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Title: Venture
Post by: store215 on January 05, 2005, 07:22:22 PM

DISCUSS!

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor99 on January 06, 2005, 11:09:20 AM

caldors sister chian they were bouth owned by the may co back in the 80's

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on April 16, 2005, 08:08:53 PM

hear are some cool venture pictures i found there from 2003 i had no idea that some stores still sit Vacant

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on April 16, 2005, 08:10:23 PM

hears the Venture sign cool huh there stores look kinda funny but coo:yup:

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on April 16, 2005, 08:11:48 PM

and one outher Venture pic i found lol this one has no logo

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Zayre88 on April 16, 2005, 08:17:58 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
hear are some cool venture pictures i found there from 2003 i had no idea that some stores still sit Vacant

Looks like a former Woolco. Like this Bradlees/former Woolco

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on April 16, 2005, 08:27:05 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
hear are some cool venture pictures i found there from 2003 i had no idea that some stores still sit Vacant

Looks like a former Woolco. Like this Bradlees/former Woolco

Bradlees got most of the old woolco locations mean while Caldor and Ames and Zayre got the newer ones

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: HoJofan206 on April 29, 2005, 10:31:43 AM

Cool pics of the former Venture stores, thanks for posting them!

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on April 29, 2005, 02:58:41 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by HoJofan206
Cool pics of the former Venture stores, thanks for posting them!

your welcom :bounce:

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on May 19, 2005, 09:29:45 PM

Several Ocean State joblots have former Venture carriages in them. Still plastered with the Venture logo, unlike all the Ames carts many have with the logo buffed off them...

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Zayre88 on July 06, 2005, 10:05:39 AM

A Kmart former Venture.

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on October 09, 2005, 02:14:19 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
Have any Going Out Of Business pic of Venture?:huh::huh::info::info::bigsmile::bigsmile:

hey how did u post on hear i though Anonymous posting was off

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: store215 on January 04, 2006, 09:23:48 PM

Venture private brand:

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 05, 2006, 06:18:02 PM

The back of a former Venture in either Iowa or Illinois. It was originally a Turn Style. I think this pic was from when it was a Turn Style. I looks to be from the 70s.

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 07, 2006, 03:51:11 PM

Former Venture in Fairmont City, IL..

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre1/venture.html

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 07, 2006, 03:51:43 PM

Sign to former Venture in Fairmont City, IL..

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre1/venture.html

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on February 09, 2006, 08:37:48 PM

Cool "Tipped" Venture Sign! By the way,what's FC Foodland? That's on the Venture sign!:huh::huh:

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: HoJofan206 on February 10, 2006, 10:44:32 AM

This building was most recently a Venture location at one time. Originally, it was a Woolco, then HIlls Department store, followed by VENTURE, and lastly was a ShopKo Department store. After Shopko it breifly lived as a computer/stereo liquidation center. IN 2006 this entire shopping center sits empty. :no:

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: HoJofan206 on February 10, 2006, 10:45:56 AM

The vacant grocery store (BUY LOW) that sits in the same shopping center as the above vacant department store.

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on February 10, 2006, 03:37:28 PM

any one have any pics of venturue lol

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: ameskmart1 on February 10, 2006, 04:08:53 PM

Former Zayre/Venture

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on February 10, 2006, 04:45:34 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by ameskmart1
Former Zayre/Venture

i see that dident become a ames

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on February 10, 2006, 06:07:26 PM

Venture Store Closing pics are never showing up! How come?:flaming::flaming::flaming::flaming::flaming::flaming::flaming::flaming::flaming:

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: ameskmart1 on February 17, 2006, 02:29:21 PM

Former Venture

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on February 17, 2006, 08:17:34 PM

You already had that !:warning:

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on February 19, 2006, 07:29:03 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by HoJofan206
This building was most recently a Venture location at one time. Originally, it was a Woolco, then HIlls Department store, followed by Venture, and lastly was a ShopKo Department store. After Shopko it breifly lived as a computer/stereo liquidation center. IN 2006 this entire shopping center sits empty. :no:

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on February 19, 2006, 09:18:30 PM

My Venture in OKC was a TG&Y before,then Venture,Kmart,and finally Target! If Target goes out of business,what store comes next?:huh::huh:

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: d_fife on February 19, 2006, 09:23:34 PM

what was venture stores like? I heard they went out 8 yeras ago and some became Kmarts and some of those kmarts closed.

