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Makro, a Dutch warehouse club chain, operated locations in the U.S. from February 1981 to 1989, in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and the Washington, D.C. suburb of Largo, Maryland. [205] Kmart bought the chain's entire American holdings in 1989, having owned a 49 percent share before. [206] The Makro stores were later converted to Pace or closed in ...
Sebastian Spering Kresge (July 31, 1867 – October 18, 1966) was an American businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores: the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the Kresge-Newark traditional department store chain.
Former Kmart Tyre & Auto Service located in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Kmart Garden Supercentre was specialised in garden, plants and garden furniture. Most of these stores were standalone, "big box" stores in a warehouse format that sold Kmart manufactured or branded outdoor living items.
Pace Membership Warehouse – founded in Denver in 1983 and quickly expanded to the East Coast; [194] [195] acquired by Kmart in 1989; [196] [197] later sold to Sam's Club in 1993 and rebranded [198] [199] Price Club – merged with Costco in 1993 and rebranded [200] [201]
GEM & GEX Membership Department Stores (required membership like a warehouse club) [citation needed] Gemco, 1959–1986, owned by Lucky Stores; HomeClub, a home improvement warehouse, later became HomeBase and then folded in 2000; Max-Club, owned by SuperValu (United States) PACE Membership Warehouse, owned by Kmart, merged with Sam's Club
Sears Holdings Corporation was an American holding company headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.It was the parent company of the chain stores Kmart and Sears and was founded after the former purchased the latter in 2005. [7]
Super Kmart - groceries, general merchandise (Defunct; United States, Australia and Mexico) Sears Essentials - groceries, general merchandise (Defunct) Sears Grand - groceries, general merchandise (Defunct) Kmart Australia - owned by Wesfarmers previously related to Kmart stores in the US; general merchandise; Australia and New Zealand
In the 1960s and 1970s the term "discount department store" was used, and chains such as Kmart, Zodys and TG&Y billed themselves as such. [3] The term "discount department store" or "off-price department store" is sometimes applied to big-box discount retailers of apparel and home goods, such as Ross Dress for Less , Marshalls , TJ Maxx , and ...