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Company type | Department store |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1879 |
Defunct | 1998 |
Fate | Acquired by Dillard's, Inc |
Headquarters | Mobile, Alabama |
Products | Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. |
Parent | Formerly Mercantile Stores Company, Inc.(1950-1998) |
Website | None |
Gayfer's was a regional department store chain in the southern United States. Based in Mobile, Alabama, the chain of stores operated from 1879 until 1998 when it was taken over by Dillard's.