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'''Globe Shopping City'''
==History==
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With three Globe stores open in 1962, Walgreens acquired the United Mercantile portfolio on March 21, 1962.<ref>Collins T., Albert. [https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-published-as-houston-chronicle-march-21-1962-p-1/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle_published_as_HOUSTON_CHRONICLE___March_21_1962__p1.pdf "Globe to Merge With Walgreen's: Discount Firm, Drug Chain In Multimillon-Dollar Deal"], [[Houston Chronicle]], March 21, 1962, p. 1 and [https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-published-as-houston-chronicle-march-21-1962-p-20/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle_published_as_HOUSTON_CHRONICLE___March_21_1962__p20.pdf p. 20].</ref> Walgreens had seen [[F.W. Woolworth]] announce its new big-box retail concept of [[Woolco]] in 1961, [[S.S. Kresge]] opening its first [[Kmart]] in January 1962, and many others getting into large scale discount stores including the first [[Walmart]] store later in 1962 and [[W.T. Grant]] would create big-box Grant City stores. Walgreens would use Globe as its big-box brand while later creating a Walgreens Superstore line for its mid-sized pharmacy-centric stores while continuing its existing, smaller Walgreens stores.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/walgreensWBAannualreports/walgreens1967/page/n13/mode/2up "Our Typical Walgreen Store... Even Bigger Walgreen Store... Our Biggest: Globe Department Stores"], ''Walgreens Annual Report to Stockholders: 1967'', p. 15-15.</ref>
Walgreens would extend the Globe big-box locations to its peak of 31 stores primarily in Texas and Arizona with three locations in Louisiana and two locations each in Tennessee and New Mexico. Some locations were branded as Globe Discount City with others labeled as Globe Shopping City.<ref>The launch of the Tucson Globe store was scheduled to be "Globe Discount City" and was changed to "Globe Shopping City" likely because the former name had been in use by another, unrelated store in the 1950s in Arizona. The name "Discount City" was considered to be "obsolete" for the new store. Turpin, Ted. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115240150/tucson-daily-citizen/ "Sensory Systems Lab Ideal Type for Tucson."] [[Tucson Daily Citizen]]'','' March 22, 1966, p. 26.</ref> The stores'
=== Downturn and Closure ===
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| Globe || [[Graywood Shopping Center (Baytown, Texas)|Graywood Shopping Center]] || {{FULLADDRESSTABLE|1700 Decker Drive|Baytown, Texas}}|| {{Date table sorting|1969|11|19}} || {{Date table sorting|1978|7}} || || [[Super Warehouse Foods 4|Super Warehouse Foods #4]]|| <ref>[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1104261/m1/18/ "New Globe To Open Wednesday"], [[The Baytown Sun]], November 18, 1969, page 2.</ref><ref>[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074600/m1/14/ Full-page advertisement], [[The Baytown Sun]], July 16, 1978, page 6-B.</ref>
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| Globe || || {{FULLADDRESSTABLE|737 Shreveport-Barksdale Highway|Shreveport, Louisiana}} || {{Date table sorting|1970|2|4}} || {{Date table sorting|1978|6|30}} || || [[Walmart Discount Store 278|Walmart Discount Store #278]] (store)
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| Globe || || {{FULLADDRESSTABLE|584 South Mendenhall Road|Memphis, Tennessee}} || {{Date table sorting|1970|3|18}} || {{Date table sorting|1972|8|28}} || || [[Service Merchandise]]|| <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115181079/the-memphis-press-scimitar/ "Doors Open Tomorrow at New Globe Shopping City"], [[Memphis Press-Scimitar]], March 17, 1970, page A-2. </ref><ref>Potter, Wendell. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115176517/the-memphis-press-scimitar/ "Globe Store Leased To Competitor"], [[Memphis Press-Scimitar]], August 22, 1972, page 19X.</ref>
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