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Venture Stores expanded to operate over 70 stores with major market share in St. Louis, Chicago, and Kansas City, and expanded across various areas in the United States over a period of nearly 30 years, becoming the largest discount chain in Chicago.
Learn about the history and expansion of Venture, an upscale discount department store chain that entered Texas in 1992. Find out how Venture adapted to the Houston market and faced competition from other discounters.
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.
Jul 28, 2023 · July 28, 2023 Mike 4 comments. Howdy folks, and welcome back to Houston Historic Retail. Today we’re discussing the long-departed Venture Department Store on the 30th anniversary of entering Houston. Rarely have things gone worse for a chain than Venture’s disastrous expansion into Texas.
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.
This is a location list of former Venture Stores and Venture Dollar locations. Contents. 1Former. 1.1Arkansas. 1.2Illinois. 1.3Indiana. 1.4Iowa. 1.5Kansas. 1.6Kentucky. 1.7Missouri. 1.8Oklahoma. 1.9Texas. 2Venture Dollar. 2.1Illinois. 2.2Missouri. 2.3Texas. Former. Arkansas.
