G. E. M. Membership Department Stores
- G. E. M. Membership Department Stores
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company_name = G.E.M.
company_
company_type = discount membership store
foundation = 1956
defunct = 1973
fate = Closed
location = Detroit, Michigan
industry = Retail
products = clothing, footwear, housewares, sporting goods, hardware, toys, electronics, appliances, cameras, food, drugs, auto repair
homepage = None
G. E. M. Membership Department Stores, also known as G.E.X. or G.E.S., was a chain of discount stores in the United States and Canada. The chain extended membership to government employees; the name was an acronym for "Government Employees Mart."[cite web]
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title = Company History: Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation
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url = http://www.answers.com/topic/shoppers-drug-mart-corporation?cat=biz-fin
accessdate = 2008-03-29] Appliance and electronics departments in G.E.M. stores were operated by Wards Company, which later changed its name to Circuit City. [cite web
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The stores closed during the discount store shakeout of 1973.
Canadian pharmacist Murray Koffler was an investor in the G.E.M. chain, bringing the first G.E.M. store to Toronto in 1959. He eventually subleased the G.E.M. drug department in several Toronto area stores. Following the G.E.M. discount model, Koffler later opened one of the first "big box" store chains, Shoppers Drug Mart.
Former Locations
*Hawaii
**Honolulu
*Kansas
**Wichita
*Maryland
**Catonsville: now Sports Authority (?)
**Dundalk: now Shoppers Food and Regal Eastpoint Movies 10
*Missouri
**Kansas City
**St. Louis
*New York
**Cheektowaga Walden Ave. - Super Flea
*Ohio
**Cincinnati: a G.E.S. location in suburban Evendale
*Oklahoma
**Oklahoma City
*Ontario
**Toronto
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