Ames Department Stores in NC

TheFugitive · December 30, 2022, 11:26:14 AM

Quote from: ian on December 29, 2022, 04:07:42 PMI am in jacksonville right now!

Very cool city. The people there were friendly and polite. Some nice beaches nearby. I felt very badly that the company went bankrupt and they were all out of a job a year after I left. Went to a football game at the old Gator Bowl which was a fun experience.

ian · January 03, 2023, 05:32:50 PM

I found something. I found an old photo of where i think the old King's is in statesville. In this picture, you can see KI. Is this kings?

ian · January 06, 2023, 06:55:23 PM

Aah the picture didnt link!!!

ian · January 06, 2023, 06:56:39 PM

Here

Retail_247 · January 08, 2023, 04:56:42 PM

Quote from: ian on January 06, 2023, 06:56:39 PM

Here

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Looking at the address to the former Mammoth Mart / King's store on Google Earth and comparing it to the photo, I'd say that the store in the photo is most certainly King's, the building on the top left still looks the same

ian · January 11, 2023, 03:50:58 PM

I just visited there yesterday, and behind the fabric sign, I was able to makeout a K label scar.

ian · January 11, 2023, 03:52:42 PM

I am trying to find more info on this location

ian · January 12, 2023, 08:44:24 AM

After finding proof in a newspaper, there was never a Mammoth Mart in Newtowne plaza, located in the former Kings. I found an advertisment for mammoth mart that linked to the location i thought it was, on Quarry rd & N center st. at Town and country shopping center.

ian · January 23, 2023, 10:19:59 AM

So I found this post saying "AMES DEPARTMENT STORES TO CLOSE ALL 17 STORES IN NORTH CAROLINA" meaning there are more.

108CAM · January 23, 2023, 11:56:46 PM

The locator on the main page seems not to work right any longer, but it does show a map that includes NC (but not SC or other states to the west of that), so I think that means there were at least some listings for that state.

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Sad that the Store Locator no longer works. I used to use it all the time so I could see the stores on Street View without having to find them manually.

ian · January 24, 2023, 09:48:04 AM

Im attempting to make my own store locater.

Retail_247 · January 25, 2023, 09:06:29 PM

Quote from: 108CAM on January 23, 2023, 11:56:46 PMThe locator on the main page seems not to work right any longer, but it does show a map that includes NC (but not SC or other states to the west of that), so I think that means there were at least some listings for that state.

http://web.archive.org/web/20160903014459/http://www.amesfanclub.com/store.loc.htm

The Archived version of the store locator works

TheFugitive · January 26, 2023, 10:24:21 AM

That's a great find! If the web archive version of the store finder works it should be a pretty simple matter for the webmaster to re-install it here.

108CAM · January 29, 2023, 10:58:51 PM

Quote from: Retail_247 on January 25, 2023, 09:06:29 PMhttp://web.archive.org/web/20160903014459/http://www.amesfanclub.com/store.loc.htm

The Archived version of the store locator works

That link just took me to the Wayback Machine's homepage

Retail_247 · January 29, 2023, 11:50:22 PM

Quote from: 108CAM on January 29, 2023, 10:58:51 PM
Quote from: Retail_247 on January 25, 2023, 09:06:29 PMhttp://web.archive.org/web/20160903014459/http://www.amesfanclub.com/store.loc.htm

The Archived version of the store locator works

That link just took me to the Wayback Machine's homepage

Clicking on the link only takes you to the first part of the link, before the "www.amesfanclub" for some reason

Copy & paste the entire link and it should work

ian · January 30, 2023, 08:28:38 AM

I found a photo of the Kings in statesville. I cant find a way to link the image in though.

ian · January 30, 2023, 02:14:05 PM

Finally found a way!

ian · February 09, 2023, 09:19:40 AM

Is this a former Ames? I might be mistaken but the front looks oddly familiar.....

950 S Cannon Blvd a, Kannapolis, NC 28083

Retail_247 · February 09, 2023, 12:49:34 PM

Quote from: ian on February 09, 2023, 09:19:40 AMIs this a former Ames? I might be mistaken but the front looks oddly familiar.....

