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venture stores wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history toggle history subsection 1 1 bankruptcy 2 references 3 external links toggle the table of contents venture stores 2 languages nederlands اردو edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia defunct chain of retail stores for the australian chain of the same name see venture department store venture stores inc final logo used from 1995 to 1998 type defunct traded as nyse ven industry retail department discount founded 1968 58 years ago 1968 st louis missouri defunct july 15 1998 28 years ago 1998 07 15 fate bankruptcy liquidation headquarters o fallon missouri key people robert wildrick julian seeherman products clothing footwear bedding furniture jewelry beauty products electronics and housewares number of employees 10 000 website www venturestores com archived at deadmalls com venture stores inc was a chain of retail stores aimed at the discount department store market john geisse formerly of target stores and may department stores executive vice president dave babcock founded the chain in 1968 venture stores expanded to operate over 70 stores with major market share in st louis chicago and kansas city and expanded across various areas in the united states over a period of nearly 30 years becoming the largest discount chain in chicago in january 1998 venture stores entered a chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed within six months history edit the chain was founded in 1968 when target founder john f geisse went to work for may department stores 1 under an antitrust settlement reached with the department of justice may was unable to acquire any more retail chains at the time and the department store company needed a way to compete against the emerging discount store chains when may s dave babcock learned that geisse had resigned from target stores he spoke with geisse about starting a new discount retailer resulting in the founding of venture the first venture store opened in overland missouri on january 29 1970 2 in 1976 geisse retired and left venture stores which had by that time expanded to 20 units 1 in 1978 venture stores purchased 12 turn style locations in illinois and iowa with the stores reopening as venture stores in august of that year 3 in 1990 venture separated from may and became a private corporation 4 first logo used from 1970 to 1991 second logo used from 1991 to 1995 similar to the first one but italicized venture s advertising slogan during the 1980s was save at venture save with style or sws 4 in the 1990s venture employed two other slogans the first tied to a companywide remodeling initiative aimed at making the stores more like kohl s was see what s new for you at the time venture closed its slogan was see what a little money can buy bankruptcy edit sign for the venture store in davenport iowa in january 1998 by the 1990s the chain found that it was unable to compete against other retail chains such as kmart target and walmart 5 venture tried to return to its founding principles as an upscale discounter and remodeled most of its 90 stores citation needed in 1993 venture would enter the texas market opening ten stores in the houston and dallas fort worth areas 6 in november 1996 the last venture store would open in st peters missouri 7 in december 1996 venture would try and test market a chain of lower priced stores called venture dollar with nine locations in illinois missouri and texas 8 venture sold the texas stores to kmart in 1997 and closed its distribution center in corsicana texas the company entered chapter 11 bankruptcy on january 20 1998 and tried to operate with a smaller number of stores the effort was not successful and the company announced its closing on april 27 1998 liquidation of store inventory continued through july 1998 citation needed most of the former venture buildings were absorbed into other chains primarily kmart for their new big kmart stores at the time 4 others were absorbed by kohl s shopko and burlington coat factory citation needed references edit 1 2 discount pioneer geisse dead at 71 john geisse obituary retailing career discount store news geisse org march 16 1992 retrieved september 29 2015 venture stores plans store in kirkwood st louis post dispatch january 25 1970 p 9c venture plans 12 openings quad city times august 6 1978 p 22a 1 2 3 save at venture save with style pleasantfamilyshopping blogspot com november 30 2010 retrieved august 2 2018 history of venture stores inc funding universe retrieved august 2 2018 nishimura scott venture stores open a week early fort worth star telegram july 20 1993 p 10 sonderegger john venture grows with area will open 2nd store st louis post dispatch september 6 1996 p 1 and p 3 faust fred venture to test dollar stores st louis post dispatch october 1 1996 external links edit television commercials archived 2016 01 09 at the wayback machine at the museum of classic chicago television v t e sears holdings founders s s kresge alvah curtis roebuck richard warren sears people james b adamson joseph e antonini edward a brennan charles conaway harry b cunningham floyd hall w bruce johnson eddie lampert aylwin lewis edward r telling robert e wood brands and subsidiaries sears kmart kenmore joe boxer thom mcan toughskins allstate american freight coldwell banker craftsman dean witter reynolds diehard discover card kmart australia lands end martha stewart everyday national tire and battery officemax sears roebuck de méxico borders builders square eaton s gala sears the great indoors homart development company j c higgins orchard supply hardware pace membership warehouse payless drug store parts america prodigy sears canada sears outlet sears centre sears hometown and outlet stores sears tower silvertone sports authority tele games venture stores waldenbooks western auto retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title venture_stores oldid 1368761274 categories retail companies established in 1970 companies based in st louis county missouri defunct discount stores of the united states retail companies disestablished in 1998 1970 establishments in missouri 1998 disestablishments in missouri companies that filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1998 companies formerly listed on the new york stock exchange hidden categories 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