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  • Headquarters:  West Bridgewater, MA

  • President: Max Coffman

  • Employees: n/a

  • Stores: 89

  • Slogan: Your "save" discount department store!

  • Founded: 1956

  • Closed: 1977-78 (acquired by King's)

COMMENTARY:

The Mammoth Mart chain closed its doors more than 35 years ago so it’s not easy to gather information about that company. I was too young to remember anything about the chain but my parents remember shopping there in the 70's. It seem that most stores were located in the northeast and possibly elsewhere in the U.S. The store were quite big for the time and years ago. Marty the elephant was on top of each store along with the Mammoth Mart name. If you have any information, locations or images, contact us today!

 OVERVIEW:

Mammoth Mills was founded by Max Coffman and Henry Gornstein in Framingham in the Spring of 1956. It was one of the earliest discount department stores in the country. Mammoth Mills was a favorite place for closeouts, factory seconds, and especially bargains. Unlike many other discount dept. stores, it had a grimy, dark and informal appearance. In 1962, the store became a Mammoth Mart in honor of it's mascot, Marty the Elephant. In 1962, the company had only 5 stores and by 1963, the chain grew to 20 stores. In 1964, the company opened it's first Connecticut store in East Hartford. By 1965, Mammoth Mart had 13 stores in New England. The chain then generated more than $50 million in sales annually. In 1966, a store opened in Brunswick ME. In 1969, when there were 35 stores in the chain, Mr. Coffman estimated that each store made about $2 million a year in sales. 

Mr. Coffman's chain pioneered many practices that are familiar today. All cash registers were located in front of the store; most department stores of the day had a register in each department. In June 1974, the chain filed for bankruptcy protection, though it emerged from Chapter 11 the following year. In April 1977, the chain voluntarily sold out to King's Department stores which had 121 stores back then.

At its peak, Mammoth Mart operated 89 stores along the east coast and in New England. Max Coffman was presented with the national Horatio Alger Award in 1967. Mammoth Mart Inc. was publicly traded on the Dow Jones.

LOCATIONS: 

MAINE

AugustaBangorBrunswickCalaisEllsworthLewistonOronoPresque IslePortlandRocklandRumfordScarboroughWaterville

NH

GilfordKeenePortsmouthSomersworth

NC

Elizabeth CityHendersonHickoryJacksonvilleLumbertonNew BernStatesville

VERMONT

BurlingtonBenningtonBrattleboroDerby

RHODE ISLAND

JohnstonWoonsocketEast Providence

MASS.

ActonSalisburyBrocktonCantonDudleyEast WarehamFairhavenFranklinFraminghamGreenfieldHolyokeLowellMarlboroughMilfordNew BedfordNewburyportRaynhamWeymouth

CT

BristolEast HartfordGuilfordManchesterNorth Haven

NY

KingstonIthacaMahopac

Mammoth Mart story on the Pleaseant Family Shopping blog

Mammoth Mart information on NatikMass.info

Mammoth Mart info at RetailHellUnderground

Final version of the Mammoth Mart logo of the late 70's

The Mart - Keene NH

Mammoth Mart - Scarborough ME

This website is not affiliated with the former Mammoth Mart chain. 

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