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- 04 Sep 2022 01:03
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Valu Mart in the Seattle, Tacoma, Everett area
- Replies: 9
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Re: Valu Mart in the Seattle, Tacoma, Everett area
Here’s a photo of an article about the opening of the Burien Valu Mart. Included is a comment by the Highline Historical Society about the opening!
- 04 Sep 2022 01:00
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Valu Mart in the Seattle, Tacoma, Everett area
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15664
Re: Valu Mart in the Seattle, Tacoma, Everett area
The Kent Kangley Fred Meyer, which was a Fred Meyer Marketplace, was formerly a Stock Market Foods. QFC had acquired Keith Uddenberg Incorporated which had some Thriftway and Stock Market Food stores. QFC re-bannered some of them as QFC and the others were kept as Stock Market and was QFC’s warehous...
- 26 May 2022 13:22
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: South Shore Mall, Aberdeen, WA history
- Replies: 7
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Re: South Shore Mall, Aberdeen, WA history
The big gaping hole was indeed a Kmart that closed in 2003. There was a second mall in Aberdeen called Wishkah Mall, which was anchored by Lamont's, Ernst, and Top Foods. That mall was torn down in 2000 except for the Lamont's (by then a Gottschalks, now a Ross) and Top Foods (which stayed until 20...
- 20 Apr 2022 23:32
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Nordstrom Stores In Alaska
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3868
Nordstrom Stores In Alaska
As many of you know, Nordstrom was originally a shoe store. Then they bought Best Apparel and became a department store. Initially they were only in Washington State and Oregon. Then they bought Northern Commercial Company’s department stores in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Kenai. The now closed Anchora...