Rose's

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Rose's (originally known as P.H. Rose) is a regional discount store centered out of Henderson, North Carolina. Once dominant in the mountainous regions and rural areas of North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, the chain began to dwindle due to the expansion of Wal-Mart in the region.

The Rose's chain not only anchored strip centers, but also once anchored many malls including malls in Gainesville, Georgia and Cleveland, Tennessee. Unable to adequately compete and falling under poor management, many stores closed, including those mall locations, and the stores never were updated to compete with Wal-Mart. A few stores are still operational, however, including several in North Carolina and two in Macon, Georgia. There are also Rose's stores in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Somerset, Kentucky, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Griffin, Georgia, Thomasville, Georgia, Chesapeake, Virginia, South Hill, Virginia, Hopewell, Virginia, Ashland, Virginia, Wilmington, North Carolina, Aiken, South Carolina, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Orangeburg, South Carolina and Chestertown, Maryland.

Rose's made several unsuccessful attempts to be acquired in the mid-1990s. At the retailer's peak, it operated approximately 278 stores mainly in North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia.

Rose's was purchased by Variety Wholesalers, Inc. in the late 1990s. Today, the company has approximately 103 stores. It has scaled back its desire to operate as a discount store, focusing more on a high-end dollar concept.