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County Seat was an American clothing retailer founded in 1973. With more than 740 stores at its peak, the chain closed in 1999 following Chapter 11 bankruptcy. History. Jack J. Crocker, then the CEO of SuperValu supermarkets, founded the chain in 1973 in Dallas, Texas.
Kate and I went shopping recently, and for some reason I got to telling her about a store that’s now long-gone – County Seat. Who remembers it? The bright colors, crazy patterns, and matching earrings for every item of clothing in the store.
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County Seat is one of the nation's largest mall-based specialty retailers of casualwear for teens and young adults. With more than 630 jean stores in 46 states, it is the seventh largest "single concept" retailer.
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- Contempo Casuals
- Today’S Man
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Back in the day, Deb Shopswere dominating malls and strip malls as they owned a piece of the teenage and 20-something clothing store marketshare. With 295 stores, along with four sister stores, it sold everything from casual to sportswear and even lingerie. It was known for its low prices and small town customer service as it made frequent updates ...
Merry-Go-Roundwas known for its taste in trendy, contemporary fashion as well as one of the leading retailers for young men and women between the ages of 15 to 35, a big market. It started out only selling blue jeans, but peaked during the 80s with almost 1,000 stores in 39 states, most of which were at shopping malls. Merry-Go-Ground also had thre...
Founded in 1968 by the Melville Corporation, Chess King had over 500 locations throughout the country by the mid 1980s. It was known for selling men’s parachute pants, shoes, bomber jackets and other trendy accessories. It also experimented with three spin-off specialty stores from the late 80s and early 90s. the first was the “FreeFall”, which car...
For those who were around in the 80s, Kmart was the big daddy of retail; it was the Target of the 80s, only cheaper. Not only did they sell clothes, but just about everything else too. Kmart was a big box department stores chain that first opened in 1962 and hit its peak in 1994, with 2,486 stores globally, including 2,323 discount stores and Super...
Afterthoughts was a chain of accessory and jewelry stores in the US from the 80s to 2002. It was created as one of the specialty subsidiaries of F. W. Woolworth Company in the 80s. By 1996 the chain had reached 809 stores and grew even more with the Venator Group’s merger of 109 Accessory Lady stores, bought from Melville Corporation in 1993. But b...
Started off as just 1 store in 1897, Hess’s was a department store chain based in Allentown, PA that grew to 80 stores at its peak in the late 80s. The store sold clothing of all sorts to people of all ages while it enjoyed the booming retail market of the 1980s. But after a few transfers of the chain from Crown American to Berman, most of the orig...
Founded in 1973, County Seat was an American clothing store retailer with over 740 stores at its peak before it closed in 1999 after filing for bankruptcy. Specializing in blue jeans and other casual wear, the store was sold to Carson Pirie Scott in 1983 for $71 million. Carson Pirie Scott redesigned these chain stores with matte black fixtures and...
Contempo Casuals was full of popular 80s clothes and accessories. Everything from patterned jams to jelly shoes to leg warmers to fishnet stockings, they followed the trends started by Madonna, Whitney Houston and Cyndi Lauper. It was a mid-priced store that set the footprint for other big name stores like American Apparel and Urban Outfitters. It ...
Today’s Man was a retailer chain of Men’s wear, with 25 stores in the New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. areas. They sold a variety of low-cost, but high-quality merchandise. Their suits would range anywhere from $50 – $200 in addition to shirts, socks, ties, leather jackets and belts. Today’s Man grew steadily in the 70s, opening lar...
Casual Corner was an American retail chain founded in 1950 that operated their stores under the names Casual Corner, Petite Sophisticate and August Max Woman brands among others. In 1970, it was bought by United States Shoe Corporation, with 20 stores when it began to grow rapidly. By the 90s, the target demographic was changed from women’s sportsw...
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shop now. The County Seat is a retail store in Burgaw, NC! We are thrilled to offer something new to this unique town, including women's apparel, gifts, jewelry, home accessories, men's line of "Five Fins" apparel, and more. Let's do this, Burgaw! 110 W Fremont St, Burgaw, NC 28425. (910) 389-3921.
