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ALCO Stores, Inc. (formerly Duckwall-ALCO Stores) was a retail chain operating 198 stores in 23 states, primarily in the United States Midwest. The company was founded in 1901 in Kansas by Alva Lease Duckwall.〔"(Home )." Duckwall-ALCO. Retrieved on December 8, 2011.〕 It has its headquarters in Coppell, Texas. The company's distribution center was located in Abilene, Kansas, where it was previously headquartered. In October 2014, ALCO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; subsequently the chain was sold to a liquidation firm and closed all of its stores by March 2015. ==History== In its early years the company operated five and dime (or "variety") stores called ''Duckwall's''. In 1968 it began to move into the discount retail business and opened stores that were bigger than their five and dime counterparts called ''ALCO''. ALCO stores (somewhat smaller than a non-supercenter Walmart) provide the full selection of merchandise offered by the company, while the Duckwall stores provided a limited selection. In 1985, after three acquisitions, the company went through a management-led leveraged buy-out. The company had 127 ALCO stores, and 33 Duckwalls in 14 states at that time.〔http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/DuckwallALCO-Stores-Inc-Company-History.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ALCO Stores」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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