Troutman's Emporium

:"An unrelated chain is The Emporium"Infobox_Company
company_name = Troutman's Emporium
company_
company_type = Department store
foundation = 1955 (North Bend, Oregon)
location = Eugene, Oregon
industry = Retail
products = Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.
homepage = None.

Troutman's Emporium, stores brand as Emporium, was a chain of department stores founded in 1955 by Dallas Troutman in North Bend, Oregon. Emporium's headquarters was located in Eugene, Oregon. Emporium operated stores in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California and Washington. Emporium filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2002 and liquidated.

History

Beginnings

At age 23, Dallas Troutman, had a dream to run a department store. His dream came true when in 1955 he opened Troutman's Emporium in North Bend, Oregon. In 1963, Dallas moved Troutman's Emporium to a 14,000 square foot space in Pony Village Shopping Center, the Northwest's first enclosed mall. Troutman's Emporium started growing when the company opened a second store at the Willamette Plaza in Eugene, Oregon in 1968. A third store was built in 1972 in Mount Vernon, Washington.

Expansion

In 1972, Troutman's Emporium acquired two Alexander's store in Springfield and Florence, Oregon. Dallas Troutman previously worked there over 20 years before at Alexander's working stock and sweeping floors. The next 13 years were years of major expansion and by 1985, Troutman's Emporium was 13 store chain. In 1986, Troutman's Emporium acquired six Quisenberry stores in Oregon and Idaho. For the next two years Troutman's Emporium opened 5 stores including a store in Chico, California. In 1988, Emporium acquired a J.C. Penney store in Nampa, Idaho at the Karcher Mall. In 1999, Troutman's Emporium was in merger talks with Lamonts but it fell through [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4298/is_199907/ai_n14978685 Lamonts Terminates Takeover Talks with Troutman's] ] . In 2000, Ron Schiff was hired as as the new president and CEO of Troutman's Emporium. Ron Schiff added six new stores in fall 2000 including stores in Aberdeen, Washington, Brookings, Oregon, The Dalles, Oregon, Elko, Nevada Winnemucca, Nevada and Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Bankruptcy

In 2002, Troutman's Emporium filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company first planned to close one store but found themselves in more debt than expected. The then the Troutman's Emporium announced it was closing all 34 stores and was going out of business. The company was liquidated, out of their headquarters, and merged out of bankruptcy by 2004. When the closure was announced, the store had 34 stores in five states employing 1,600 people. [ [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-2609601/Emporium-calls-it-quits-will.html Emporium calls it quits] ]

Former Locations

As of December 11, 2003: [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20021023185847/www.emporiumonline.com/services/stores_all.html] Emporium Locations (Archived by the Internet Archive December 11, 2003)]

California

*Chico: Chico Mall (closed 2003; now Furniture Depot)

Idaho

*Boise:
**Five Mile Plaza (replaced Quisenberry 1986, closed 2003)
**Northgate Shopping Center (replaced Quisenberry 1986, closed 2003)
*Coeur d'Alene: Silver Lake Mall (closed 2003, now Red Oak Furniture)
*Moscow: Palouse Mall (closed 2003, now Ross Dress For Less)
*Nampa: Karcher Mall (replaced JCPenney in 1988, closed 2003, Burlington Coat Factory in 2007)

Nevada

*Elko: East End Mall (opened 2000, closed 2003, divided for various businesses)
*Winnemucca: Valley View Shopping Center (opened 2000, closed 2003, now Corral West Ranchwear)

Oregon

*Albany: Heritage Mall (closed 2003, became Gottschalks and Old Navy 2005)
*Beaverton: Beaverton Mall (now Cedar Hills Crossing) (closed 2003, now Ross Dress For Less)
*Bend: Mountain View Mall (closed 2003, mall rebuilt into power center)
*Brookings: South Coast Center (opened 2000, closed 2003)
*Corvallis: Timber Hill (closed 2003)
*Cottage Grove: The Village Center (opened 2000, closed 2003)
*The Dalles: Cascade Square Shopping Center (opened 2000, closed 2003, now Grocery Outlet)
*Eugene:
**Valley River Center (now Abercrombie and Fitch)
**Willamette Plaza (closed 2003, now Office Max)
*Florence: Emporium Center (closed 2003, now Grocery Outlet)
*Gresham: Gresham Town Fair (closed 2003, now PetSmart)
*John Day: John Day Plaza (closed 2003, now Mountains Department Store)
*Klamath Falls: Jefferson Square (closed 2003, now Ross Dress for Less)
*La Grande: La Grande Town Center (closed 2003, now Dollar Tree)
*Medford: Medford Center (closed 2003, now Ashley Furniture Homestore)
*North Bend: Pony Village Mall (closed 2003, now Ross Dress For Less)
*Ontario: West Park Plaza (closed 2003, vacant)
*Oregon City: Oregon City Shopping Center (closed 2003)
*Pendleton: Melanie Square (closed 2003, now a bowling alley)
*Portland: Mall 205 (closed 2003, store expanded and reopened as The Home Depot)
*Prineville: Ochoco Plaza (closed 2003, now Mountains Department Store)
*Salem: Lancaster Mall (closed 2003, now Sports Authority)
*Springfield: Gateway Mall (closed 2003, now Ashley Furniture Outlet)

Washington

*Aberdeen: Olympic Gateway Plaza (opened 2000, closed 2003, now Ross Dress For Less)
*Burlington: Cascade Mall (closed 2003, became The Bon Marché Men's & Home 2003, Bon-Macy's Men's & Home 2003, Macy's Men's & Home 2005)
*Kelso: Three Rivers Mall (closed 2003, vacant)
*Lakewood: Lakewood Mall (opened ?, closed ?)
*Spokane: Northtown Mall (opened 1992, closed 2003, Steve & Barry's in 2007)
*Walla Walla: Blue Mountain Mall (opened 1992 in former Fred Meyer, closed 2003, vacant)

References

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20021211045316/http://www.emporiumonline.com/index.html Former Official Site (Retrieved by the Internet Archive's Way Back Machine, Dec. 11, 2003)]