DeadMalls.com: Old Store List

Old Store List and Information

Comprehensive Lists:

Wikipedia's List of Defunct Store Chains encompasses most on the list below.
Wikipedia's List of Defunct Department Stores is more specific to city-specific stores.

Random list of stores:

Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, Auchan (French) Boscovs, Dillard's, Family Dollar, Kohl's, Sears, The Bay (Canada), Sam's Club, Tuesday Morning, Zellers (Canada), Peebles.

Smaller Regional chains:

Alco / Duckwall, Elder Beerman, Gottschalks, Marshalls, Meijer, Neiman Marcus, Pamida, Rich's, ShopKo, Value City

Stores that have disappeared:

Ames
Service Merchandise... since resurrected as a web-only retailer
Bradlees
Caldor and news story and here.
Info on the closing of the stores is here
Consumers Catalog Store
Joy Store and here
Lechmere and a great article:
Lechmere: Joining the ghosts of retailers past
Present Company
Woolworth
Zayres (acquired by Ames)
Fay's (acquired by Eckerd)
Venture
Jacobsons - Read about the Chapter 11 here and here.

Unsorted Stores

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