Glik's
{{Infobox company
| name = Glik's
| logo = GliksLogo.gif
| type = Private
| foundation = 1897
| founder = Joseph Glik
| location_city = Collinsville, Illinois
| location_country = U.S.
| locations = approx. 70{{cite web |url=http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/117/117247.html |title=The Glik Company Profile |work=Yahoo! |accessdate=6 September 2010 |archive-date=16 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316012835/http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/117/117247.html |url-status=live }}
| area_served = Midwestern United States
| industry = Retail
| products = Clothing, footwear
| homepage = {{url|https://www.gliks.com/|gliks.com}}
}}
Glik's is an American retail clothing chain based in Collinsville, Illinois. It was founded in 1897 by Joseph Glik. The chain operates more than 70 locations in 11 states across the Midwestern United States, primarily in Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas and Minnesota.
History
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Joseph Glik began the Glik's chain in 1897 in St. Louis, Missouri, where he sold dry goods. Five years later, he opened a second store in Madison, Illinois. The Granite City store was sold to his son, Morris; originally called Good Luck, and later, Boston Store, it took the name Glik's in 1925.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MskfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lNgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2931,5540667&dq=glik%27s&hl=en |title=Glik's in business almost a century |author=B. Ray Owen |date=11 October 1992 |work=The Southeast Missourian |accessdate=6 September 2010 |archive-date=4 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404220642/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MskfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lNgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2931,5540667&dq=glik%27s&hl=en |url-status=live }} Morris's son, Joe Glik, later took control of the store and began expanding it as a chain throughout Illinois. The majority of its locations are in smaller towns with populations as small as 4,700.
In the 1980s, the chain created concept stores. Among these were a men's clothing store called Glik's for Guys, a young adult clothing store called Glik's Ltd., and a discount chain called $10 for Less. Both $10 for Less (later renamed $20 for Less) and another concept, Glik's Sports, were eliminated in 1999.{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/1999/12/13/story4.html |title=Glik's battles the Goliaths |author=Linda Tucci |date=10 December 1999 |work=St. Louis Business Journal |accessdate=6 September 2010 |archive-date=9 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509152202/http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/1999/12/13/story4.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/1999/12/13/story4.html?page=2 |title=Glik's battles the Goliaths (page 2) |author=Linda Tucci |date=10 December 1999 |work=St. Louis Business Journal |accessdate=6 September 2010 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026002404/http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/1999/12/13/story4.html?page=2 |url-status=live }}
By the late 1990s, the chain had expanded into Michigan, with its first locations there having been converted from Dancer's clothing stores.{{cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB086B1A0B382CD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Glik's adds first stores in Michigan, purchases six locations from Dancers chain |date=8 January 1997 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |accessdate=6 September 2010 |archive-date=9 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609193617/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB086B1A0B382CD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.gliks.com}}
Category:Clothing retailers of the United States
Category:Companies based in Madison County, Illinois
Category:Retail companies established in 1897
Category:Granite City, Illinois
Category:1897 establishments in Illinois