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Rodgers Stores
Rodgers was a chain of five-and-dime stores based in Portland, Oregon, which was in business for 60 years, from 1938 to 1998. The chain's largest store was believed to be the largest independent variety store on the U.S. West Coast at the time of its opening in 1955.〔"Teeples to Build Rodgers Store" (January 23, 1955). ''The Oregonian''. Section 2, p. 38.〕〔 It occupied a newly constructed three-story, building in Portland's Hollywood District〔 and replaced two successive previous stores in that area.
The company was founded by Kenneth E. Rodgers and his brother, Frederick A. Rodgers, who were its co-owners and presidents until Fred died in 1960 and Kenneth retired in 1972. Regina Rodgers, wife of Frederick Rodgers, continued to operate several stores after his death. Kenneth opened the first store in 1938,〔〔 added a second store in 1944 (in the Hollywood District),〔"Hollywood Store Changes Hands" (February 18, 1944). ''The Oregonian''. p. 19.〕 and by 1953 he and Frederick had expanded to six locations, all in Portland at that time. Until the late 1950s, the chain was known as Rodgers' 5, 10, and 25 cent stores, or alternatively as Rodgers Five and Ten, before becoming simply Rodgers. The new building that opened in 1955 in the Hollywood District also housed the company's headquarters until the 1980s.〔 A Rodgers store opened in the Cedar Hills Shopping Center, just west of Portland, in 1955,〔"Cedar Hills Hub to Open" (April 3, 1955). ''The Sunday Oregonian''. section 2, p. 7.〕 and the chain had eight stores in mid-1961.〔"Rodgers Stores Plan New Unit" (May 6, 1961). ''The Oregonian''. Section 2, p. 5.〕 Over the years, some locations closed while others opened. By 1964, the eight stores in the Portland metropolitan area included ones in Lake Oswego, Oregon, and in central Beaverton.〔"Lake Oswego Grand Opening" (Rodgers advertisement). (November 5, 1964). ''The Oregonian''. p. 24.〕 Later, another non-Portland store was located in Cedar Mill.〔Ostergren, Jack (March 3, 1988). "Cedar Mill Library to triple its floor space". ''The Oregonian''. West Zoner section, p. 1.〕
By the late 1980s, Rodgers was finding it increasingly difficult to remain profitable in the face of competition from larger, national chains, and even variety store chains with nationwide coverage, such as Woolworth's and Newberry's, were succumbing to competition from chains featuring larger stores, such as Wal-Mart and Target.〔 The company closed its Hollywood store and sold the building in 1984.〔 Rodgers' Cedar Mill store closed in 1988, replaced by an expansion of the Cedar Mill Library.〔 The last three stores in the chain, in Portland's Menlo Park Shopping Center (at NE 122nd & Glisan), in the Westmoreland neighborhood, and in Lake Oswego, closed in early 1998.〔
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