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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, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, the chain has dwindled due to the expansion of Wal-Mart in the region.

The Rose's chain not only anchored strip centers, but also once anchored many enclosed shopping malls. 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. Several stores are still operational.

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 1997[1]. Today, the company has approximately 98 stores. It has scaled back its desire to operate as a discount store, focusing more on a high-end dollar concept.

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[edit] Past and present locations

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[edit] Alabama

[edit] Delaware

[edit] Georgia

  • West Broad Street - closed
  • Lexington Highway - closed
  • Lake Shore Mall - now Belk Men's & Home Store[2]
  • Sherwood Plaza

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Louisiana

  • Slidell- later Big Lots
  • Hammond- later TG&Y Family Center, now Winn-Dixie Marketplace

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] North Carolina

  • first location - closed; now Lowe's
  • second location - open; formerly K Mart
  • North Duke Crossing - open
  • Homestead Market Shopping Center - open
  • Northgate Mall - closed; later demolished for mall expansion in the mid-1990s
  • The Villages Shopping Center - closed
  • Regency Plaza - closed; later became Service Merchandise (1991-1998), Value City Furniture (1999-2001), and Aaron's (2002-2007).
  • Westwood Plaza - open
  • Bordeaux Shopping center - open
  • Cape Fear Plaza - open
  • Eutaw Village Shopping center - closed
  • Ramsey Street - closed in the early 1990s
  • Pitt Plaza (now Colonial Mall Greenville) - now Steve & Barry's
  • Stanton Square - now Food Lion
  • Catawba Mall - closed in the late 1980s; mall converted to furniture retailers
  • currently open on Highway 70, just off Interstate 40
  • first location - closed in the 1990s
  • second location - open; formerly K Mart

[edit] South Carolina

  • Florence Mall - now mall space
  • Southpark Shopping Center - open
  • Magnolia Mall - closed in the mid 1990s; became Best Buy in 2002

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Virginia

  • Mercury Mall - closed, demolished
  • Newmarket - open
  • Willow Oaks Shopping Center - closed 1994
  • Downtown - open
  • Duke's Plaza - closed

[edit] West Virginia

[edit] References

  1. ^ Variety Wholesalers: About Us
  2. ^ a b Georgia Retail Memories: Rose's Discount Store
  3. ^ IMG_1865 on Flickr

[edit] External links