950 S Cannon Blvd a, Kannapolis, NC 28083

No, that's an old Winn-Dixie supermarket building

Though it was built on the site on a former Zayre so I hear...

ian · February 10, 2023, 08:43:57 AM

Ok, Thank you

ian · February 10, 2023, 09:46:10 AM

Found a photo!

ian · February 10, 2023, 09:46:27 AM

ian · February 10, 2023, 09:46:55 AM

It wont link so here

https://photos.cabarruscounty.us/WebLink/PageImageData.aspx?scale=10000&dID=167644&pageNum=1&ann=1&r=ISA2WQqO&search=&ro=0&forceGen=1

ian · February 10, 2023, 12:52:17 PM

I found an aerial of the Zayre, will send after my school is done

Retail_247 · July 06, 2023, 12:37:20 PM

Quote from: Retail_247 on December 27, 2022, 11:39:09 PM
Quote from: ian on December 27, 2022, 01:06:39 PMDoes anybody know if any ames/hills/kings existed in NC?

I made a list of discount stores and where they were a while back (that I'm still working on) and my data for North Carolina currently shows that:

Ames - 7 locations
Hills - 2 locations
King's - 21 locations

None of the King's locations were converted into Ames and only 1 out of 2 Hills stores became Ames (that data could be incorrect, however)

Quote from: Retail_247 on December 29, 2022, 12:31:59 PM
Quote from: ian on December 28, 2022, 08:07:16 PMDo you know the addresses, or if there were any in the charlotte metro

Here's the locations of the stores from my data:

King's - 835 E. Dixie Dr. Asheboro NC 27203
King's - 1001 N Miami Blvd Durham NC 27703
King's - Hillsborough Rd. Durham NC 27705 (Full store location unknown)
King's - 401 N. Berkeley Blvd. Goldsboro NC 27530
King's - 4653 W. Market St Greensboro NC 27410
King's - Hwy. 264 Greenville NC 27834 (Full store location unknown)
King's - New Dana Rd. & State Hwy. 64 Hendersonville NC 28739
King's - Gum Branch Rd. & Henderson Dr. Jacksonville NC 28540
King's - 3210 Fayetteville Rd. Raleigh NC 27609
King's - N. Blvd., Rte. 1 & 401 Raleigh NC 27604
King's - 2726 Industrial Dr. Sanford NC 27330
King's - 300 W. Dixon Blvd. Shelby NC 28150
King's - 2638 Carolina Beach Rd. Wilmington NC 28401
King's - Kings Plaza Shopping Center Wilson NC 27893
King's - 3740 N. Paterson Ave. Winston-Salem NC 27105
King's - 801 Corporation Pkwy Winston-Salem NC 27107
King's (former Mammoth Mart) - 1245 Dabney Dr Henderson NC 27536
King's (former Mammoth Mart) - 830 Halstead Blvd Elizabeth City NC 27909
King's (former Mammoth Mart) - 1515 E. Broad St Statesville NC 28677
King's (former Mammoth Mart) - N. Center St & 25th Ave. NW Hickory NC 28601
King's (former Mammoth Mart) - US Hwy. 70 New Bern NC 28560

Ames - 1421 East Cone Blvd. Greensboro NC 27405
Ames - 3701 Highpoint Rd. Greensboro NC 27407
Ames (Former Zayre) - 2200 Westchester Dr. High Point NC 27262
Ames (Former Zayre) - 4215 North Patterson Ave. Winston-Salem NC 27105
Ames (Former Zayre) - 2281 Cloverdale Ave. Winston-Salem NC 27103
Ames (Former Zayre) - 846 Spring Lane Sanford NC 27330
Ames (Originally Woolco, than Roses, than Hills) - 4302 Shipyard Blvd. Wilmington NC 28403

Hills - (Opened 1995 in former Kmart) - 2300 N Main St High Point NC 27262
Hills (Former Woolco, than Roses, was later converted into Ames) - 4302 Shipyard Blvd. Wilmington NC 28403

Keep mind mind that some of information / store locations might be missing

It would also appear that Zayre also had other locations in the state that for whatever reason didn't become Ames

"I made a list of discount stores and where they were a while back"

Speaking of which, I just uploaded said list and made it publicly visible:

Link to the Google Sheet and more info about it here:

https://retail247projecthub.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-retail-247-discount-store-list.html