Wieboldt's
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Wieboldt Stores, Inc. was founded in 1883 by William A. Wieboldt. The flagship location was located on Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. By the 1970s Wieboldt's operated over 10 stores in the Chicago.
Wieboldt's was known for their good values, unpretentious merchandise, and multilingual sales staff, the stores were especially popular among ethnic, working-class shoppers who could not afford or did not like to shop at the big downtown department stores.
During the 1980s the chain had trouble staying profitable, eventually leading the company into bankruptcy in 1986. The chain never recovered and all the stores closed.
[edit] Former locations
- Evanston, Illinois (freestanding)
- Ford City Mall, Chicago, Illinois (opened 1965, became Carson Pirie Scott in 1987)
- Harlem-Irving Plaza, Norridge, Illinois (opened 1956, became Carson Pirie Scott in 1987)
- Jefferson Square Mall, Joliet, Illinois (opened 1975, closed 1987, became Menard's in 1992, demolished 2005)
- Lakehurst Mall, Waukegan, Illinois (opened 1971, closed 1986, became Montgomery Ward and Dunham's in 1987, demolished 2004)
- Lincoln Mall, Matteson, Illinois (opened 1973, closed 1987, became Sears in 1995)
- Lincoln Village (freestanding), Chicago, Illinois (closed 1987)
- Meadowdale Shopping Center, Carpentersville, Illinois (closed 1987, demolished 1991)
- River Forest, Illinois (Oak Park) (freestanding) (closed 1987)
- Orland Park Place, Orland Park, Illinois (opened 1981, closed 1987, currently Stein Mart & Linen N Things)
- Randhurst, Mount Prospect, Illinois (opened 1962, became Bergner's in 1987, became Carson Pirie Scott in 1990)
- State Street (freestanding), Chicago, Illinois (closed 1987)
- Stratford Square Mall, Bloomingdale, Illinois (opened 1982, became JCPenney in 1987)
- Yorktown Mall, Lombard, Illinois (opened 1968, closed 1987, became Von Maur in 1994)
