I have no info except I know they had some east coast stores. Heres a few ads from the late 70's:
(http://img131.exs.cx/img131/1747/gaylordsad9zy.jpg)
All their locations in 1978:
(http://img131.exs.cx/img131/7016/gaylordslocations1vb.jpg)
With a name like that i can only imagine how well they would fare against the discount stores of today!
I found a little bit of information on google not much
In 1985, Zayre purchased the former Gaylord's store chain.
tuscaloosa news talks about gaylords and the store their opening in tuscaloosa
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19670228&id=RSUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JZsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5687,4702175
(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s540/zonezilla/Gaylords-ad-Cleveland-Press_zps29ce931a.jpg)
(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s540/zonezilla/Gaylords-logo_zps00a8fb8d.jpg)
despite their being about 10 images of this one single sign I cant find hardly any information on the department store
(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s540/zonezilla/65830677A0GM6ah4gaylords0928smm_zpsbc94a8ca.jpg)