{"product_id":"kings-department-stores-heavy-knit-quarter-zip-sweatshirt","title":"King's Department Stores Heavy Knit Quarter-Zip Sweatshirt","description":"GhostCorp Apparel - resurrecting iconic corporate ghosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWear a piece of regional retail history with this King's Department Stores Heavy Knit Quarter-Zip Sweatshirt. Starting in Brockton, Massachusetts, in 1956, King's grew into a 187-store discount chain serving communities across the Eastern United States. Its expansion included acquisitions of other retail chains, but debt connected with the Mammoth Mart purchase and a difficult economy preceded a Chapter 11 filing in 1982. Ames bought King's in 1984 and converted most locations. An appealing addition for collectors who follow the rise and transformation of American department stores.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing's Department Stores was an Eastern United States discount-store chain that began in Brockton, Massachusetts, in 1956. The business expanded to 187 stores, including three in the Buffalo, New York, area. Its growth included acquisitions of other retail chains: Miracle Mart in 1968, Sandy's Discount Stores in 1966, Welles in 1973, and Barker's Discount Department Stores in 1980. The supplied article gives two dates for its purchase of Mammoth Mart: its narrative says 1978, while its acquisition list says 1977. In 1978, King's also proposed a merger with W.R. Grace, which was projected to add $325 million in sales revenue to Grace. The merger was called off in June that year. Economic downturn and debt associated with the Mammoth purchase preceded King's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in 1982. In 1984, Ames Department Stores purchased the chain and converted most King's locations into Ames stores. Ames later went out of business in 2002. 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