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on February 19, 2006, 09:24:47 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
what was venture stores like? I heard they went out 8 yeras ago and some became Kmarts and some of those kmarts closed.

from what i know they were verey simaler to caldor and bradlees they were upscale discount stores they were nothing like ames and jamesway in a way thats all i know

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on February 20, 2006, 08:18:23 AM

VENTURE GOB TV ads had a "ding"chime for their percent offs! Everone have a clip?:bigsmile:

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on February 24, 2006, 08:23:20 PM

Oh,one thing:Are there more Venture pics?

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: d_fife on February 26, 2006, 04:56:56 PM

this kmart was a venture in amarillo tx and it bought hte venture in 1998 and closed a few years ago

from businessjournal.net/ index040699.html

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on February 26, 2006, 05:10:48 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this kmart was a venture in amarillo tx and it bought hte venture in 1998 and closed a few years ago

from businessjournal.net/ index040699.html

but not all venture locations were tunred into kmarts though

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: d_fife on February 26, 2006, 05:16:29 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this kmart was a venture in amarillo tx and it bought hte venture in 1998 and closed a few years ago

from businessjournal.net/ index040699.html

but not all venture locations were tunred into kmarts though

yah, just 48 ventures were turned to kmarts and some of those venture turned kmarts closed

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on February 26, 2006, 06:13:19 PM

Kmart's a cool shop than Venture!

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: d_fife on February 26, 2006, 06:20:14 PM

what was the quality of venture's merchandise?

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on February 26, 2006, 06:42:27 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
what was the quality of venture's merchandise?

bacley te same as caldor and bradlees from what i know since it was on the upper side of the discount market

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on February 27, 2006, 10:06:13 PM

Venture lived a long time in the retail world: 1970-1998

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on February 27, 2006, 10:45:49 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
Venture lived a long time in the retail world: 1970-1998

thats not that long thats only 28years jamesway dident laast that long earther 1961 to 1995

i think anything over 35 years is a long time but venture was kida short lived

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on February 28, 2006, 08:11:24 PM

Some Ventures had a black and white tipped stripes on the entry!

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on February 28, 2006, 11:32:23 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
Some Ventures had a black and white tipped stripes on the entry!

kida like this one=

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on March 05, 2006, 09:10:27 PM

If Venture was still there,what merchandise could there be?

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on March 21, 2006, 08:43:24 PM

And how many Venture logos are there?

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Caldor1999 on March 22, 2006, 07:49:24 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
If Venture was still there,what merchandise could there be?

it was a discvount store so obudley they would sell simaler stuff if they were around today it probley wouldent chage that much the only diffrence is that they would prbley be more stores thats all and i think they always used that logo they were creatied by the may company inn 1970

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: ameskmart1 on November 17, 2006, 02:02:32 AM

Former Venture/Kmart

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Anonymous on March 13, 2008, 08:54:49 PM

I remember our Ventures here around Indianapolis. There was one on U.S. 40 next to the K-Mart that is now a parking garage for the Indianapolis International Airport. I don't remember this store as well...

The Venture in Greenwood, IN, off Shelby Street and U.S. 31 closed, reopened, and then closed again to become a K-Mart. I remember frequently going to that store when K-Mart was there, but it closed in summer 2002. It was a good thing it WAS closed because it was hit by an F4 tornado on September 19, 2002, and everyone in the store would've been killed had it been in business. (The roof collapsed, which caused most of the building to collapse, as a result. The Pier-1, Burger King, Shoe Carnival, and Stuart Anderson's Cattle Company in front of the shopping center were completely leveled. The Galyan's next door was also leveled in the process.)

