Christmas Tree Shops
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| Type | Retail |
| Genre | Bargins, closeouts |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Headquarters | Yarmouthport, Massachusetts,  United States |
| Area served | New England, New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania |
| Parent | Bed Bath & Beyond |
| Website | Official Homepage |
Christmas Tree Shops are a chain of stores that started in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts on Cape Cod in 1970 as a complex of three small stores; the Front Shop, the Back Shop, and the Barn Shop. The multiple store location, which was located on Route 6A, explains why the name is Christmas Tree Shops instead of Christmas Tree Shop. Since the 1980s, the chain has slowly been expanding beyond Cape Cod. It now has stores in ten different states (including all six New England states), which have made it a multi-million dollar corporation, with large super-stores.[citation needed] The original stores are seen as a local phenomenon, since it has become a must see destination for many visitors when traveling to Cape Cod. Christmas Tree Shops was bought by Bed Bath and Beyond in 2003. The original stores on 6A were closed January of 2007. It marked the end of an era for many local residents.[citation needed]
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[edit] Distribution Center
The distribution of all the stores is done at their sizable distribution center in Middleboro, MA. Prior to being moved to Middleboro, distribution was done from the former Cape Cod Coliseum, down the street from the corporate office in South Yarmouth.[citation needed]
[edit] Store concepts
Christmas Tree Shops are bargain stores, selling everything from food to toys to household furnishings to, of course, Christmas decorations. Most stores are typically made to resemble older buildings, in Colonial, Victorian, or even Old English barn styles (such as the Sagamore, Pembroke and Warwick, RI stores). Some, such as the Lynnfield, Massachusetts store, are even more conceptualized; that store is known for its lighthouse and fishing village motif.
[edit] Controversy
Nantucket Distributing was formed as a sister company to allow them to purchase products at wholesale prices. Some of these products were imported internationally from India and China.[citation needed]
