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| Company type | Discount department store |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1939 |
| Defunct | 1994 |
| Fate | Filed for bankruptcy |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 100+ |
Area served | Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia |
Key people | Peter H. Hollis |
| Products | Clothing, photography, garden/seasonal, sporting goods, large appliances, records, hardware, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics and housewares. |
| Divisions | Buy Smart |
Fishers Big Wheel, sometimes known as just Big Wheel, was a discount department store chain based in New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The company operated stores under the Fisher's Big Wheel and Buy Smart names. At its peak, the chain comprised more than 100 stores in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. The chain declared bankruptcy in 1993, selling some stores to Pamida and closing others. The chain closed in 1994.
- ^ Hisey, Peter (1988-11-21). "Big Wheel rolls domestics into forefront - discount store chain". Discount Store News. Retrieved 2007-08-11.