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* For many years, Birmingham, Alabama-based Parisian was a popular department store serving the more upscale malls in the DeepSouth. However, they had a handful of stores in UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}}, three in metro UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}, and one in UsefulNotes/{{Indianapolis}}. Although most of the Parisian stores were closed or sold to Belk in 2006, the three Detroit stores were apparently popular enough to retain the Parisian name for nearly seven years, when they were ultimately rebranded as Carson's.[[note]]By comparison, the other remaining Midwestern stores in Dayton and Indianapolis were both sold to Carson's parent company The Bon-Ton in 2006; two other Parisians in Cincinnati had already closed several years prior.[[/note]]

* Pennsylvania-based drugstore chain Rite Aid is extremely popular in California, which is second only to New York in number of stores, due to a buyout of Payless Drug in 1996. They even retained the rights to sell Payless Drug's in-store brand of hand-dipped ice cream, Thrifty's, at many locations, making it suitable for the Californian weather. The chain is also very strong in Michigan, which they entered when they bought out Grand Rapids-based chains Muir Drug and Remes Drug, Lippert Pharmacy of Lowell and Herrlich Drug of Flint; ''all in 1984'', followed by the 1985 acquisition of State Vitamin of Lansing, allowing the chain to have a major presence in the state by the time it bought out [[UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} Waterford Township (northern Detroit suburb)]]-based Perry Drug in 1995. Another state where the chain is strong in is Ohio, where they gained a major presence in their buyouts of [[UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} Cleveland]]-based Gray Drug in 1987 and [[UsefulNotes/ToledoOhio Toledo]]-based Lane Drug in 1989.

* Pennsylvania-based drugstore chain Rite Aid is extremely popular in California, which is second only to New York in number of stores, due to a buyout of Payless Drug in 1996. They even retained the rights to sell Payless Drug's in-store brand of hand-dipped ice cream, Thrifty's, at many locations, making it suitable for the Californian weather. The chain is also very strong in Michigan, which they entered when they bought out Grand Rapids-based chains Muir Drug and Remes Drug, Lippert Pharmacy of Lowell and Herrlich Drug of Flint; ''all in 1984'', followed by the 1985 acquisition of State Vitamin of Lansing, allowing the chain to have a significant number of locations in the state by the time it bought out [[UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} Waterford Township]]-based Perry Drug in 1995. Another state where the chain is strong in is Ohio, where they gained a major presence in their buyouts of [[UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} Cleveland]]-based Gray Drug in 1987 and [[UsefulNotes/ToledoOhio Toledo]]-based Lane Drug in 1989.

** Woolworth's discount store division, Woolco, closed its U.S. stores in 1982 as they were unprofitable in the then highly-crowded discounter market. However, Woolco remained popular in Canada until 1997, when its locations were largely sold to Walmart. (Coincidentally, a lot of Woolco stores in the lower Midwest were ''also'' sold to Walmart back in the day.)

* The [[UsefulNotes/{{Trademark}} corporate logos]] and [[ArtisticTitle film titles]] of Saul Bass became so famous in Japan that one of his first Japanese clients, the Keio Department Store in 1964, took out a newspaper ad promoting him. His work in Japan, primarily on corporate identity projects, continued into the 1990s.

* Surgical mask trends [[http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/02/21/why-do-japanese-people-wear-surgical-masks-its-not-always-for-health-reasons/ are more popular throughout Asia and Japan than in native France, thanks to Paul Berger.]]

* UsefulNotes/{{Kmart}}, which has struggled in the discount department store field since Walmart's rise to power in the early-mid 90s (including complete withdrawal from Canada, Mexico, Alaska, the Midwest, West Coast, and most of the South), maintains a presence in some areas. Most notably, the largest UsefulNotes/{{Kmart}} in the chain is located in Guam, which has exactly zero Walmart stores. The Australian division is also popular, but no longer under the same ownership.

* Ugg boots. In their native Australia, they're seen as a sure sign that the wearer is [[Main/LowerclassLout low class]], and are almost always worn as slippers at home. In America, they've since emerged as a fashion trend.