Originally posted by Caldor1999

Chris · January 19, 2005, 08:03:16 PM

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.

Anonymous · January 19, 2005, 08:11:21 PM

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

Anonymous · January 19, 2005, 08:25:31 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
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

C. Fontaine · January 20, 2005, 12:05:52 AM

Yes, Ames did revamp the logo with the last known green style. I like the green much better.

Zayre88 · January 20, 2005, 09:54:46 AM

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

Chris · January 20, 2005, 03:33:01 PM

What about their price tags and bags?

amesman · January 21, 2005, 07:17:43 AM

I actually liked the red logo myself..heh :)

Anonymous · January 21, 2005, 03:01:25 PM

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:

tokensafari · January 21, 2005, 08:16:03 PM

If you look closely at the picture of that ebay auction, that logo is similar to Hills' logo, except Hills was in cursive. Weird...

Anonymous · February 14, 2005, 10:35:26 PM

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?

Anonymous · February 14, 2005, 10:49:09 PM

Here is the same logo but not in red...

Anonymous · February 14, 2005, 10:50:27 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zayre88
Quote:
Originally posted by tokensafari
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

Anonymous · February 14, 2005, 10:50:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Chris
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:
Get IP

Anonymous · February 14, 2005, 10:52:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Anonymous
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

Anonymous · February 14, 2005, 10:53:44 PM

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:

Anonymous · February 14, 2005, 10:54:23 PM

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

Anonymous · March 13, 2005, 09:37:23 PM

:)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.

Anonymous · April 15, 2005, 03:27:07 PM

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!

76&AmesfanmanBBTB · April 21, 2005, 06:56:29 AM

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

Rayco7030 · April 21, 2005, 03:44:18 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
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:

amesman · April 25, 2005, 08:00:06 PM

um, ok..lol :question:

Caldor1999 · April 29, 2005, 09:00:20 PM

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?

Zayre88 · April 29, 2005, 09:37:53 PM

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...

Caldor1999 · April 30, 2005, 12:06:06 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
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???????????????????

76&AmesfanmanBBTB · April 30, 2005, 09:00:01 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
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!)

76&AmesfanmanBBTB · April 30, 2005, 09:07:11 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
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!

HEH HEH must be a WALMART LOVER!

LOL:insane::P

we'll never know

Caldor1999 · April 30, 2005, 09:36:52 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
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

76&AmesfanmanBBTB · May 04, 2005, 04:59:25 PM

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:

Caldor1999 · May 08, 2005, 06:49:22 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by 76&AmesfanmanBBTB
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:

76&AmesfanmanBBTB · May 23, 2005, 04:57:16 PM

Ames's next color logo whos with me?:yup:

lol:insane: