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Typography: Anzeigen-Grotesk. Launched: January 29, 1970. Venture's first logo consisted of a simple 7-striped box and text set in Anzeigen-Grotesk. Alongside this logo from the early- to mid-seventies, an alternate logo was used showing the wordmark within a white stripe of an 8-striped box.
Venture Stores, Inc. Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, and housewares. 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.
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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...
Nov 27, 2019 · As strong winds swept across St. Louis Tuesday night, an old Venture sign was revealed in north St. Louis County.
- Ashley Cole
Venture was a chain of discount department stores that operated in Australia between 1970 and 1994. Unrelated to the defunct North American chain of the same name (see Venture Stores ), Venture is best remembered as a retailer of medium quality women's and children's clothing as well as soft homewares. The Hobart outlet was also notable for ...
These early stores stylistically resembled Target, using large amounts of red and orange coloring throughout the building, and signs with similar block lettering for the logo, next to a geometric accent. The earliest stores even had their department layouts directly lifted from Target.
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