Globe Shopping City

Globe Shopping City, also known as Globe Discount City, was a regional chain of discount department stores based in Houston, Texas that operated beginning in 1960. Globe stores were located in the Southwest United States and were operated as a "big-box store" retail arm of Walgreens for much of the chain's operational lifecycle. Massive financial losses led to the dispersal of the entire chain through a combination of liquidation sales and transferal of individual store locations in 1978. The location in McAllen was acquired by Klinck Drug Stores, and continued to operate under the Globe name and logo until its closure in 1999.