Swallen's

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Swallen's was a chain of department stores based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The first Swallen's store opened in 1948. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1995 and all stores were closed by the end of the year.{{cite news |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1997/01/12/bus_w.swallens.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122091344/http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1997/01/12/bus_w.swallens.html|title=Swallen's Chronology |date=1997-01-12 |archive-date=2013-01-22 |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |publisher=Gannett Company |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Cincinnati retail: A whole lotta shakin' going on |first=Steve |last=Brandt |newspaper=Cincinnati Business Courier |volume=13 |number=33 |date=December 23, 1996 |page=9B |id={{ProQuest|231870818}}}}

Each Swallen's store featured all or some mixture of these product categories: appliances, electronics, hardware, sporting goods and firearms, clothing, shoes, pets, cameras, groceries, boats and marine items, automotive, toys, and gasoline.