Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Discount store, Retail |
Founded | 1929 | in Los Angeles
Defunct | 1975 |
Fate | Bankruptcy of parent company |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California[1] |
Area served | California, Oregon, Washington |
Products | clothing, footwear, housewares, sporting goods, hardware, toys, electronics, groceries |
Parent | Interstate Department Stores |
White Front was a chain of discount department stores in California and the western United States from 1959 through the mid-1970s. The stores were noted for the architecture of their store fronts which was an enormous, sweeping archway with the store name spelled in individual letters fanned across the top. For several years, White Front was the leading discount store in the U.S.[2]