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  • Headquarters: Newton, MA

  • Founder: Oliver "Ollie" Cohen

  • Employees: 8,000

  • Stores: 250

  • Slogan: Count on us for more! / For King size savings!

  • Founded: 1956

  • Closed: 1984

COMMENTARY:

It's very hard to find detailed information on chains that have closed more than 35 years ago. King's stores operated in the northeast states for sure. In 1977, it acquired the troubled Mammoth Mart chain that had stores in many New England states. I remember seeing a closed King's in the Portsmouth, NH area several years ago. I have also seen an original King's shopping cart at a convenience store in Bingham, Maine on Route 201. The metal basket had «King's» etched on its frame and the plastic parts were yellow. 

OVERVIEW:

King’s was founded in 1956. In 1974, the Mammoth Mart chain filled for bankruptcy and was acquired by King's Department Stores, Inc. in 1978. After acquiring other department store chains there were about 130 stores in 1979 reaching from New England, New York state, PA VA, KY and TN, with the highest concentration of stores on MA & CT.  Kings Department Stores, Inc. eventually changed its name to KDT Industries, Inc.. King's had financial troubles after the acquisition and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1982. King's had 8,000 employees and sales of $1,344,000,000 before filling for Chapter 11. The chain finally closed in 1984. Ames acquired King's the same year and later openined Ames locations at many former King's. If you have more details, contact us today.

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Maine

Auburn

Augusta

Bangor

Biddeford

Calais

Ellsworth

Falmouth

Lewiston

Orono

Presque Isle

Rockland

Rumford


Vermont

Brattleboro

Derby

Rutland


Maryland

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Hagerstown

Lexington Park


Idaho

East Grangeville




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Plaistow

Portsmouth

Somersworth


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Plattsburgh

West Seneca


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Vineland



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Brockton

Dudley

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East Longmeadow

Fairhaven

Fitchburg

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Hyannis

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Ludlow

Lowell

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Newton

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Milford

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Simsbury

Seymour

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Johnson City 

Kingsport

Knoxville

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Kentucky

Bowling Green

Owensboro


Pennsylvania

Allentown

Cleona

Chambersburg

Fairless Hills

Gettysburg

Hanover

Harrisburg

Johnstown

Kingston

Lansdale

Minersville

Reading

Scranton

Wilkes-Barre

York (2)


Forida

Fort Lauderdale

West Palm Beach


Indiana

Fort Wayne (2)

New Haven


Minnesota

Newport

Ohio

Lima

Alliance

Youngstown

Lancaster

Niles


North Carolina

Ashboro

Durham

Goldsboro

Greensboro

Greenville

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Raleigh

Sanford

Shelby

Statesville

Wilmington

Wilson

Winston-Salem (2


Virginia

Newport News

Norfolk (2)

Richmond (2)

Virginia Beach


 ALTERNATE KING'S LOGOS:

Former King's in Gilford NH

Former King's in Manchester CT

This website is not affiliated with the former King's Department Stores chain or KDT Industries. 

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