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== 1000–1999 ==
Numbers starting with #1000 were initially assigned to [[S.S. Kresge]] 25 cent to $1 stores. These "Green Front" stores offered a larger selection of higher-priced merchandise than the standard "Red Front" 5 and 10 cent stores, and were typically located very close to their smaller counterparts. As the company's standard variety stores grew larger and more modernized, most Green Front stores were consolidated into combined stores or eliminated entirely. A number of Green Front stores too far from their accompanying Red Front stores to be directly combined were instead converted into [[Jupiter Discount Store]]s starting in the early 1960s. By 1965, only two Green Front stores remained: [[S.S. Kresge 1035|Kresge #1035]] in [[Hazleton, Pennsylvania]] and [[S.S. Kresge 1039|Kresge #1039]] in [[Newport, Kentucky]].<ref name=directory-65>[https://archive.org/details/kresge-directory-june-1965 "S.S. Kresge Company Directory, June 30, 1965"], via archive.org.</ref> #1035 closed at the end of 1966, while #1039 was redesignated as [[S.S. Kresge 139|store #139]] in 1969 to fully clear out the range for other uses.<ref name=open-close-record>[https://archive.org/details/kresge-store-opening-and-closing-record-1956-1972 Kresge store opening and closing record 1956-1972], S.S. Kresge Company, via archive.org.</ref><ref name=kresge-spreadsheet/>
With the #1000 range vacated, several other types of Kresge and Kmart retail locations were given store numbers in that range. The short-lived [[K mart Chef]] restaurants were assigned numbers matching the #4000 numbers of their associated Kmart stores.<ref name=directory-73>[https://archive.org/stream/s.-s.-kresge-kmart-jupiter-list-of-stores-1973 "S.S. Kresge–K mart–Jupiter 1973 List of Stores"], via archive.org.</ref> In one isolated case, the former [[S.S. Kresge 227|Kresge store #227]] in [[Birmingham, Michigan]] was converted into an upscale gift shop called Accents,<ref>Woolf, Barbara. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80403342/ "Headlines: No blue light specials"], [[Detroit Free Press]], November 14, 1983, page 2E.</ref> which was given the store number 1227.<ref name=directory-84>[https://archive.org/details/kmart-1984-list-of-stores "S.S. Kresge–K mart–Jupiter 1984 List of Stores"], via archive.org.</ref>
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== 2000–2999 ==
Numbers starting with #2000 were initially assigned to combined Kresge Red Front and Green Front stores, which became known as "S.S. Kresge 5 and 10 cents to $1 stores". This usage was in place in the mid-1940s,<ref>[https://archive.org/download/kresge-microfilm-202106-scans/Kresge%20microfilm/148.pdf "S.S. Kresge Company Home Office Directory, April 28, 1943"], via archive.org.</ref> but was completely phased out by the early 1960s<ref>[https://archive.org/details/kresge-directory-june-1963 "S.S. Kresge Company Directory, June 15, 1963"], via archive.org.</ref> in favor of giving the combination stores numbers in the standard #1-999 range.
In early 1968, 17 Kresge stores primarily located in Illinois and Indiana were rebranded as "Kresge Variety Discount Stores", and given numbers starting with #2000 and matching their previous Kresge numbers. The Variety Discount brand was dropped in February 1969, and all 17 of the stores were returned to their original store numbers.<ref name=open-close-record/>
[[Designer Depot]] stores were assigned numbers beginning with #2000. The first of these, Designer Depot #2000, opened in [[St. Clair Shores, Michigan]] in 1982. The similar [[Garment Rack]] store chain was assigned numbers beginning with #2500.<ref name=directory-84/><ref>[https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/staxpayersearch/processTaxpyer.do?tpNtrlId=2000160044410 "K MART CORPORATION"], Sales Taxpayer Search, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, cpa.state.tx.us.</ref>
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