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McCrory Corp. of York, Pa., bought city-based TG&Y Stores Co. in January. It announced on March 7 that about 200 of TG&Y's 730 stores will be closed and that the remaining 500 will be converted to variety stores.


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By the 1980s, the company had 730 stores in 26 states. Norman was the first official TG&Y store opened. It opened in 1936 on the northwest corner of Main Street and Crawford Avenue. C.A. Henderson.


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In its golden days, TG&Y was based in Oklahoma City and had 900 stores from California to Florida. The chain pulled in about $2 billion annually in sales at its peak. But the good times didn't last. The chain gradually faded before being purchased by another chain in 1986.


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405 Features The Why of TG&Y Looking back on the supremely satisfying shopping experience of finding it all at one-time Oklahoma-based retail chain TG&Y. by Mark Beutler | February 1, 2019 Sometimes, a simple word or phrase can bring a smile or a pleasant memory. Sometimes, all it takes are three letters and an ampersand: TG&Y.


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By 1960 T.G.&Y. was a subsidiary of Chicago-based City Products, which operated other variety stores nationwide. Six years later Household Finance Corporation (HFC) purchased City Products. In order to be more competitive, in the 1980s T.G.&Y. executives changed some of the outlets to be comparable to department stores.


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Pictured is the TG&Y on Torrance Boulevard at Anza Avenue in Torrance in the 1970s. Founded in 1935, TG&Y was named for its three founders: Rawdon E. Tomlinson, Enoch L. "Les" Gosselin, and Raymond A. Young. The three men each owned separate variety stores in Oklahoma when they met at a trade show in 1932.


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TG&Y was a five and dime, or chain of variety stores and larger discount stores in the United States. At its peak, there were more than 900 stores in 29 states.


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Founded by Raymond A. Young in the late 1920s, TG&Y was the first store based in Oklahoma to reach over a billion dollars in sales, and grew to more than nine hundred stores across the United States by the end of the twentieth century.


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TG&Y was a five and dime, or chain of variety stores and larger discount stores in the United States. At its peak, there were more than 900 stores in 29 states.


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01.23. TG&Y TG&Y was a five and dime, or variety store, chain in the United States. The chain was named for its three founders: Rawdon E. Tomlinson, Enoch L. "Les" Gosselin, and Raymond A. Young. The initials were ordered according to the age of the three, with Tomlinson being the oldest.


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The name changed to T G and Y after the merger in 1936. Current owner Dennis Muggenburg has a store called Designs by Dennis now, but a lot of older customers still remember it as the T G and Y.


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Culture & Events Memories of A TG&Y Christmas Remembering the way we were with a look back at the wide variety and seasonal bliss of TG&Y stores. by Mark Beutler | November 24, 2015 Before they could go Christmas shopping in their PJs via Amazon, Oklahomans often prepared for the holidays at TG&Y.


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T.G.& Y. 841 likes · 1 talking about this. Fan Page to remember an old store where our parents took us to get toys. If you even remember this


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OKC retailer TG&Y outgrew Walmart, but mismanagement, rapid growth killed the chain Steve Lackmeyer Oklahoman View Comments 0:04 0:59 Walmart conquered America to become the country's largest discount chain, but before it took the crown, the company first had to overcome Oklahoma City-based rival TG&Y.


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Jul 3, 2016 A display at the Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher includes TG&Y memorabilia and products like televisions, tape players and lawn mowers. Andy Rieger / For The Transcript.


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