King's (defunct discount store) explained

King's (defunct discount store) should not be confused with King's Variety Store.

King's
Fate:	Bankruptcy all locations sold to Ames
Successor:	Ames (1984-2002)
Foundation:	Brockton, Massachusetts 1956
Defunct:	1984
Type:	Discount store
Industry:	Retail

King's Department Stores was a chain of discount stores in the Eastern United States. The chain started in 1956, in Brockton, Massachusetts. They expanded to 187 stores (three stores operated in the Buffalo, New York area^[1]).^[2] In 1978, they purchased the bankrupt Mammoth Mart chain. Because of the economic downturn and the debt from the Mammoth purchase, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1982. In 1984 Ames Department Stores purchased the chain and converted most of them into Ames stores. Ames went out of business in 2002.

Retail chains acquired by King's

• Barker's Discount Department Stores (1980)
• Mammoth Mart (1977)
• Miracle Mart (1968) United States based chain, not to be confused with the Canadian chain by the same name
• Sandy's Discount Stores (1966)
• Welles (1973)

Notes and References

1. Book: Rizzo, Michael F.. Nine nine eight : the glory days of Buffalo shopping. 2007. Lulu, Inc. 978-1-4303-1386-1. Morrisville, NC. 154700690.
2. Web site: Whatever happened to.............King's Department Stores. 2020-08-16. The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA. en.