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Fate. Acquired by Zayre. Headquarters. Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. Shoppers' City was a chain of seven stores in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area in the 1960s and 1970s. It was one of the forerunners of the "big box" store. The chain was notable for being one of the first stores in Minnesota to open on Sundays. [1]
Dec 1, 2009 · Shoppers’ City was a department store in West Duluth, located at 50th Ave. W. & Wadena St., where a Menards store is now. It was part of a small chain of discount stores — the other locations were in Twin Cities suburbs (Brooklyn Center, St. Louis Park, Columbia Heights and Maplewood).
As soon as the Zayre Shoppers’ City "Going Out of Business Sale" was announced, with “savings up to 60 % off Zayre’s regular prices,” some customers noticed a lot of prices had been jacked up just prior to the sale. A local TV station investigated and Minnesota’s attorney general looked into it.
In December 1966, Zayre bought out Northern Enterprises, Inc., owner of four Shopper's City stores in Duluth, Minneapolis, and St. Paul, Minnesota, rebranding the stores as Zayre Shopper's City stores. In Zayre's early years, the stores' product mix leaned heavily toward softlines due to the Feldbergs’ experience in fashion, gained through ...
Oct 31, 2017 · Shopper's City was a small chain of stores in the Twin Cities during the 1960s and 1970s. There were six locations, and they offered groceries, home goods, barber shops, pharmacies, and other amenities. Those who were around then will also remember Zayre Shoppers' City, the chain of furniture stores owned by Shoppers' City.
By 1974 there were nine Zayre Shoppers’ City stores in Minnesota: 63rd and Brooklyn Blvd. in Brooklyn Center; St. Louis Park; 43rd and Central in Columbia Heights; 1740 Van Dyke in Maplewood; 2021 So. Robert Street in West St. Paul; 50th and Wadena in Duluth; 3330 West Division Street in St. Cloud; 494 and Lyndale in Bloomington
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Sep 22, 2008 · For the first several years, Zayre operated these four stores under their original name, later co-branding them “Zayre Shoppers City” in the early 1970’s. A unique aspect (for Zayre) of these stores was their “family center” arrangement – general merchandise and a full supermarket under one roof.
