:Uncle Bill's

Uncle Bill's was a chain of stores in the Greater Cleveland area. It was founded in 1955 by Sidney Axelrod as a discount store.{{cite web |title=Business, Retail |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/b/business-retail |website=Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |accessdate=February 22, 2019 |language=en |date=11 May 2018}} In 1961, the store added clothing and furniture to become a full discount department store.

The store catered to young 1960s consumers, filling the economic spaces previously held by downtown department stores.{{cite journal |last1=Klein |first1=Richard |title="Let's Go Shopping at the Square" Cleveland's Leading Downtown Department Stores: A Business Legacy |journal=Cleveland Memory |date=Fall 2014 |volume=25 |pages=18, 196 |url=http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=clevmembks&usg=AOvVaw2_0SEcPzNa_YAXuCjtKKmJ |accessdate=February 23, 2019}}

The store was sold to Cook United (then the Cook Coffee Company) in 1961.