The shopping center that the Venture was in has since been repaired/rebuilt and the outlet that Venture occupied is now a flower place (Flower Factory, I believe).

Although I was rarely inside a Venture store, I miss them.

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: videogamer75 on August 17, 2008, 06:37:09 AM

Check out this YouTube video showing the interior of the former Venture in Fairmont City, IL, now a classic car showroom with some nice cars!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiM9nThOMVg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiM9nThOMVg)

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: videogamer75 on August 24, 2008, 05:27:44 PM

this kmart in forest park IL is definitely an old venture.

billburmaster.com/lecentre

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: videogamer75 on August 24, 2008, 05:28:10 PM

Title: Indianapolis (U.S. 40/West Washington St.) and Greenwood, IN, Venture stores
Post by: Mobil on September 27, 2008, 09:16:38 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this kmart was a venture in amarillo tx and it bought hte venture in 1998 and closed a few years ago

from businessjournal.net/ index040699.html

Actually Kmart bought the Venture in 1996. In 1996 Kmart bought all the Ventures in Texas and their Texas distribution center. The chain closed in 1997-1998. I can vaguely remember going to one in Houston soon after the conversion, when I was 3. I got a Hot Wheels
1997 Ford F-150 at that store. :yup::bouncing:
Kmart closed many of these stores during their early 2002 bankruptcy.

Title: Re: Venture
Post by: Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill) on September 21, 2011, 04:51:14 PM

Joplin High School in Joplin, Missouri, is currently operating some of their classrooms out of a temporary home in the former Venture (which later became a ShopKo) store at Northpark Mall. The original Joplin High School was damaged by a tornado just this last summer.

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6054056698_7d23dc2364_z.jpg)

http://ksmu.org/article/nixon-state-funds-will-help-joplin-school-district-offset-loss-local-property-tax-revenue (http://ksmu.org/article/nixon-state-funds-will-help-joplin-school-district-offset-loss-local-property-tax-revenue)

Title: Re: Venture
Post by: Caldor1999 on September 26, 2011, 09:11:03 PM

here is the inside of a venture store gives you an idea of what it was like when it was open. the sale signs they have reminded me alot like the ones they had at caldor

(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/CharmedOne9805/25276_1093804401208_1709505190_167421_6658586_n.jpg)
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/CharmedOne9805/9727_1147150400467_1278775735_30488092_6176940_n.jpg)
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/CharmedOne9805/25462_1304384183936_1660460914_750255_5735328_n.jpg)
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/CharmedOne9805/25462_1303803609422_1660460914_749113_4327638_n.jpg)
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/CharmedOne9805/25462_1304391224112_1660460914_750261_2721567_n.jpg)
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/CharmedOne9805/25462_1304383943930_1660460914_750251_1638900_n.jpg)

Title: Re: Venture
Post by: nims57 on October 01, 2011, 04:55:38 PM

Around when were those pics taken? 80's? Was the store in the process of opening?

Title: Re: Venture
Post by: Retail_247 on November 11, 2022, 04:34:27 PM

The Meijer store in Orland Park, IL used to be a Venture

https://retail247.blogspot.com/2022/11/quick-look-former-venture-store-orland.html

They didn't remodel much on the outside, and you can still see the Venture labelscar

Title: Re: Venture
Post by: 108CAM on February 12, 2023, 10:13:40 PM

In Australia, there used to be a department store called Venture. The Australian and American chains were not related in any way and the Australian stores slogan was "Venture - Where Quality Costs Less"
The Australian chain used a Black, White and Blue colour scheme with Blue being the main colour.

These are the only images I could find that show what the front of an Australian Venture Department Store might have looked like. I say might because the images are screenshots taken from an old 90's TV commercial and I think the storefront may be a computer generated image and not an actual storefront. It's still the closest I could get to what it would have been.

(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/770526034201411586/1074525251666444298/Screenshot_2023-02-13_135439.png)

(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/770526034201411586/1074526968143433768/Screenshot_2023-02-13_140609.png)

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