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'''Uptons''' was a [[department store]] based in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], [[United States]]. The chain was owned by American Retail Group. |
'''Uptons''' was a [[department store]] based in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], [[United States]]. The chain was owned by American Retail Group. |
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==History== |
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In July of 1999, American Retail Group announced it would eliminate the entire retail chain, and by 2000 all seventy-five stores in the Uptons chain had closed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4899/is_199908/ai_n18015740 |title=American Retail Group closes Uptons chain.(department stores)(Brief Article) |accessdate=2007-09-29 |date=1999-08 |work=National Real Estate Investor}}</ref> |
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Thirty-seven locations of the [[Florida]]-based Byrons department store chain were acquired in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4298/is_199601/ai_n14962670 |title=ARG folds 37 Byrons into Uptons.(American Retail Group)(Brief Article) |accessdate=2007-09-29 |date=1996-01 |work=Daily News Record}}</ref> |
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In July of 1999, American Retail Group decided that maintaining the Uptons chain was too costly.<ref name="atlanta2">{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/1999/09/20/newscolumn4.html |title=Uptons: Interest in its sites leads to verbal deals |accessdate=2007-09-29 |date=1999-09-17 |work=Atlanta Business Chronicle}}</ref>. By 2000, the chain has closed the last of its seventy-five stores.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4899/is_199908/ai_n18015740 |title=American Retail Group closes Uptons chain.(department stores)(Brief Article) |accessdate=2007-09-29 |date=1999-08 |work=National Real Estate Investor}}</ref><ref name="atlanta1">{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/1999/07/19/daily1.html |title=Uptons stores to close |accessdate=2007-09-29 |date=1999-07-19 |work=Atlanta Business Chronicle}}</ref> At the tim, American Retail Group also owned clothing retailer Maurices, Inc.; sporting goods chain Eastern Mountain Sports, Inc; and The Hub, Inc., which comprised clothing chains Millers Outpost, Levi's Outlet by M.O.S.T./ Dockers Outlet by M.O.S.T., Juxtapose and [[Anchor Blue]].<ref name="atlanta1"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 16:31, 29 September 2007
Uptons was a department store based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The chain was owned by American Retail Group.
History
Thirty-seven locations of the Florida-based Byrons department store chain were acquired in 1996.[1]
In July of 1999, American Retail Group decided that maintaining the Uptons chain was too costly.[2]. By 2000, the chain has closed the last of its seventy-five stores.[3][4] At the tim, American Retail Group also owned clothing retailer Maurices, Inc.; sporting goods chain Eastern Mountain Sports, Inc; and The Hub, Inc., which comprised clothing chains Millers Outpost, Levi's Outlet by M.O.S.T./ Dockers Outlet by M.O.S.T., Juxtapose and Anchor Blue.[4]
References
- ^ "ARG folds 37 Byrons into Uptons.(American Retail Group)(Brief Article)". Daily News Record. 1996-01. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Uptons: Interest in its sites leads to verbal deals". Atlanta Business Chronicle. 1999-09-17. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ^ "American Retail Group closes Uptons chain.(department stores)(Brief Article)". National Real Estate Investor. 1999-08. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b "Uptons stores to close". Atlanta Business Chronicle. 1999-07-19. Retrieved 2007-09-29.