- McAlpin's
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McAlpin's was a Cincinnati-based department store founded in 1852 as Ellis, McAlpin & Co. McAlpin's opened their landmark downtown location on Fourth Street in 1880. In 1954, McAlpin's became the first Cincinnati department store to open a suburban site, in the Western Hills Shopping Center.
Two decades later, McAlpin's became a division of Mercantile Stores. In 1990, Mercantile moved their corporate headquarters to Fairfield, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati.
As retail companies consolidated, McAlpin's remained roughly the same. That ended in 1998 when McAlpin's parent company, Mercantile, was bought by Little Rock, Arkansas based Dillard's. All McAlpin's stores were subsequently converted to the Dillard's name that year.
References
- Peale, Cliff (1998-05-19). "Dillard's name going up, McAlpin's gone in sale". The Cincinnati Post (E. W. Scripps Company). Archived from the original on 2004-10-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20041029081039/http://www.cincypost.com/business/1998/merc051998.html. Retrieved 2007-03-01.
Retailers Castner Knott | McAlpin's | Lion Store | Bacon's | J. B. White | Maison Blanche | Gayfers | The Jones Store | Joslins | Hennessy's | PeoplesStore conversions to Dillard's 1998: Bacon's | Castner Knott | Gayfers | Hennessy's | J.B. White | Joslins | Lion Store | Maison Blanche | McAlpin's
1992: Higbee's | Joseph Horne Company 1990: Ivey's 1989: D. H. Holmes 1987: Joske's | Cain-Sloan 1985 Macy's Missouri-Kansas 1984: Stix, Baer & Fuller | Diamond'sCategories:- Companies established in 1852
- Defunct department stores of the United States
- Companies based in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Butler County, Ohio
- Companies disestablished in 1998
- Defunct companies based in Ohio
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