in California and six other U.S. states. In 1991, the company changed its name to MacFrugals. It later expanded to the Southwest and into the South, but left both markets in the late '90s. In 1997, Consolidated Stores Corporation bought out the remaining MacFrugals stores for $995 million in stock and slowly began converting them to their closeout retail store brand.
Description: Pants Galore was a popular chain of dollar store-style clothing outlets located throughout the Michigan area. They were known for their radio commercial pants jingles and by most locals simply as the '$5 Pants Store.' Their 'I'm No Dummy' campaign ran in 1975 and included giveaways with the ad art printed on t-shirts, buttons, and can koozies. You've got pants!
Description: A funny and sarcastic vintage-style badge design celebrating the 'End of an Era' for budget shopping. Featuring a withered tree growing out of a dollar sign and a lonely shopping cart, this distressed graphic bids a satirical 'Farewell to the $1.25 Paradise' and mocks the rise of inflation with the fictional 'Substandard Stores - Since Day One'. Perfect for anyone who loves retail humor, economic satire, and cool retro emblem designs.
