Was that Montgomery Ward’s by chance? I remember there as a kid and the line to return stuff was longer than the checkout lines. It was easy to return there because just about everything had their own brand. Heck I even machinist micrometers with their name on it in my shop. It is a shame that people optimistic about human nature get destroyed by human nature.
Well, I’ll be darned. The name of the store was “Lechmere’s”, and it turns out near the end, they were purchased by Montgomery Ward’s. I did not know that.