I remember when I was small, in the early 1990s, a lot of the price tags had a red logo and I thought the whole store was based on red. Is this true? The same square with the AMES letters, but red! Then in the mid-90s when they remodeled, it was green.
AmesmanBBTB
Maybe, If you look at some former Ames pictures on this site one Ames's walls are covered with red A's connected by lines
I'll get a picture
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AmesmanBBTB
Maybe, If you look at some former Ames pictures on this site one Ames's walls are covered with red A's connected by lines
I'll get a picture
this is what I meant
actually they're white A's not red
Yes, Ames did revamp the logo with the last known green style. I like the green much better.
The red logo was kept on many stores but most were replaced with the white-green logo.
The red was a nice fit on white background
What about their price tags and bags?
I actually liked the red logo myself..heh :)
Here is an old Ames logo on eBay: Oval red with white letters...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=477&item=6506929712&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
As for price tags & bags, i have no idea. :bounce:
If you look closely at the picture of that ebay auction, that logo is similar to Hills' logo, except Hills was in cursive. Weird...
AmesmanBBTB
Thats because Ames aquired the Hills chain
Man if Ames was still around I think the updated present day logo would be green and red incorporating both past and present
who's with me?
Here is the same logo but not in red...
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If you look closely at the picture of that ebay auction, that logo is similar to Hills' logo, except Hills was in cursive. Weird...
Here is the same logo but not in red...
interesting they used to be called a "discount department store"
why did they drop the "discount" part
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What about their price tags and bags?
AmesmanBBTB
:info::info::info::bounce::bouncing::tumble:I've come across an Ames price tag a few days ago and instead of having white letters on green it was the red letters on a white backgound
I don't know about their bags but its a big possiblity that their bags had the red logo on it too.:cool:
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I can think of a reason why Ames changed their colors
other retailers such as Caldor,Bradlees,and Kmart had their logos also in red
so to stick out they changed their logo color to green
Which is a BRILLIANT idea!
BTW some stores have a Ames sign with the letters colored in green..
was that a different variation in changing to green or was it an earlier logo when they first changed to the color green?:question::question::question: need:info:
AmesmamBBTB
example of above
this is from Sturbridge,Mass
AmesmanBBTB
This definately looks like an older Ames sign BUT ITS IN WHITE!:o:holysh:
did Ames have a period of a White colored logo BEFORE they went to green background?
need:info:
heh theres a brids nest in the e and i thing i see a bees nest to my former caldor had that problem to the brids would always bulid there nest in the o heh
:)hi barry here in toledo. was an employee at #416 in baltimore@89-90. my store was new with red letters and no background. other two stores in baltimore had white letters. they were murphymarts . anyway when did they go green. i have a pic of myself in a red vest. when i get posted on comp. ill send and i have have a planogram from 1990 sp.gds sleeping bag set.
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They should have made the logo lavender because all of you are a bunch of fags.
THATS AN INSULT!
WHO ARE YOU?
AT LEAST I ID MYSELF!
heres my theory of the store colors
1.white logo with red background 1950's-1980's
2.red letters 1980's-early 1990's
3.white letters green background early 1990's-present
in chronological order
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QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
They should have made the logo lavender because all of you are a bunch of fags.
THATS AN INSULT!
WHO ARE YOU?
AT LEAST I ID MYSELF!
HERES THE ID I'm trying to show
:huh:
um, ok..lol :question:
were there ever any diffrent Ames logos like Caldor had the Rainbow and the tear drop or Kmart had the Big Kwith the white mart ect?
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were there ever any diffrent Ames logos like Caldor had the Rainbow and the tear drop or Kmart had the Big Kwith the white mart ect?
Here's a vintage Ames logo...
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were there ever any diffrent Ames logos like Caldor had the Rainbow and the tear drop or Kmart had the Big Kwith the white mart ect?
Here's a vintage Ames logo...
o coo logo although that logo makes Ames Look like a baby store beacuse of the blocks anyways did Ames ever use thoughs logos on there stores???????????????????
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QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
were there ever any diffrent Ames logos like Caldor had the Rainbow and the tear drop or Kmart had the Big Kwith the white mart ect?
Here's a vintage Ames logo...
o coo logo although that logo makes Ames Look like a baby store beacuse of the blocks anyways did Ames ever use thoughs logos on there stores???????????????????
Yeah it reminds me of those cool letter blocks I had as a kid
a GREAT TV SPOT showing this logo would go like this
little toddler
" my mamma shops at ames for savins an' da letters on da storr alwayz spells like dis "A" "M" "E" "S" well anywayz to mee
it looks like a baby kinda storr but she sez its a depatmint storr
anywayz itsa good storr I get awwl my toywz dere!"
he he he LOOOOOOOLLLLL:insane::insane::insane::insane::insane::insane:
(MISPELLING INTENTIONAL TO REFLECT A YOUNG TODDLERS ACCENT!)
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They should have made the logo lavender because all of you are a bunch of fags.
THATS AN INSULT!
WHO ARE YOU?
AT LEAST I ID MYSELF!
HEH HEH must be a WALMART LOVER!
LOL:insane::P
we'll never know
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They should have made the logo lavender because all of you are a bunch of fags.
who the @#$& POSTED THAT LOL GUESS HE'S TO CHEEP SO HE GO'S TO WAL MART:insane: when will this person get a life and stop bugging us lets lock this person up in a OLd Ames store and leave him there whos with me on this one lol
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QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
They should have made the logo lavender because all of you are a bunch of fags.
Hey maybe we are all a bunch of F.A.G.S. !
I mean we all are Fascinated Analysts of Great Stores aren't we ?
lol:insane:
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QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
They should have made the logo lavender because all of you are a bunch of fags.
Hey maybe we are all a bunch of F.A.G.S. !
I mean we all are Fascinated Analysts of Great Stores aren't we ?
lol:insane:
i hate Anonymous:insane:
Ames's next color logo whos with me?:yup:
lol:insane:
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Ames's next color logo whos with me?:yup:
lol:insane:
how long did Ames use that logo 4 :question:
Gosh, awhile. Not sure on # of years? It was a good move to stick with that same logo though. It's costly to change your logo all the time.
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Gosh, awhile. Not sure on # of years? It was a good move to stick with that same logo though. It's costly to change your logo all the time.
well that logo dident look so dated but a newer one whold have been nice
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Ames's next color logo whos with me?:yup:
lol:insane:
how long did Ames use that logo 4 :question:
76&AmesfanmanBBTB
they never did use it I just recolored the text to green an took out the green background
however only one store used the green text one shown here:yup:
I remember when the orginal Ames store #1 in Southbridge used paper bags. They had red lettering on them, and were very thin bags. I can't remeber if the Ames was in the circle or not.
As far as the signs went, they were red before they went to green, but some stores never changed them.
There was a general rule of thumb with the color of the logo in relation to the stores before the big cash register upgrade in '99.
Red logo'd stores had the IBM 3683 cash registers, which used red numbers.
Green or white logo'd stores used the IBM 4684s, which used green numbers. Most of these were old Zayre stores or old Caldors.
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AmesmanBBTB
Maybe, If you look at some former Ames pictures on this site one Ames's walls are covered with red A's connected by lines
I'll get a picture
I worked in such a store. Never made enough money for a remodel but the lease was so incredibly cheap we stayed open until the end. We had red shopping carts to go with it.
Wasnt Ames the 4th largest department store retailer chain when they went under?
yeah
ames in derry nh had red sign till they closed it went good with the plaza it was a white lattice plaza