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- G.C. Murphy was a chain of five and dime or variety stores in the United States from 1906 to 2002. They also operated Murphy's Mart (full scale discount stores), Bargain World (closeout merchandise), Terry & Ferris and Bruners (junior department stores), and Cobbs (specialty apparel) stores. In April 1985, the company was acquired by Ames Department Stores Inc. Ames converted many of the larger "Murphy's Mart" stores, and in 1989, sold the variety store division to former competitor McCrory Stores. (en)
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- Acquired byAmes, later McCrory (en)
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- Acquired by Ames, later McCrory (en)
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- George Clinton Murphy (en)
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- G.C. Murphy's Richmond, Virginia, store on Broad Street and Fourth designed by Murphy corporate architect Harold Ellsworth Crosby. It was demolished to make way for a parking lot in 2004. (en)
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- Bargain World, Terry and Ferris, Bruners, Cobbs (en)
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- G.C. Murphy was a chain of five and dime or variety stores in the United States from 1906 to 2002. They also operated Murphy's Mart (full scale discount stores), Bargain World (closeout merchandise), Terry & Ferris and Bruners (junior department stores), and Cobbs (specialty apparel) stores. In April 1985, the company was acquired by Ames Department Stores Inc. Ames converted many of the larger "Murphy's Mart" stores, and in 1989, sold the variety store division to former competitor McCrory Stores. (en)
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