{"product_id":"venture-stores-golf-balls","title":"Venture Stores Golf Balls","description":"GhostCorp Apparel - resurrecting iconic corporate ghosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdd a piece of shopping history to your golf collection with Venture Stores golf balls. Founded in 1968, Venture opened its first store in Missouri and built a strong presence across the Midwest before expanding into Texas. After years of growth and fierce retail competition, the company entered bankruptcy in 1998 and closed its stores, marking the end of a memorable chapter. These golf balls connect a favorite pastime with the story of a once-familiar chain, making them a thoughtful pick for former shoppers and retail-history enthusiasts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVenture Stores, Inc., was a discount department-store chain founded in 1968 by John F. Geisse, formerly of Target Stores, and Dave Babcock, an executive vice president at May Department Stores. May wanted to compete with emerging discount retailers but could not acquire more chains under an antitrust settlement, so Geisse and Babcock started a new retailer. Its first store opened in Overland, Missouri, on January 29, 1970. By 1976, Venture had grown to 20 stores, and in 1978 it purchased 12 Turn Style locations in Illinois and Iowa, reopening them as Venture stores that August. The chain built a strong presence in St. Louis, Chicago, and Kansas City, and became Chicago's largest discount chain. Venture separated from May and became a private corporation in 1990. It entered Texas in 1993, opening ten stores in Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, and tested nine lower-priced Venture Dollar stores in Illinois, Missouri, and Texas in 1996. Venture sold its Texas stores to Kmart in 1997. Facing competition and financial difficulties, it entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 20, 1998, announced its closure on April 27, and completed inventory liquidation by July. Former locations were taken over by several retail chains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGet your audience in the zone with these personalized golf balls. Available in budget-friendly six packs, these golf balls are made with 100% surlyn. Your artwork, photos, or names go on all six balls, in vivid detail and color. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e.: Material: Suryln cover + rubber\/hard plastic core\u003cbr\u003e.: One size: 1.68\" (4.3cm) \u003cbr\u003e.: A pack of 6 golf balls \u003cbr\u003e.: One design for the whole set \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEU representative\u003c\/strong\u003e: HONSON VENTURES LIMITED, gpsr@honsonventures.com, 3, Gnaftis House flat 102, Limassol, Mesa Geitonia, 4003, CY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct information\u003c\/strong\u003e: Generic brand, two year warranty in the EU and Northern Ireland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare instructions\u003c\/strong\u003e: Wipe clean with warm water and mild soap\t\t\t\t\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"1.7\" \/ 6 pcs","offer_id":54774996599068,"sku":"33304105403478358066","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/2517\/5580\/files\/4249338845248399238_2048.jpg?v=1793028969","url":"https:\/\/ghostcorpapparel.com\/products\/venture-stores-golf-balls","provider":"Ghost Corp Apparel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}