found this on Internet Archive, really interesting, detailed list of chain stores mostly defunct
https://archive.org/details/directoryof ... enters1980
1980 Discount Store Directory
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Re: 1980 Discount Store Directory
Just look at that Top 10-only two of them are still viable companies. Really the only two choices most consumers have nowadays. And yes K-Mart still exists but can you really count it and technically K-Mart Corp. went away with the merger with Sears.