Venture Stores, the Glossary
Venture Stores, Inc. was a chain of retail stores aimed at the discount department-store market.[1]
Table of Contents
30 relations: Advertising slogan, Ames (department store), Bankruptcy, Burlington (department store), Chain store, Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code, Chicago, Corsicana, Texas, Fairview Heights, Illinois, Jewel-Osco, John Geisse, Kansas City, Kansas, Kmart, Kohl's, Missouri, O'Fallon, Missouri, Overland, Missouri, Retail, Retail format, Shopko, St. Louis, Target Corporation, Texas, The Icee Company, The May Department Stores Company, The Museum of Classic Chicago Television, Turn Style, United States Department of Justice, Walmart, Zayre.
- 1970 establishments in Missouri
- 1998 disestablishments in Missouri
- Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1998
- Retail companies disestablished in 1998
Advertising slogan
Advertising slogans are short phrases used in advertising campaigns to generate publicity and unify a company's marketing strategy.
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Ames (department store)
Ames Department Stores, Inc., was an American chain of discount stores based in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, United States. Venture Stores and Ames (department store) are Defunct discount stores of the United States.
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Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts.
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Burlington (department store)
Burlington, formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory, is an American national off-price department store retailer, and a division of Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation with more than 1,000 stores in 40 states and Puerto Rico, with its corporate headquarters located in Burlington Township, New Jersey.
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Chain store
A chain store or retail chain is a retail outlet in which several locations share a brand, central management and standardized business practices.
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Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
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Corsicana, Texas
Corsicana is a city and the county seat of Navarro County, Texas, United States.
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Fairview Heights, Illinois
Fairview Heights is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States within Greater St. Louis.
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Jewel-Osco
Jewel-Osco is a regional supermarket chain in the Chicago metropolitan area, headquartered in Itasca, a western suburb.
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John Geisse
John Francis Geisse (September 1, 1920 – February 21, 1992) was an American businessman.
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Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City (abbreviated as KCK) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County.
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Kmart
Kmart, formerly legally registered as Kmart Corporation, now operated by Transformco, is a department store chain, and an online retailer in the United States and operates six remaining Kmart big-box department stores — 3 in the US Virgin Islands and one each in Kendale Lakes, Florida (Miami postal address); Bridgehampton, Long Island; and Tamuning, Guam.
Kohl's
Kohl's (stylized in all caps) is an American department store retail chain, operated by Kohl's Corporation.
Missouri
Missouri is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
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O'Fallon, Missouri
O'Fallon is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States.
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Overland, Missouri
Overland is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
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Retail
Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers.
Retail format
The retail format (also known as the retail formula) influences the consumer's store choice and addresses the consumer's expectations.
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Shopko
Shopko (stylized as SHOPKO, formerly stylized as ShopKo) was a chain of department stores based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Venture Stores and Shopko are Defunct discount stores of the United States.
St. Louis
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Target Corporation
Target Corporation is an American retail corporation that operates a chain of discount department stores and hypermarkets, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
The Icee Company
The Icee Company (also known as Western Icee and Icee USA) is an American beverage company located in La Vergne, Tennessee, United States.
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The May Department Stores Company
The May Department Stores Company was an American department store holding company, formerly headquartered in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.
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The Museum of Classic Chicago Television
The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (also known as FuzzyMemoriesTV) is an online museum dedicated to the preservation of Chicago television broadcasts.
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Turn Style
Turn Style was a chain of discount department stores and was a division of Chicago-based Jewel, the parent company of the Jewel Food Stores supermarket chain. Venture Stores and Turn Style are Defunct discount stores of the United States.
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United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.
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Walmart
Walmart Inc. (formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.
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Zayre
Zayre was a chain of discount stores that operated in the eastern half of the United States from 1956 to 1990. Venture Stores and Zayre are Defunct discount stores of the United States.
See also
1970 establishments in Missouri
- Andrews McMeel Universal
- Battlefield Mall
- Brewery Collectibles Club of America
- Children's Mercy Hospital
- Felix Vallé House State Historic Site
- Governor's Cup (Missouri)
- Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site
- KJNW
- KSHB-TV
- Logos High School
- Missouri Symphony
- Missouri Western Griffons football
- Saint Louis Billikens men's ice hockey
- St. James Winery
- St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra
- Venture Stores
1998 disestablishments in Missouri
- St. Louis Golf Classic
- Venture Stores
Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1998
- Adray's
- Allegheny Health Network
- Boston Market
- Electro Brain
- Filene's Basement
- Foodtown (United States)
- Grand Union (supermarket)
- Hayes Microcomputer Products
- JT Storage
- Kenny Rogers Roasters
- Liberty House (department store)
- Lillie Rubin
- Livent
- Lone Star Airlines
- Long John Silver's
- Lyon's
- Merle Hay Mall
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- Psychic Friends Network
- Raybestos
- Sun Television and Appliances
- Super Shops
- Venture Stores
Retail companies disestablished in 1998
- Arbor Drugs
- Bacon's
- Best Products
- Brashs
- Buttrey Food & Drug
- Castner Knott
- Chief Auto Parts
- Computer City
- Food City (Canada)
- Gayfers
- Harris Company
- Hennessy's
- Herzmansky
- J. B. White
- John Martin's
- Joslins
- Kessler's
- Kinney Shoes
- Lion Store
- Maison Blanche
- McAlpin's
- Meister Verbrauchermarkt
- Mercantile Stores Company, Inc.
- Miracle Food Mart
- Muricy (retail store)
- Oshawa Group
- Presto (UK supermarket)
- Rickel
- Ripspeed
- Rodgers Stores
- Spec's Music
- Sports Division
- Stone & Thomas
- Sun Television and Appliances
- Super Shops
- Thrifty PayLess
- Venture Stores
- Watson's (United States)
- Whole Earth Access
- William McIlroy (department store)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_Stores
Also known as Venture Stores, Inc, Venture Stores, Inc., Venturestores.com.