County Seat (store)

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County Seat
Industry Retail
Fate Bankruptcy
Founded 1973
Defunct 1999
Headquarters Dallas, Texas
Number of locations
 740+
Area served
 United States
Products Blue jeans, clothing

County Seat was an American clothing retailer founded in 1973. With more than 740 stores at its peak, the chain closed in 1999 following Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

History

Jack J. Crocker, then the CEO of SuperValu supermarkets, founded the chain in 1973 in Dallas, Texas.[1] County Seat specialized in casual apparel and blue jeans. In 1977, the chain grew to 183 stores, and also began to sell sports clothing.[2] In 1983, it was sold to the Carson Pirie Scott department store chain of Chicago, who bought County Seat for $71 million.[3]

Carson Pirie Scott redesigned the chain's stores with matte black fixtures and re-focused the merchandise line to target high schoolers. The chain had 415 stores in 1989, at which point Bergner's acquired Carson Pirie Scott and sold County Seat to a new management team.[4]

Wet Seal offered to buy the County Seat chain in 1996, but was rejected.[5] The chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late 1996 and began to close stores.[6] County Seat filed for bankruptcy again in 1999.[7]

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