Alco-Duckwall Retail Stores
Bamberger's
Belk
Bloomingdale's
Carson, Pirie, Scott, Chicago, housed in an architectural landmark designed by Louis Sullivan
Dayton's, Minneapolis now Marshall Field's, part of Target
Dillard's, midwest, southeast, southwest
Dollar General
Federated Department Stores
Filene's, Boston, its famous bargain basement outlasted the main store
Foley's, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico; owned by May Department Stores
Fred Meyer, a department store in the Pacific Northwest owned by Kroger, the supermarket conglomerate
D.H. Holmes: New Orleans (defunct)
Gimbel's: The rivalry of Macy's and Gimbel's is immortalized in Miracle on 34th Street: Gimbel's merged with Saks to form Saks Fifth Avenue.
Hudson's, Detroit now Marshall Field's, part of Target
JC Penney national
Kohl's: originally Midwest, but now national
Korvette's
Krauss New Orleans (defunct)
Kresge's (later Kmart), going from dime store to mass market discounter, started in Detroit
Loehmann's
Lord & Taylor national
Macy's: The rivalry of Macy's and Gimbel's is immortalized in Miracle on 34th Street: now Gimbel's is gone, but Macy's lives on as a part of Federated Department Stores.
Maison Blanche: New Orleans (defunct), stores are now Dillard's
Marshall Field & Co, Chicago now owned by Target; first store with a bridal registry
May Department Stores, Mary Livingstone was working as a lingerie salesgirl here when she met her future husband Jack Benny. Later, the department store was used as a setting in his radio and television shows.
Meijer, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky
McCrory, national, defunct
Mervyn's, a California-based chain specializing in clothing; owned by Target
Montgomery Ward, first mail order store, now defunct
Neiman Marcus, Dallas
Nordstrom
Ohrbach's
Pamida
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York City, the store that took Fifth Avenue all over the country
Sears & Roebuck, later Sears, its first mail order catalogs caused prices to drop all over the country, leading to their being called "the great price maker"
Spiegel, mostly a catalog company
Stern's
Target, national, renowned as the "hip" mass-market discounter, called "Tar-zhay" by the clever
Troutman's Emporium, Oregon
Wal-Mart, national
Wannamaker
Woolworth, national, classic dime store; defunct