Ayr-Way Department Stores

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HoJofan206

March 24, 2005, 01:53:51 AM
I live in Evansville Indiana and when I was younger we had two department stores here in town called Aye-Way.  They closed in the early 1980's (right around the time that our Woolco stores also went out of business).  The Aire-Way stores were replaced with Target stores.  Does anyone else remember these stores and if so, what happened to them.  Where they owned by the same parent company as Target since Target replaced them in the same stores immediately.
Thanks for any info provided.

Zayre88

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March 24, 2005, 09:04:48 AM
Here is a Target in Indiannapolis (former Ayr-Way)

Thanks to: Discount stores of the 60's
http://www.wtv-zone.com/dpjohnson/60sdiscountstores/page3.html

HoJofan206

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April 15, 2005, 01:12:15 AM
What year was it that Ayr-Way went out of business.  Did Target buy them out or just take over their empty stores?

retailfan

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October 12, 2005, 12:55:58 PM
Target Bought out ayrway  from ls ayres chain it was there discount chain  and was located mostly in indiana and illinois
that i know of  most targets  if you took the front facacde off youd see the ayrway logo

df559

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October 13, 2005, 02:34:10 PM
A frame from a 1978 Ayr-Way TV Commercial.

df559

#5
October 13, 2005, 02:36:14 PM
These tops were on sale that week in 1978...

df559

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October 13, 2005, 02:37:03 PM
This festive shirt for Summer was only $2

Anonymous

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February 19, 2006, 05:36:33 PM
Zayre88, when I went to the website you gave a link to, it took me to a domain name site. Can you find out if it still exists? Anyway, the Target in the picture looks like an old one, so how long ago did Ayr-Way go out of business?

HoJofan206

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November 04, 2006, 09:23:54 AM
As I best remember/recall, Target took over the Ary-Way locations in the early 1980's.  Around the same time that Woolco went under.

Zayre88

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November 04, 2006, 09:37:50 AM
updated link: http://www.wtv-zone.com/dpjohnson/60sdiscountstores/page3.html

The Ayr-Way name appears to be a mix of Zayre and Jamesway...

df559

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November 07, 2006, 04:11:01 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
updated link: http://www.wtv-zone.com/dpjohnson/60sdiscountstores/page3.html

The Ayr-Way name appears to be a mix of Zayre and Jamesway...

Er... Actually it comes from LS Ayres, the department store that owned Ayr-Way.

HoJofan206

#11
April 16, 2007, 11:07:19 AM
WOW, I did now L.S. Ayres was the parent company of Ayre Way.....I learned something new today.  Does anyone know why they went under?
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