King's Variety Store Cotton Polo Shirt
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Bring King's Variety Store into everyday rotation with a polo that honors a distinctive chapter in regional retail history. Founded by M.H. King in Burley, Idaho, in 1915, the discount-store chain grew to 27 locations across six states, serving smaller towns with a broad selection of value-priced merchandise. Its story ended in May 2017, but its place in community retail history still resonates with collectors and former shoppers. This keepsake celebrates the name and the history behind it.
King's Variety Store was a discount-store chain founded in 1915 by M.H. King in Burley, Idaho. At its peak, the chain operated 27 stores across Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. Its stores served a distinctive role in smaller towns where a grocery store was often the major retail outlet. A typical King's location ranged from 10,000 to 20,000 square feet and offered a wide selection of value-priced merchandise. This combination of broad merchandise choice and smaller-town locations shaped the chain's place in regional retail history. In February 2017, King's announced plans to close all of its stores. The chain ceased operations in May 2017, ending a business that had begun more than a century earlier in Burley. The supplied historical account records no merger, successor company, predecessor, or later brand transition.
King's Variety Store Cotton Polo Shirt
$38.99
Sale price
$38.99
Regular price
Bring King's Variety Store into everyday rotation with a polo that honors a distinctive chapter in regional retail history. Founded by M.H. King in Burley, Idaho, in 1915, the discount-store chain grew to 27 locations across six states, serving smaller towns with a broad selection of value-priced merchandise. Its story ended in May 2017, but its place in community retail history still resonates with collectors and former shoppers. This keepsake celebrates the name and the history behind it.
King's Variety Store was a discount-store chain founded in 1915 by M.H. King in Burley, Idaho. At its peak, the chain operated 27 stores across Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. Its stores served a distinctive role in smaller towns where a grocery store was often the major retail outlet. A typical King's location ranged from 10,000 to 20,000 square feet and offered a wide selection of value-priced merchandise. This combination of broad merchandise choice and smaller-town locations shaped the chain's place in regional retail history. In February 2017, King's announced plans to close all of its stores. The chain ceased operations in May 2017, ending a business that had begun more than a century earlier in Burley. The supplied historical account records no merger, successor company, predecessor, or later brand transition.
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