The Nutmeg State is chock full of places to go shopping. From brightly light malls to discount super centers, there are no lack of stores to browse through to find exactly what you may want or need. Now that we are in the prime holiday shopping season, you might miss a few locations that were once so popular. Check out these defunct stores in Connecticut and see which ones you remember.
In 1906, the first W. T. Grant Co. 25 Cent Store opened and the owner quickly grew the stores into a large chain. It later became more of a department type store like Kmart. The company filed bankruptcy in 1976 which was then the second largest recorded bankruptcy case in the United States.
A fixture in downtown Hartford for years, G. Fox & Co. was a privately held upscale department store before it was sold in 1965 to May Department Stores Company. It was then converted into Filene's and later on Macy's.
Based out of Rocky Hill, Ames Department Stores Inc. was founded in 1958 and owned over 700 retail stores in its hay day. The company went out of business in 2002 and joined the ranks of other defunct stores that could not survive the arrival of Walmart.
Korvettes was a department store discount chain that was the predecessor to companies like Walmart and Costco. It closed it's doors in 1980 due to poor management.
The year 1999 was the last time that anyone from Connecticut went shopping at Caldor. The discount store, that carried a little bit of everything, got its name from the combination of the first names of its owners, Carl and Dorothy Bennett.
A well known book seller for decades, B. Dalton was open for over 20 years in the Connecticut Post Mall. Competition got the best of this bookstore and it closed in 2005.
Pathmark grocery stores were established in the Northeast in 1968. The grocery chain did well in the 80s and 90s but was eventually taken over by A&P and closed all of its locations in Connecticut.
Once upon a time, the Edward Malley Co. Department Store was the largest downtown department store in New Haven. It opened in 1852 and after a 130 year run, sadly shut down in 1982.
Once seen in many Connecticut shopping plazas, Bradlees went through bankruptcy in 1995 and again in 2000. This discount chain like many others attributes their demise to the arrival of Walmart.
Do you remember shopping at any of these retail locations in the past? With all of these defunct stores no longer open, you will need to find a new place to shop! Take a look at these incredible thrift stores that are right here in Connecticut.
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