When the last 300 or so remaining Woolworth variety stores closed their doors forever in 1997, many regarded it as the end of a significant era in retail history. They both managed, despite several closings, to co-exist in the retail landscape for more than 30 years, but most variety stores-even the larger ones-saw sales decline with each passing decade and eventually closed their doors. Variety stores, like this Kresge in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, were the forerunners of the modern discount department store. We're going on a shopping trip back in time, to the great old discount department stores from a bygone era.long before the nation was wall-to-wall with Wal-Mart®, K Mart® and Target®! Grab your cash, climb into your tailfinned gas guzzler and head on down the highway past the A&P, Cities Service and Dog 'N Suds. Sam's Bargain Town lights up the night for shoppers in Raytown, Missouri.
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