List of Defunct Retailers of The United States - Clothing, Shoes, & Specialty Stores

Clothing, Shoes, & Specialty Stores

• A&N Stores — Army-Navy surplus store that later sold sportswear and footwear, with 48 stores in Virginia, ceased operations in 2008.
• Afterthoughts — owned by Venator Group, Inc., acquired by Claire's in 1999 and converted to Icing stores
• Anderson-Little — men's specialty retailer originally associated with a large Massachusetts-based men's clothing manufacturer; also known as Anderson Little-Richman Brothers; owned for many years by F. W. Woolworth Company; sold to Cliftex Corporation and incorporated into its Gentlemen's Wearhouse subsidiary in 1993; ceased operations in 1997, but was restarted in 2008 by the grandson and great-grandson of the original founder
• Casual Corner
• Charles A. Stevens and Chas stores — Chicago, Illinois area
• Chess King
• Copper Rivet — sold Levi's jeans
• County Seat
• Dawahares - Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee
• De Pinna
• Endicott Johnson
• Erlebacher's
• Foreman & Clark
• Forth & Towne
• Franklin Simon
• Gantos
• Harold's/Harold Powell — Norman, Oklahoma
• J. Brannam — was Woolworth; liquidated
• Jay Jacobs
• Judy's Inc. - Founded in 1946, this women's clothing retail chain sold in 1989 to Laws International Holdings Ltd, entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from 1992 to early 1993, sold to Larry Hansel/ Westridge Partners. There were 50 Judy's stores in 1993, but the chain, including Hansel's Rampage Clothing went bankrupt by 1997.
• Just For Feet
• Kids "R" Us An offshoot of Toys "R" Us, selling child and preteen clothing
• Kinney Shoes
• Kleinhans — Buffalo, New York
• Klopfenstein's
• Laura Ashley - U.S. stores closed, many remain in the UK and elsewhere
• Martin + Osa
• Merry-Go-Round
• Raleigh's — a.k.a. Raleigh Haberrdasher
• Richman Brothers — men's specialty store based in Cleveland, Ohio; sold to F.W. Woolworth in 1969; operated for a time as Anderson Little-Richman Brothers, finally folded in 1992.
• Robert Hall
• Rogers Peet — New York City and branches
• Roos/Atkins
• Ruehl No.925— concept brand launched by Abercrombie and Fitch in 2004; poor sales and operating losses led to A&F ceasing operations of Ruehl in early 2010.
• Sagebrush — sold casual wear
• The Sample — Buffalo, New York
• Shoe Pavilion
• Steve & Barry's
• Tansy — sold women's clothing
• Thom McAn Store
• Today's Man
• Yellow Front Stores
• Warner Brothers Studio Store
• Petite Sophisticate division of Casual Corner
• Mondi
• Metropark
• Gadzooks
• Contempo Casuals