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Venture Stores, Inc. was a chain of retail stores aimed at the discount department-store market. John Geisse, formerly of Target Stores, and May Department Stores' executive vice president, Dave Babcock, founded the chain in 1968.
Sales: $2 billion. Stock Exchanges: New York. SICs: 5311 Department Stores. Company History: Venture Stores Inc. is a leading regional discount store chain in the midwestern and southwestern United States. Venture was operating 114 stores in nine states in 1995, concentrating in the Texas, Illinois, and Missouri, areas.
Venture was a chain of retail stores aimed at the discount department store market. It was founded in 1968 by John Geisse (of Target Stores and May Department Stores) and Executive Vice President Dave Babcock. Venture Stores expanded to operate over 70 stores with major market share in St...
Venture Stores Inc. originally started out as a project of the May Department Store Company, a large conglomerate that bought up various department store chains throughout the US. In the late 60s, the company hired a few ex-employees of competing Dayton-Hudson , including Target co-founder John Geisse , with plans to develop an upscale discount ...
Venture Stores, Inc. was a chain of retail stores aimed at the discount department-store market. John Geisse, formerly of Target Stores, and May Department Stores' executive vice president, Dave Babcock, founded the chain in 1968. Venture Stores expanded to operate over 70 stores with major market s
