Allied Stores Corporation

E805589

defunct company department store holding company

Allied Stores Corporation was a major American department store holding company that owned and operated numerous regional retail chains across the United States during the 20th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Allied Stores	2
Allied Stores Corporation canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9535750 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Allied Stores Corporation
Context triple: [Jordan Marsh, parentCompany, Allied Stores Corporation]

A. Dayton-Hudson Corporation
Dayton-Hudson Corporation was a major American retail company that evolved into Target Corporation, known for operating prominent department and discount store chains.
B. Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward was a pioneering American mail-order and department store retailer that became one of the largest and most influential retail chains in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
C. Woolworth
Woolworth is a surname most famously associated with Frank Winfield Woolworth, the American entrepreneur who founded the pioneering F. W. Woolworth retail chain.
D. Empire Stores
Empire Stores is a historic waterfront warehouse complex in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood that has been redeveloped into a mixed-use hub of offices, shops, dining, and public space overlooking the East River.
E. Carson Pirie Scott
Carson Pirie Scott was a prominent Midwestern American department store chain best known for its flagship store in Chicago and its role in regional retail history.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Allied Stores Corporation
Target entity description: Allied Stores Corporation was a major American department store holding company that owned and operated numerous regional retail chains across the United States during the 20th century.

A. Dayton-Hudson Corporation
Dayton-Hudson Corporation was a major American retail company that evolved into Target Corporation, known for operating prominent department and discount store chains.
B. Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward was a pioneering American mail-order and department store retailer that became one of the largest and most influential retail chains in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
C. Woolworth
Woolworth is a surname most famously associated with Frank Winfield Woolworth, the American entrepreneur who founded the pioneering F. W. Woolworth retail chain.
D. Empire Stores
Empire Stores is a historic waterfront warehouse complex in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood that has been redeveloped into a mixed-use hub of offices, shops, dining, and public space overlooking the East River.
E. Carson Pirie Scott
Carson Pirie Scott was a prominent Midwestern American department store chain best known for its flagship store in Chicago and its role in regional retail history.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct company ⓘ department store holding company ⓘ
acquiredBy	Federated Department Stores NERFINISHED ⓘ
businessArea	consumer retailing ⓘ merchandising ⓘ
businessModel	holding company for regional department stores ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fate	acquired ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
industry	department stores ⓘ retail ⓘ
market	middle-class consumers ⓘ
notableFor	operating multiple regional nameplates under one corporate umbrella ⓘ participation in consolidation of American department store industry ⓘ
operated	regional department store chains ⓘ stores in multiple U.S. states ⓘ
operatedAs	publicly traded company ⓘ
operatedIn	20th century ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
owned	Allied Stores of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Bon Marché NERFINISHED ⓘ Davison’s (in certain periods) NERFINISHED ⓘ Donaldson’s NERFINISHED ⓘ Herpolsheimer’s NERFINISHED ⓘ Jordan Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery Ward (some interests at certain times) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pomeroy’s NERFINISHED ⓘ Sibley’s (regional department store chain) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bon-Ton (historical predecessor units in some regions) NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Block Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Younkers (in certain periods) NERFINISHED ⓘ credit operations associated with its department stores ⓘ downtown flagship department stores ⓘ shopping mall–based department stores ⓘ
productCategory	apparel ⓘ cosmetics ⓘ general merchandise ⓘ home furnishings ⓘ housewares ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	industry consolidation ⓘ leveraged buyouts and mergers in U.S. retail sector ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	Federated Department Stores NERFINISHED ⓘ Macy’s, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
type	public company ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jordan Marsh → parentCompany → Allied Stores Corporation ⓘ

Jordan Marsh → acquiredBy → Allied Stores Corporation ⓘ

Southcenter Mall → developer → Allied Stores Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied Stores

Westfield Southcenter → developer → Allied Stores Corporation ⓘ