Uptons

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For the United Kingdom department store also known as Uptons, see E. Upton and Sons.
Uptons
Type department store
Founded
Headquarters Norcross, Georgia, United States
No. of locations 75
Area served Southeastern United States
Industry retail
Owner American Retail Group

Uptons was a department store based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The chain operated primarily in the Southeastern United States, with locations in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The chain was disestablished in 1999.

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[edit] History

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Thirty-seven locations of the Florida-based Byrons department store chain were acquired in 1996.[1] A year later, the company moved its headquarters from Norcross (a suburb of metro Atlanta) into Atlanta proper.[2]

In July 1999, American Retail Group decided that maintaining the Uptons chain was too costly.[3]. By 2000, the chain has closed the last of its seventy-five stores.[4][5] At the time, American Retail Group also owned clothing retailer Maurices, Inc.; sporting goods chain Eastern Mountain Sports, Inc; and The Hub, Inc. (which comprised the clothing chains Millers Outpost, Levi's Outlet by M.O.S.T., Dockers Outlet by M.O.S.T., Juxtapose and Anchor Blue).[5]

[edit] Former locations

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[edit] Florida

  • Fort Myers- College Parkway- Former J. Byrons; now Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market.

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Maryland

  • Gaithersburg - Kentlands Shopping Center - torn down for apartment complex
  • Columbia - Dobbin Center (former Hechinger, now Haverty's and Offenbacher's furniture stores)

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] South Carolina

[edit] Tennessee

  • Jackson Old Hickory Blvd - Closed 1999
  • Memphis Winchester Rd - Closed 1999

[edit] Virginia

[edit] References

  1. ^ ARG folds 37 Byrons into Uptons.(American Retail Group)(Brief Article). Daily News Record (1996-01). Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
  2. ^ Uptons moving headquarters to Technology Park. Atlanta Business Chronicle (1997-12-5). Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
  3. ^ Uptons: Interest in its sites leads to verbal deals. Atlanta Business Chronicle (1999-09-17). Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
  4. ^ Uptons stores to be shut down. Online Athens (1999-07-20). Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
  5. ^ a b Uptons stores to close. Atlanta Business Chronicle (1999-07-19). Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
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