Gamble-Skogmo

Gamble-Skogmo, Inc
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
Founded1920
FoundersBertin Gamble and Philip Skogmo
DefunctDecember 31, 1984; 39 years ago (1984-12-31)
Headquarters,
U.S.
Areas served
United States and Canada
ProductsClothing, footwear, accessories, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares

Gamble-Skogmo Inc. was a conglomerate of retail chains and other businesses that was headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Business operated or franchised by Gamble-Skogmo included Gambles hardware and auto supply stores, Woman's World and Mode O'Day clothing stores, J.M. McDonald department stores, Leath Furniture stores, Tempo and Buckeye Mart Discount Stores, Howard's Brandiscount Department Stores, Rasco Variety Stores, Sarco Outlet Stores, Toy World, Rasco-Tempo, Red Owl Grocery, Snyder Drug and the Aldens mail-order company.[1] In Canada, retail operations consisted of Macleods Hardware, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Stedmans Department Stores, based in Toronto, Ontario. Gamble-Skogmo carried a line of home appliances, including radios, televisions, refrigerators, and freezers, under the Coronado brand name.