Ten Retail Stores of the 1960s and 1970s That Are No More
Stores from my youth. Other than #10, I remember and have spent allowance money in all but #10. More I remember, maybe for another day.
1. Woolworth's
The classic five-and-dime store that anchored many downtowns and malls before closing its last U.S. location in 1997.
2. Sears
While technically still operating online and in a few locations, the once-dominant department store is a shell of its former self.
3. Montgomery Ward
A catalog giant and major department store chain that shut down its physical stores in 2001.
4. Korvette’s (E.J. Korvette)
A pioneer in discount retailing with everything from records to appliances, gone by the early '80s.
5. Zayre
A discount department store chain that merged into the TJX Companies (owners of T.J. Maxx) by the late 1980s.
6. Grants (W.T. Grant)
Once a major variety store chain, it filed one of the largest retail bankruptcies in history in 1976.
7. Ames
Grew by absorbing other fading chains, but eventually filed for bankruptcy and closed all stores by 2002.
8. Hills Department Stores
A popular regional discount chain in the Northeast and Midwest, bought out by Ames in the late 1990s.
9. Ben Franklin Stores
A network of five-and-dime franchises, many of which faded as Walmart and others expanded.
10. Gold Circle
A discount department store chain owned by Federated Department Stores, folded into Richway and then Target.
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