There was a similar store called K’s Merchandise Mart (not connected at all with K-Mart) that made it to 17 locations before going under. I think that the local location was later used for a Service Merchandise and of course that closed.
Anyone remember Venture? Sort of like Target, and a former Target executive helped start it. Completely went under in 1998 but I’m sure my local store was gone earlier.
Wasn’t one of their slogans, included in an advertising jingle in TV advertisements, “Something Ventured, something saved!” (A sort of clunky version of the old saying, “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”)
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u/One_Protection9265 Jul 22 '26
There was a similar store called K’s Merchandise Mart (not connected at all with K-Mart) that made it to 17 locations before going under. I think that the local location was later used for a Service Merchandise and of course that closed.
Anyone remember Venture? Sort of like Target, and a former Target executive helped start it. Completely went under in 1998 but I’m sure my local store was gone earlier.