Zayre [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Zayre
Zayre was a chain of discount stores that operated in the eastern half of the United States from 1956 to 1990. The company's headquarters was in Framingham, Massachusetts. In October 1988, Zayre's parent company, Zayre Corp., sold the stores to the competing Ames Department Stores, Inc. chain, and in June 1989, Zayre Corp. merged with one of its subsidiaries, The TJX Companies, parent company of T.J. Maxx. A number of stores retained the Zayre name until 1990, by which time all stores were
had been closed or converted into Ames stores, and what had once been America's fifth largest discount retailer was no more.
Banners.
These are banners used by Zayre Corp. before the Ames acquisition of Zayre stores:
- BJ's Wholesale Club
- Beaconway Fabrics
- Hit or Miss
- Home Club
- Spree! Toy Stores
- T.J. Maxx
- Zayre
- Zayre Shoppers' City
External links.
- Television commercials at The Museum of Classic Chicago Television
- 1981 Zayre